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General discussionEA will consider "player perspective" when delisting titles after GOG misstep(42 posts)(42 posts)
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Posted August 18, 2021
There should be an universal law that only passionate gamers are allowed to run game companies, like EA.

Take me for example! I am a somewhat (meh) passionate gamer, and I would have NEVER removed those games from GOG! Never! I don't even care whether whippersnappers want to play them anymore, they are pieces of gaming history and art and should live at least as long as I do!

A bit like old Chaplin or Laurel & Hardy movies, would some suit remove them from a movie channel because no one in their right mind would want to watch such old movies anymore?
Posted August 18, 2021
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timppu: There should be an universal law that only passionate gamers are allowed to run game companies, like EA.
And when you think that way back EA used to be like that. But then it went through what happens to any company that gets big. *ahem*
Posted August 18, 2021
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StingingVelvet: If it was just about thinking nobody cared about those games anymore, why bother pulling them? Why not just ignore the "situation" and leave them be? Why bother putting effort in to remove them? Makes little sense.

Maybe they needed a contract renewal and wanted to save a few grand on lawyers to rubber stamp it.
Support issues, Having to request revenue numbers, etc. There are reasons. GOG will put aside the money, but EA still has to request and verify numbers and for a big corp like that, paying someone $15 an hour to do the numbers for $30 in total sales for the quarter is not worth it. It's a small expense, but those add up. They didn't get to be a mega corp by spending all willy nilly. Or by keeping employees employed for minimal gain.
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Cavalary: And when you think that way back EA used to be like that. But then it went through what happens to any company that gets big. *ahem*
Yeah, EA, Blizzard, Activision, CDPR, Epic, they were all founded by real true gamers or disgruntled employees of bigger companies, then turned themselves into what they worked so hard to escape from.
Post edited August 18, 2021 by paladin181
Posted August 18, 2021
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Alexim: be sure to reach out to those in charge and strike some additional deals.
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Ancient-Red-Dragon: What does that mean, exactly?

How, exactly, does one implement that quoted suggestion in actual reality?

Unlike the website linked to in the OP there, we GOG customers have no means by which to communicate with decision-making executives at EA.

Therefore, the best thing to do, probably, would be for GOG customers to contact that same website, and ask them if they can please ask for another interview with EA, and this time ask them questions about why they've been refusing and/or neglecting to release their games on GOG for many years, despite strong interest in GOG customers to have more EA games here. And also they could ask, what, if anything, could be done so that they start releasing more of their games on GOG.

In contrast, doing things like posting on this forum to say we want more EA games here; that's probably not going to have any effect whatsoever on causing it actually to happen, as that's already been going on for many years, and nothing ever changes as a result of those posts.
In fact I was clearly referring to the GOG staff, we have very little power, and certainly not here in the forum.

It would be interesting to understand where EA received the most feeback on delisting. Probably a combination of social media and newspapers, which strangely covered the news with a lot of emphasis.
Posted August 18, 2021
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Alexim: If there was ever a time to ask for more (older) EA games on GOG, this is it. So GOG, I probably don't need to tell you this, but be sure to reach out to those in charge and strike some additional deals.
American McGee's Alice would be an easy choice for GOG, as EA was that game's publisher.
Posted August 18, 2021
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timppu: There should be an universal law that only passionate gamers are allowed to run game companies, like EA.

Take me for example! I am a somewhat (meh) passionate gamer, and I would have NEVER removed those games from GOG! Never! I don't even care whether whippersnappers want to play them anymore, they are pieces of gaming history and art and should live at least as long as I do!

A bit like old Chaplin or Laurel & Hardy movies, would some suit remove them from a movie channel because no one in their right mind would want to watch such old movies anymore?
Wouldn't really work well in practice, good example is that most of the evil AAA companies started like that and now look where they are.
Posted August 18, 2021
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GamezRanker: From what i've heard, some partners pay money to list their games each month on GOG.
Not sure where the person you got it from heard such a rumor, but it’s not true :)
Post edited August 18, 2021 by SmollestLight
Posted August 18, 2021
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tyl0413: Wouldn't really work well in practice, good example is that most of the evil AAA companies started like that and now look where they are.
Well, at least I recall reading there was a revolt inside CDPR, where the communist coders and testers went to the barricades to tell their bosses that they shouldn't have released CP2077 just yet. If it was up to them, we would still be waiting for CP2077, with endless discussions of how sweet it will be.

So there is still hope...
Post edited August 18, 2021 by timppu
Posted August 18, 2021
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paladin181: Yeah, EA, Blizzard, Activision, CDPR, Epic, they were all founded by real true gamers or disgruntled employees of bigger companies, then turned themselves into what they worked so hard to escape from.
IPOs were a mistake. The stock market is nothing but trash.
Posted August 18, 2021
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paladin181: Yeah, EA, Blizzard, Activision, CDPR, Epic, they were all founded by real true gamers or disgruntled employees of bigger companies, then turned themselves into what they worked so hard to escape from.
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Darvond: IPOs were a mistake. The stock market is nothing but trash.
It takes a special kind of person to withstand the corrupting forces of corporate capitalism. For a company to stay pure and true to their founding ideals, once it becomes successful, requires it to be led by someone who is willing to ignore multiple millions of dollars being thrown in their face. A person that isn't easy to find ...
Posted August 18, 2021
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Time4Tea: It takes a special kind of person to withstand the corrupting forces of corporate capitalism.
*snorts* I love it when people act like CDPR/GOG was supposed to be this noble and benevolent force... Give me a fucking break.

A business is a business is a business. At the end of the day money will always trump everything. I never viewed CDPR/GOG as my savior, pal, best bud, or what have you. They were little more than a means for me to legally acquire older (and now somewhat newer games) to play without needing to jump through silly online requirement hoops. That's it.

If people read more into the whole situation than what's actually there that's on them.
Posted August 18, 2021
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Time4Tea: It takes a special kind of person to withstand the corrupting forces of corporate capitalism. For a company to stay pure and true to their founding ideals, once it becomes successful, requires it to be led by someone who is willing to ignore multiple millions of dollars being thrown in their face. A person that isn't easy to find ...
That, and an assload of psychological conditioning, which is in short order for most C-Suites.
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