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EA wants to place in-game ads in its full-price AAA games, again (www.techspot.com)
submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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EA has tried this before, with predictable results. In 2020, EA Sports UFC 4 included full-screen ads for the Amazon Prime series The Boys that would appear during 'Replay' moments. These were absent from the game when it launched, with EA introducing the ads about a month later, thereby preventing them from being highlighted in reviews. It wasn't long before the backlash led to EA disabling the ads.

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[–] [email protected] 67 points 6 months ago (4 children)

I cannot buy fewer EA games. The last EA game I bought ran on the Super Nintendo.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I cannot buy fewer EA games.

Not with that attitude

The last EA game I bought ran on the Super Nintendo.

Have you checked Babbage’s return policy?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

*Babbage’s’s

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Babbages'

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

*Babbages's'

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

*Bbabbbagesssss

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

*FuncoLand

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Babbage as in the steam-driven mechanical game engine, version 2?

I remember the controllers being kinda clunky.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

Heh

For reference for anyone

Now GameStop

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Oh, it won't be exclusive EA-exclusive enshittification, I'm sure.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I haven't bought any EA games in many years as well. I don't have any EA games in my Steam library, though I probably have some Xbox 360 games around. The only one I know for sure was Rogue Squadron II on Gamecube

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Wait, Rogue Leader was Lucasarts and Factor 5. EA didn't have anything to do with it, did they?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Maybe not, I don't know if EA was handling Star Wars yet.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I used to buy FIFA and NHL games, once every few years. But they've gotten so shitty I just gave up on them. I haven't played a soccer game in years now. PES used to be a good alternative but I've heard it's not great anymore either.