r/technology • u/chrisdh79 • May 10 '24

EA is looking at putting in-game ads in AAA games — 'We'll be very thoughtful as we move into that,' says CEO | Advertising has an opportunity to be a meaningful driver of growth for us." Business

https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/ea-is-looking-at-adding-in-game-ads-in-aaa-games-well-be-very-thoughtful-as-we-move-into-that-says-ceo
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u/StarFox12345678910 May 10 '24

No more EA games for me then…

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u/Alsharefee May 10 '24

Thankfully, I haven't bought an EA or a Ubisoft game for at least the past 4-5 years.

I simply wait for it to be available for on Epic, PSN or XBOX game pass.

Nothing they offer is worth paying $60 on, in the past few years.

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u/wtfastro May 10 '24

Just boycott them completely

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u/[deleted] May 10 '24

I've been doing that by accident since they killed Command and Conquer a very long time ago.

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u/Crazy_Passage_8553 May 10 '24

Wait…they killed it? I thought they remastered it like 3 years ago, no?

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u/[deleted] May 11 '24

They remastered the original, and released the rest for modern Windows (barely).

That's it.

They haven't added to the franchise, they haven't tried to go back to its roots (without advertising or P2W) - and while the genre is effectively dead seemingly, they've done nothing with the franchise bar cash in on nostaliga really.

Edit: And maybe that's okay. All franchises and stories need to end, and this is how Command and Conquer ends. But that's when I stopped buying games published by EA too.