+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted April 30, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted April 30, 2009 EA Sports president Peter Moore has told VG247 that the firm is moving away from PC SKU discs entirely. ?It?s not that we?re abandoning the PC as a platform for sports gaming,? Moore said, referencing a decision last year to drop most of EA Sports PC versions. ?You might say we?re abandoning the old model of physical media because we believe the future is online and connected.? The exec added that announcements regarding EA Sports future policies on PC gaming would be made in the ?next few months,? but outlined that his PC games going forward would likely follow a micro-payment model. ?You?re going to see us take a lot of our learnings from what we?re doing with our games in Asia, where I?ll give you the game for free, or a certain level for free,? he said. ?And my hope is that you?re enjoying it that much that you?ll buy things and you?ll upsell. And then there?s no barrier to entry whatsoever.? Source: http://www.vg247.com/2009/04/30/ea-sports-...ace-says-moore/ Moore was talking in an interview at EA?s spring showcase last week. Get part one here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_Guy Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Bwa ha ha ha ha, oh EA, you just keep embarassing yourself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMELTN Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 WTF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethos Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 What an odd decision :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minifig Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 EA: Finding new ways how to bring you FORCED DRM whether you like it or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMELTN Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 EA: Finding new ways how to bring you FORCED DRM whether you like it or not. (Y) EXACTLY!! They can't get safedisk/securerom or any other bullcrap to work, so they just won't allow you to buy a disk and share it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhav Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Bwa ha ha ha ha, oh EA, you just keep embarassing yourself! :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Teej Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 As long as they use Steam, I don't care. Then again, EA Sports titles have always been better on the consoles, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted May 1, 2009 Author Subscriber² Share Posted May 1, 2009 I lol'd at the butthurt EA haters in here, have a Steam works great for PC games, stop crying. They ain't ditching everything on disc, it's about sports games. Obviously The Sims sales would be impacted heavily going digital only right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Teej Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 I lol'd at the butthurt EA haters in here, have a Steam works great for PC games, stop crying. They ain't ditching everything on disc, it's about sports games. Obviously The Sims sales would be impacted heavily going digital only right now. A large portion of The Sims fanbase probably won't know how to pirate the game, or just simply wouldn't have that thought in their head in the first place. Going fully digital is pointless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicane-UK Veteran Posted May 1, 2009 Veteran Share Posted May 1, 2009 Digital Distribution is all well and good.. most of the time.. I recently tried to sign into my Steam account after a 4 month hiatus only to find that it doesn't seem to exist any more. I contacted Steam support, and had no response back either. Clearly it's been hijacked and I can't seem to do feck all about it... There is a lot to be said for physical media still! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurfy Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 ?You might say we?re abandoning the old model of physical media because we believe the future is online and connected.? True, but the future isn't now. We don't all have internet access, and those that do, don't all have blistering speeds. Add to that throttling, download limits and the digital download only idea collapse on its backside! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIE Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 (edited) Digital Distribution is all well and good.. most of the time..I recently tried to sign into my Steam account after a 4 month hiatus only to find that it doesn't seem to exist any more. I contacted Steam support, and had no response back either. Clearly it's been hijacked and I can't seem to do feck all about it... There is a lot to be said for physical media still! You can't blame Steam for a users stupidity, you have more chance of discs and serials getting lost or stolen then somebody taking over your Steam account. I'm sick of hearing DRM this DRM that, PC gamers have nobody to blame but themselves for the state of PC gaming, piracy existed long before DRM came about. PC gaming has gone downhill since console game sales surpassed PC game sales. I'm not saying developers are at a loss with PC games but the profit margin is pennies compared to consoles, so whats the point? Even Microsoft can't be arsed, hows Games for Windows Live going? Digital distribution is the only way PC gaming will survive. Edited May 1, 2009 by SIE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yusuf M. Veteran Posted May 4, 2009 Veteran Share Posted May 4, 2009 I think it's a bad move. Most consumer Internet connections aren't ready for this. Imagine the thought of having to download gigabytes of data on a slow connection with a monthly bandwidth limit. It's madness! They should offer this as an alternative instead of forcing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji@nBing Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 I don't think EA Sports cares much about PC gaming anyway. You've got to think they don't sell to many PC titles compared to consoles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berserk87 Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 the more companies that make a switch is going to put more pressure on isp to upgrade there service. