This is an idea I thought up recently and want your opinions on it.
For a very long time, EA have been far from being gamers making games. They have been nothing short of money-grabbing-bastards. Now, I would usually let this slide but due to how big they have become and the large amount of things wrong with them, I refuse to just accept this idea.
If you check Wikipedia, you will find that EA has a reputation of buying out smaller companies and shutting them down. They offer very limited patches and use EA servers instead of the Microsoft servers (for X-Box 360 live) due to a dispute over money. Their games are often full of glitches or problems.
These aren't the only problems. They make deadlines which are often too short, normally resorting
in a rushed game. Employees were being forced to work up to 80 hours a week, even if the game wasn't being released soon. They ended up being sued over $30 million by their own employees for this. Their games have slowly decreased in any form of quality. They've bought out smaller companies to only close them. They've closed servers without much reason (another reason why Microsoft servers are often better).
There is even a mention that EA actually changed the Wikipedia about them to make bias news in their favour. They've released a stupid amount of themes for Madden NFL 07, each 150 Microsoft points. They've released games for sports which...There shouldn't even be a game for. Such as NASCAR 08. I mean, come on. I am not trying to say it is an idiotic sport (even if it is), I am saying however a destruction derby game would be more better but yet again, EA wants yet more money.
Since the beginning of X-Box 360, they've released 5 basketball games, a NASCAR game, 3 American Football games and 2 hockey games. Mostly with only very minor and subtle differences, with updated roosters. Not to mention the newest Need For Speed games often feel rushed with only minor alterations. Only one major alteration.
I could go on why I feel so strongly against EA. But it isn't about what I feel, because as we all know, one man can hardly do much against something as big as EA without stepping into illegal grounds.
So, what I think we should do is a simple protest. That's all. We stop using whatever games they've published. We stop using their servers. We don't buy any games that has anything to do with EA. We just stop using whatever has anything to do with EA for a length of time like a month just so they get the picture. So hopefully they see that they can't just simply treat everyone like shit and still expect money to roll in.
But this is an open subject. If people disagree with this and feel this is a stupid idea then fine. This will be dropped and never mentioned again. But if this is something everyone feels the same about. Then I will try to arrange it. It will only spread to everyone though if everyone spreads it to their friends and their friends tell their friends. So on, word of mouth.
I can only hope you feel the same way I do about this.
heavymetalclock
I'm down with this dude. EA needs to get their heads out of their asses.
Lost-Chances
Thank you. If you could ask the Clock Crew of their opinion, I'd be grateful. Because if everyone is happy to do this, then I'm happy to try sorting it out.