Damn you EA! - Page 2

Peanut · 01-26-2005, 08:12 PM

Is anyone else just getting tired of all this? Because I know I sure as hell am.

愛 · 01-26-2005, 08:17 PM

What do you mean? Tired of what?

Peanut · 01-26-2005, 08:23 PM

Just all of the "EA is the devil" "Sony is killing Nintendo" type crap. It's annoying as hell to go into every thread here and see stuff about Nintendo failing and the apocolypse of gaming on the horizon.

愛 · 01-26-2005, 08:34 PM

I agree. I'm getting tired of waking up, coming downstairs, getting on the Drome, only to see every thread in the video game section people crying about the video game industry falling. It's not going anywhere. Maybe your junk is going down, but not everyone else's. It's getting annoying. Take it somewhere else, or keep it to yourself.

*Kid Icarus* · 01-26-2005, 09:16 PM

The EA thing is more about how they treat their employees, not the doom and gloom of the industry you're so used to me and TMB spewing. It's a real problem, and one that they can easily fix. They work their programers 80 hours a week, with no overtime pay. They don't give them any benefits.

And then they expect them to turn out perfect code.

As someone who's planning on going into the industry after school, this is something that REALLY concerns me. I need to make sure companys like this are treating their employes properly BEFORE I get there, otherwise I'd be better off starting up my own indie dev. house.

Again, this is NOT about *insert generic fanboy angsting here*, this is about a REAL problem that they could EASILY fix, and getting public support. You think Politicly Correct Mom A is gonna buy Little Jonny Madden/NFL 2007 if she knows EA runs their employees into the ground just to get a halfassed product out onto the market? No. Instead, EA will notice the drop in sales, see the movement, and improve their buisness.

愛 · 01-26-2005, 09:25 PM

The fact still remains that you can't do a damn thing about it. It's up to the programmers going on strike or something drastic like that. EA is a huge company, so they can pretty much do what they want. I don't really see them doing something to better their employees. As for me as a programmer, I really don't care. As long as I can secure a job, I'll work my ass off just to keep it. It's hard enough to find a programming job as it is.

*Kid Icarus* · 01-27-2005, 12:08 AM

I'm just gonna keep thinking that if EA sees a drop in profits, and is given a reason why they had a drop, they'll reevaluate their policies.

愛 · 01-27-2005, 12:15 AM

I wouldn't count on it. Don't you think a drop in profits would only make EA work their employees harder? It's like a dictatorship over there or something. Video game designers have always worked hard to meet ends and due dates, anyway, so it's nothing new. The level of intensity for each varies, and EA just takes it to the extreme.

**ThirdMarioBro** · 01-27-2005, 02:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Ai Takahashi

I wouldn't count on it. Don't you think a drop in profits would only make EA work their employees harder? It's like a dictatorship over there or something. Video game designers have always worked hard to meet ends and due dates, anyway, so it's nothing new. The level of intensity for each varies, and EA just takes it to the extreme.

Well, when you're working for a company they buy out, and they crank your hours to 90 a week, I think you'll care. This'll end in a strike or something that'll shut everything down in a few years.

As for me, screw it. I'm going into journalism. This decided it. When crap blows up, I can write about it and be outside of it.

Peanut · 01-27-2005, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Gwgtrunks

You think Politicly Correct Mom A is gonna buy Little Jonny Madden/NFL 2007 if she knows EA runs their employees into the ground just to get a halfassed product out onto the market? No. Instead, EA will notice the drop in sales, see the movement, and improve their buisness.

I seriously doubt many parents care about how companies go about their business when they have a screaming 8 year old begging for a new game. The ones that do care are few and far between, and they aren't a big enough group to cause any drop in sales.

愛 · 01-27-2005, 10:43 AM

And I don't see anyone complaining about the Chinese kids who work in sweatshops for ridiculous amounts of hours for a ridiculously low pay making sneakers.

Peanut · 01-27-2005, 10:45 AM

Another very good point. If people still buy those sneakers when something much worse is happening with their production, than I'm sure EA is fine.