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Hammond Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 The more companies that make a switch is going to make ISPs put even stricter download limits/caps on and overage charges. If i buy a game for ?30-35 i dont want to then have to spend the next week downloading the game or have to pay more money because its put me over the limit and i have to pay overage charges (not that i do, just an example) If they go purely digital download then even fewer people will buy their yearly increment crap games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji@nBing Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 the more companies that make a switch is going to put more pressure on isp to upgrade there service. :) Or just raise their prices, which is more likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartsOfWar Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 I wouldn't mind this at all, but the cost of the games would need to be reduced to reflect the savings in production costs. Honestly, I applaud Blizzard for embracing the bitTorrent protocol with WoW, and I'm hoping they continue the trend with all their titles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McSmiggins Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Tbh, I'm fine with it as long as they can fix whatever's stopping them putting their stuff on Steam in the UK. I'm not going to bother with direct2drive or the EA downloader service, which IMHO pale in comparision, why should I pay EA extra for the "chance" to download it again? I appreciate it costs money, by that's nowhere near the basic level of service on Steam. And it's not like it wouldn't pay off for them, Red Alert 3 is pretty much going to be an instant purchase when they do fix it, but that might be just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neufuse Veteran Posted May 6, 2009 Veteran Share Posted May 6, 2009 I wouldn't mind this at all, but the cost of the games would need to be reduced to reflect the savings in production costs.Honestly, I applaud Blizzard for embracing the bitTorrent protocol with WoW, and I'm hoping they continue the trend with all their titles. *tries not to crack up laughing* comon price reduce and EA don't go together, they will probably make them more expensive claiming bandwidth cost more then physical media or something stupid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boz Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 It's all going digital downloads IMO .. games on PCs are just a bit ahead of everyone because of the more tech savvy people. Movies, TV shows, games even on consoles are all going download route. Optical media is done and I can't freakin' wait to be honest. I'm sick and tired of dust collecting everywhere and paying for distribution at retailers and packaging. If i can download anything I want be it games, movies or whatever, I'm all for it. So this EA decision doesn't surprise me at in addition to knowing that Moore comes from Microsoft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazebee_ Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Please don't kill off physical media just yet. Sure we're picking up on digital distribution, but there are still so many people who don't find it as accessible as it should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted May 6, 2009 Author Subscriber² Share Posted May 6, 2009 It's all going digital downloads IMO .. games on PCs are just a bit ahead of everyone because of the more tech savvy people. Movies, TV shows, games even on consoles are all going download route. Optical media is done and I can't freakin' wait to be honest. I'm sick and tired of dust collecting everywhere.If i can download anything I want be it games, movies or whatever, I'm all for it. So this EA decision doesn't surprise me at in addition to knowing that Moore comes from Microsoft. Would optical media have been "done" if HD-DVD had won Boz? :rofl: Certain types of games/areas of the market can survive either dual digital/optical, and very few digital only. However optical is far from done, you'll still be waiting a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x-byte Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 I think it's a bad move. Most consumer Internet connections aren't ready for this. Imagine the thought of having to download gigabytes of data on a slow connection with a monthly bandwidth limit. It's madness! They should offer this as an alternative instead of forcing it. It's a smart move by EA. They successfully did the same micro payment model in Asia and it was a huge success. Because of the large piracy problem they gave out the games for free and made a great deal on the micro payments in the games. This is the only future for PC-gaming (and in time consoles) so why not prepare for it already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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