Quote Originally Posted by exit View Post
Only way EA will stop this is if nobody falls for it, which of course we know isn't going to happen.
That's my other point, one I covered on my blog this morning. Half of the people complaining about this system are still financially supporting it. Electronic Arts doesn't care if you like the system -- they only care if you will support it financially. It's like Jack in the Box tacos. Nobody likes Jack in the Box tacos, but they're two for .99 cents and people buy them. I've seen people, with a Jack in the Box taco in their mouth, tell me how bad Jack in the Box's tacos are. But it doesn't matter, because they bought them! Why would Jack in the Box put one more penny's worth of lettuce or cheese or meat on things that are selling? Nobody just arbitrarily goes around improving their products out of the goodness of their hearts! They do it for sales! When's the last time you bought a car and the salesmen threw something in out of the goodness of his heart? Not bloody likely.

Sure companies like to be liked, but I'm guessing most companies would choose not being liked and still selling product over being adored and filing for bankruptcy.

And we -- WE (waving my arms around wildly) -- are letting them do this to us! You know, Ghost Recon is one my favorite first-person shooting series of games, and I am dying for the new one to come out, and if it comes with the same level of DRM that their last two games came with, I won't buy it. Because if I buy it, I'm telling Ubisoft, "I approve of your DRM bullshit." And I don't, and I won't support it. And if I have to go without playing it, so be it. And if I have to download a pirated copy to play it because I won't support their crap, so be it. And if I have to play it on a console vs. my PC (which is where I would rather play it), so be it. Because I'm NOT going to support that system financially!

But, other people do. People say, "well it's kind of bullshit that I lost all my VC content when my Wii died but oh well, it was just $20." According to Wikipedia, Nintendo has sold over 10 million VC games. So when you buy those games and you lose them and you rebuy them, basically you're telling Nintendo, "you know what? I love this system you have where I can't transfer my old VC content to my new Wii! Thanks!"

There will be a million people complaining about this new Gamers Pass thing, and when the price of used copies of Madden 2010 drop to fifty cents people will say, "well they used to be ten bucks so I guess I could get it for 99 cents and then buy that Gamers Pass, and it'll be like the old price" and they'll do it. And they'll say, "boy this is kind of a crappy system and a rip off," but you will have paid EA and EA doesn't care what you think. EA will be sitting somewhere counting their money, high-fiving each other and talking about what a great idea this Gamers Pass thing is.