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EA CEO steps down
TheKid:
--- Quote from: [Na Pulse] on March 20, 2013, 02:06:37 AM ---Yeah, that and EA's CEO is now ded(Not really.)
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listen to more eurobeat, my friend.
-Jetz-:
--- Quote from: The Magical Dunes on March 20, 2013, 01:20:16 AM ---EA has shareholders, Valve doesn't.
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Hardly relevant to the end user. When it comes time to decide which company is the worst, I don't see how the reasoning behind loving the customer should sway any customer's vote.
devildogelite:
--- Quote from: -Jetz- on March 20, 2013, 03:53:06 AM ---Hardly relevant to the end user. When it comes time to decide which company is the worst, I don't see how the reasoning behind loving the customer should sway any customer's vote.
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If Valve had shareholders it would be a very different company.
-Jetz-:
--- Quote from: devildogelite on March 20, 2013, 04:31:39 AM ---If Valve had shareholders it would be a very different company.
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Who cares? The EA shareholders can go forget themselves for the impact they have on the consumer. If EA decides they want to get every last penny out of the customers in order to appease the shareholders, then the customers have a right to complain. The customers should complain. If the customer pays 60 dollars for a game then cannot play it because EA chose to favor the shareholders via DRM at the expense of the customers, that customer should complain. If that customer is instead saying "Well, the entertainment I paid for is an acceptable loss as long as those shareholders are getting their money," they are loving mental and should not be trusted with the spending of money.
devildogelite:
--- Quote from: -Jetz- on March 20, 2013, 05:39:12 AM ---Who cares? The EA shareholders can go forget themselves for the impact they have on the consumer. If EA decides they want to get every last penny out of the customers in order to appease the shareholders, then the customers have a right to complain. The customers should complain. If the customer pays 60 dollars for a game then cannot play it because EA chose to favor the shareholders via DRM at the expense of the customers, that customer should complain. If that customer is instead saying "Well, the entertainment I paid for is an acceptable loss as long as those shareholders are getting their money," they are loving mental and should not be trusted with the spending of money.
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I never said half of what you're arguing here. I never said EA isn't bad. I never said what they're doing isn't a stuffty system. All I said is that having shareholders would make a difference. EA has no obligation to you, none at all. They have an obligation to the shareholders to maximize profit. That doesn't mean I think how they go about that is right, I personally think it's bullstuff. None of this changes that Valve would be different if it had shareholders, which is all I said.
Calm down and don't get your panties in a bunch because you think EA is literally Riddler and Valve is the messiah.