Comment on Mass layoffs expected at EA as the now-private publisher reportedly tells its new debt masters that it's going to cut $700 million in annual costs

arotrios@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  It Takes Two and Split Fiction were published by EA.

  I also played Titanfall 2 which was a great little campaign.

  That’s about it for me.

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  • mudmaniac@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Once upon a time when Infinity Ward’s founders left Activision because of “Activision”, and formed Respawn with EA, I felt EA were still the good guys in the industry. The Titanfall games were amazing.

    After APEX Legends came out, I feel EA used up most of their Good Karma that they had built in the past.

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• MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  The Star Wars Jedi games are genuinely good self-contained no bs single player games.

  I can’t comment on anything else.

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  • ayyy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Self-contained? Don’t they require a verified online account and an internet connection?

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    • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I’m referring to the way the game lets you earn everything. There is no upsell after you buy the game. If you want something from the game, you get it by playing.

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    • Raiderkev@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I don’t believe so, but don’t quote me on that, haven’t played either in a very long time.

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      • ayyy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        (EA has a habit of adding such requirements many years after the game was made, btw).

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  • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I was gonna throw Star Wars Outlaws in there, but surprisingly that one was ubisoft.

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• ripcord@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Their new owners pretty much only care about the sports games

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• Raiderkev@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I got Madden last year so I could get my kid into football. Figured if there was a video game, he’d be interested in learning more about the game, and it worked. Having said that, I’m not buying any new ones for updated rosters, so they won’t be seeing another dime from me.

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• adhdsergio@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Battlefield 6 is a new one that comes to mind - heard good things, might try it in the “perpetual demo” mode

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  • caut_R@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I was looking at that recently as well, but saw the reviews are at mixed now…

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    • adhdsergio@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      All the more reason to go sailing

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