*Kid Icarus* · 01-27-2005, 11:30 AM

funny... 'cause i went to school with a group of kids where that's ALL they worried about. "omg, you're wearing THOSE shoes! you're going to hell!".

Anyway, i'm not gonna argue with you guys. People need to get some sorta workers union set up in the videogame industry to stop this BS. That's where I stand, and nothin's gonna change that.

*Andrew NDB* · 09-29-2025, 06:50 PM

EA has just... been bought?

https://www.darkhorizons.com/ea-offi...or-55-billion/

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01-26-2005, 08:12 PM	#21
Peanut Second Gear Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The New World Posts: 15,422	Is anyone else just getting tired of all this? Because I know I sure as hell am.

01-26-2005, 08:17 PM	#22
愛 Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 7,449	What do you mean? Tired of what?

01-26-2005, 08:23 PM	#23
Peanut Second Gear Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The New World Posts: 15,422	Just all of the "EA is the devil" "Sony is killing Nintendo" type crap. It's annoying as hell to go into every thread here and see stuff about Nintendo failing and the apocolypse of gaming on the horizon.

01-26-2005, 08:34 PM	#24
愛 Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 7,449	I agree. I'm getting tired of waking up, coming downstairs, getting on the Drome, only to see every thread in the video game section people crying about the video game industry falling. It's not going anywhere. Maybe your junk is going down, but not everyone else's. It's getting annoying. Take it somewhere else, or keep it to yourself.

01-26-2005, 09:16 PM	#25
Kid Icarus Foot Elite Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Angel Land Posts: 4,150	The EA thing is more about how they treat their employees, not the doom and gloom of the industry you're so used to me and TMB spewing. It's a real problem, and one that they can easily fix. They work their programers 80 hours a week, with no overtime pay. They don't give them any benefits. And then they expect them to turn out perfect code. As someone who's planning on going into the industry after school, this is something that REALLY concerns me. I need to make sure companys like this are treating their employes properly BEFORE I get there, otherwise I'd be better off starting up my own indie dev. house. Again, this is NOT about insert generic fanboy angsting here, this is about a REAL problem that they could EASILY fix, and getting public support. You think Politicly Correct Mom A is gonna buy Little Jonny Madden/NFL 2007 if she knows EA runs their employees into the ground just to get a halfassed product out onto the market? No. Instead, EA will notice the drop in sales, see the movement, and improve their buisness.

01-26-2005, 09:25 PM	#26
愛 Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 7,449	The fact still remains that you can't do a damn thing about it. It's up to the programmers going on strike or something drastic like that. EA is a huge company, so they can pretty much do what they want. I don't really see them doing something to better their employees. As for me as a programmer, I really don't care. As long as I can secure a job, I'll work my ass off just to keep it. It's hard enough to find a programming job as it is.

01-27-2005, 12:08 AM	#27
Kid Icarus Foot Elite Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Angel Land Posts: 4,150	I'm just gonna keep thinking that if EA sees a drop in profits, and is given a reason why they had a drop, they'll reevaluate their policies.

01-27-2005, 12:15 AM	#28
愛 Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 7,449	I wouldn't count on it. Don't you think a drop in profits would only make EA work their employees harder? It's like a dictatorship over there or something. Video game designers have always worked hard to meet ends and due dates, anyway, so it's nothing new. The level of intensity for each varies, and EA just takes it to the extreme.

01-27-2005, 10:43 AM	#31
愛 Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 7,449	And I don't see anyone complaining about the Chinese kids who work in sweatshops for ridiculous amounts of hours for a ridiculously low pay making sneakers.

01-27-2005, 10:45 AM	#32
Peanut Second Gear Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The New World Posts: 15,422	Another very good point. If people still buy those sneakers when something much worse is happening with their production, than I'm sure EA is fine.

01-27-2005, 11:30 AM	#33
Kid Icarus Foot Elite Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Angel Land Posts: 4,150	funny... 'cause i went to school with a group of kids where that's ALL they worried about. "omg, you're wearing THOSE shoes! you're going to hell!". Anyway, i'm not gonna argue with you guys. People need to get some sorta workers union set up in the videogame industry to stop this BS. That's where I stand, and nothin's gonna change that.