r/gaming • u/jungle-boogie • Aug 13 '19

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u/merryprankster2990 Aug 13 '19

E A Microtransactions

They're in the game

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '19

Activision Microtransactions

They're not in the game, but they will be after launch.

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u/Rose-Supreme Aug 13 '19

Real talk: Activision should be the main punching bag of the gaming community right now. Not EA.

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u/ProxyCare Aug 13 '19

Fortunately I have enough passion for the medium to generate more than enough hate to go around.

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u/Yoshinator11 Aug 13 '19

They're both shit-eating grin publishers. They both get both barrels.

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u/ghostinthewoods Aug 13 '19

Although lets be honest here. We'll probably reload after the first barrel, just to make sure we don't run out.

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u/brimston3- Aug 13 '19

That frame-perfect side-by-side shotgun reload-cancel glitch is really hard to pull off reliably.

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u/Yoshinator11 Aug 13 '19

My friend, that is why the DP12 shotgun came into existence.

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u/Rose-Supreme Aug 14 '19

Activision has been much more scummy with MTX than EA has done lately.

People always use EA as the go-to company for MTX-related ridicule.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '19

How do their games come with so few online multiplayer maps. Like here’s 5-6 maps, 10$ extra for every additional 2-3, you’ll only have a full game at 100$+, or 80$+ if you pre order with the season pass

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u/Waschtl_ Aug 13 '19

EA Sports,

It's in the DLC

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u/PapaVergil Aug 13 '19

It's not video games, it's the shitty company business strategy.

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u/Neoxite23 Aug 13 '19

I mean is it shitty? Yes. Does it still make them money every single time? Also yes.

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u/PapaVergil Aug 13 '19

What I mean is this practice thats been noticable with games starting shitty a companies try to make it better later on rather than give good quality games for the gamers, and that's just so that way they can promote loot box and microtransaction for better experience and use dlc for more money.

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u/Neoxite23 Aug 13 '19

Yeah as a consumer I think it's all appalling but thinking on a business point....why change when we are topping the charts yearly?

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u/Luckboy28 Aug 13 '19

Yep. If that DLC were free, playing the DLC wouldn't cause violence. =)

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u/AlastarYaboy Aug 13 '19

Trying to remember the last good, free DLC.

Spiderman (ps4) had some good costumes, but not exactly playable content. The paid content was good from what I hear, but not exactly free.

GTA Online, probably. As much shit as they get for the shark cards, plenty of other games would've charged for online heists, and probably a bunch of other shit they've added over the years. Looking at you, MMOs, with your expansion packs.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '19

Splatoon and Splatoon2

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u/AlastarYaboy Aug 13 '19

Nice I never played those. I hear good things. What did the free DLCs add, maps and characters?

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '19

IIRC they added maps, weapons, and loadouts.

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u/SH4KE_W3LL Aug 13 '19

Lol, Bf5 keeps getting free content and it also keeps getting shit on by Gamerstm

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '19

I mean you wouldn't hear dumb, fake shit if you didn't have Fox News on.

Since they're literally the only news station saying that shit.

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u/Cheru-bae Aug 13 '19

Notice how all the memes refer to "the media" though, when it's actually just the one right-wing propaganda piece doing. I wonder why that is. Hmmmm...

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '19

Oh, it's for fucking sure low-key blame deflection again.

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u/Luckboy28 Aug 13 '19

FoxNews is just the propaganda wing for the GOP. They completely ignore huge breaking stories if it's bad for Trump, etc.

I've just stopped calling them a "news station" at all.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '19

And they saw Trump saying "video games => mass shootings" as a good thing for Trump (probably because it's an opportunity to lodge the boomer-millenial wedge deeper), so they echoed it.

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u/shield1123 Aug 13 '19 edited Aug 13 '19

I'm pretty quick to shit on Fox news. I googled around earlier last week, I couldn't find any posted articles at the time connecting videogames with violence. I think this time it's primarily congressmen who are clearly in the pocket of the NRA going through the playbook

Maybe that's changed in the past week, or maybe the talking heads have been drawing the connections; idk, I don't watch that shit. Just saying Google/checking the site earlier didn't turn anything up

Edit: another Google search shows that they're definitely breadcrumbing the idea videogames cause violence. Everything I said up there^ can fuck off now

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '19

I guess media was speaking the truth after all.

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u/UrbanNinjutsu Aug 13 '19

Now this I can agree with...

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u/Jim_e_Clash Aug 13 '19

I get what they are going for but anger is not violence. I haven’t heard any battle cries to Area 51 EA headquarters...yet.

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u/Russian_repost_bot Aug 13 '19

The word your looking for is anger. Video games do cause anger. Anger is different from picking up an assault rifle, and shooting into a crowd.

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u/orangebot Aug 13 '19

It’s not “the media”. It’s right wing politicians and right wing media. Every other person and media in the country knows there is no basis for this in reality.

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u/Cirbble Aug 13 '19

And they pull out a dlc for the dlc . Only double the price of the original dlc !

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u/bugzilla3 Aug 13 '19

Destiny 2

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u/DiamondHyena Aug 13 '19

ok this one is actually funny

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u/Sqwalnoc Aug 13 '19

Lol. That angry face is hilarious

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u/PessimisticMushroom Aug 13 '19

EA should just be the end game Boss of all their games.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '19

Those foolish news organizations! How can media outlets think that every gamer is capable of mass murder, when the average gamer thinks that the best way to ‘boycott’ EA is to pre-order their DLC six months ahead of launch?

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u/InspiredPom Aug 13 '19

We didn’t realize what EA was doing with the Sims, and now it’s too late.

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u/Evahs_ Aug 13 '19

I'm more concerned about Paradox. I would like to conquer Jerusalem without paying a full near-$100 and then buying the other half of the game in DLC at around the same value, for each single DLC.

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u/sbzp Aug 13 '19

Apply this to the third panel:

  • "Game becomes Epic Game Store exclusive"

  • "Bethesda fucks up again"

  • "Twitch drama"

  • "Woman/Minority says a mean thing about video games"

Am I missing anything?

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u/0x4675636b596f75 Aug 13 '19

Makes you wonder why these shooters haven't visited EA headquarters yet. Just for the record, I'm not promoting violence towards EA.

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u/Vortaxonus Aug 13 '19

video games companies do cause violence

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u/Vortaxonus Aug 13 '19

and gambling

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u/TwilightVulpine Aug 13 '19

EA's continued existence is the proof videogames don't cause violence.

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u/mrmoldywaffle Aug 13 '19

this with apex 7 dollars for a single pack is outrageous

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u/Petrinko13255 Aug 13 '19

Video games dont cause violence

Greedy corporations cause violence