EA Does it Again, Season Ticket

Professor S · 08-03-2011, 11:24 AM

While I normally ok with allowing the market to decide pricing, etc. there may be anti-trust issues at play here. EA has a lock-down on the NFL license, and this could be considered gauging because consumers have no other options for NFL licensed games.

This is a stretch, but possible.

gekko · 08-03-2011, 11:55 AM

You can vote with your dollar. Don't buy it and they will stop offering it.

Typhoid · 08-03-2011, 04:11 PM

2 bucks a month isn't a big deal. It's only 2 bucks. I'm not saying I'm going to go out and sign up for this - because it doesn't really sound like it offers much other than putting you on a priority list for various things - but for only 2 bucks there will probably be a lot of people who are willing to sign up considering how it compares to the monthly cost of other things. I can see a lot of people having the "It's only 2 bucks, big deal" outlook.

Vampyr · 08-03-2011, 04:50 PM

It's not though, it's a one time payment of $25, which I think people will be a lot more hesitant to spend than if they were to just be able to spend $2 every month to keep the subscription going.

KillerGremlin · 08-03-2011, 05:28 PM

I still see the core issue being that they are charging people for content that should otherwise be free. Seriously, fuck everything about this because this is the future of console gaming and online content distribution.

DLC + DRM = the death of gaming.

And my pipe dream was that waggling and shovelware was going to kill gaming. I wish.

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It's worth noting that, while the 20% discount sounds like a lot, to make up for the $25 spent on the Season Ticket itself, you'd need to buy $125 on DLC over the course of one year just to break even.

THIS RIGHT HERE. The mass commercialization of gaming...bleh.

KillerGremlin · 08-03-2011, 05:44 PM

This is a perfect time to drop my new favorite Cracked article (for the second time):

http://www.cracked.com/article_18817...d-by-b.s..html

By locking down user-created content and charging for bullshit (what the outright fuck do you need to spend 125 dollars on in a Madden game that didn't come in the original game? Can someone explain that to me since I haven't touched that dreaded series since the Nazis/EA bought out exclusive rights....)

DLC is controlled FARTS.

Let's never forget that some of the best games ever made *coughcounterstrikecough* were modded by users. That will never ever happen again when games have DRMed up the ass, locked all content down, and exploited people's money with DLC.

Professor S · 08-03-2011, 07:19 PM

KG, while I somewhat empathize, we have to understand that ownership is a real thing and owners of goods and providers of services should be allowed to create a profit if they can.

In free markets, profiteering is a balancing act. How far can a company push revenue generation before they alienate their customer base and they move on to a competitor who costs less or makes a better product or both.

In the end, this system has driven prices down and quality up throughout history