GU comics tackles the age old complaint about EA issuing a new football/baseball/whatever game every year that contains little more than an updated roster. As much as I dislike EA's practices, there are some problems with this common complaint.
First off, there have been sports video games for over 15 years now. Considering the rules change very little, how long does it take to create a simulation accurate enough to satisfy most of the player base?
The other part of the complaint is how they charge full price for these updates. Admittedly, they could easily drop $10 off the price, but why? People grumble, but they seem to be willing to pay the full price for their roster update. And until the XBox, there wasn't a way to do a console update. It's entirely possible that they'll offer a lower priced download version for updates now that all the consoles have online capabilities.
Of course, given EA's track record, I'm not holding my breath on that...
No comments:
Post a Comment