EA, Stop? The answer is no!

Razer · 4934 5157 5662 5658 Gender: Joined: 07 Oct 2002

EA definitely makes (publishes) some good games. I loaded up Ty 2 for my son and found that's an EA game so I figure one of every ten games in a person's collection is an EA game whether you know it or not. Their non-sports/driving games all pretty much suck ass to me but that's cause I'm not a platformer and I don't think they have a decent rpg (LotR doesn't count to me and I don't like it anyway). Of course I'll probably find the EA logo in the small print of my Pokemon games for all I know.

Also considering they now own the Renderware license they're pretty much responsible for maybe 75% of all PS2 games selling. Maybe the XBox is spared the Arm Of EA but Sony has it firmly entrenched in the rear.

Hoth · Guitarist Gender: Joined: 10 Oct 2002

eeee. that sounds bad. Yeah the only EA racing game i care for is NFSU2.. Which is extremly fun. So wait EA is responsible for 75% of all ps2 games... that may be bad. I rely on PS2 for my RPG games.

Shino · Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 11:26 am Post subject:

isn't Burnout 3 EA also?

supaG · Rookie Gender: Joined: 14 Jan 2005

yup it is, though burnout was w/ another publisher for the first two versions. LOL EA isn't responsible for 70% of the software sales for ps2, but the recent report was that around 1/4 of the total software sales for all of 2004 was from EA games.

Shino · Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 1:25 pm Post subject:

Hoth · Guitarist Gender: Joined: 10 Oct 2002

Burnout 3 rocked though.. So they get a bonus point there.!!

Blackmage · Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 4:47 pm Post subject:

But Burnout 3 was completed before EA got Chriteron<sp> studios, all EA did was make the disc's and throw them in boxes and add their logo to the beginning! Wink

Shino · Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 5:00 pm Post subject:

Taht's why it was good. Smile

Razer · 4934 5157 5662 5658 Gender: Joined: 07 Oct 2002

I didn't say EA published 75% of the PS2 software, I said they were responsible. They now own Renderware (thru the purchase of Criterion Studios who made Burnout) and that middleware program is used in over half of all PS2 games produced. So when you factor that in and their own software EA gets paid royalties on 3 of every 4 PS2 games sold (including GTA San Andreas, the number one selling PS2 game of the year). Now if they raise the licensing fee for that software, they'll make more money. They almost make as much money on total PS2 software sales as Sony themselves.

I don't know if Renderware translates over to XB programming but I'm sure that any company that pays for it and makes both console's games is gonna find a way to use it.

Hoth · Guitarist Gender: Joined: 10 Oct 2002

Well.. Seems how ea bought up this and bought up that i say Long live EA!!!!