Read More - Working in the Gaming Industry (Part II)
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As I started to settle in and understand my role, it was becoming more and more evident that the things that made sense to me, didn’t necessarily fit into what the company’s expectations were. It was very important to me to provide a voice from the gamers point of view, and I tried to stress that in every meeting, conference call, and ideation session. Sometimes the powers that be were willing to listen, other times my ideas and request just fell on deaf ears. Honestly though, there were some opportunities to offer up new perspectives, and I took full advantage of them in talking to lead developers, marketing, management and basically anyone who would listen about incorporating public desires into certain titles.
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I want to say thank you, both for the time you spent writing this and your honesty. I wish I could say I am surprised by any of this, but that would be disingenuous on my part. I find myself wondering what would be the extremely large dollar amount that would be required to "take over" a certain company through a stock shopping spree?
Could you find enough capitol within a group that holds similar ideas about such games to beat the "talking heads" at their own game?
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This sounds too much like Ian talking about EA but who knows, I could be wrong. Heh...EA has been on some rubbish for a min. Some good things have come about and so has a lot more bad. Then u look at 2KSports...Just cuz you pour syrup on ish....Comment
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This is about what I expected, sadly the gaming industry is only one part of our economy approving these business practices. Good read.Comment
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Gee , I wonder who he's talking about?Comment
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This is obviously an ex EA employee....“I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”– Michael JordanComment
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Re: Working in the Gaming Industry (Part II)
Based on his Reddit AMA, Ian left EA Sports on good terms and didn't possess nearly the axe to grind as this anonymous blogger exhibits. I don't think it's him.
2K Sports isn't above bad press, they just don't have nearly as many high-profile releases as EA does. 2K Sports' most recent sports release was MLB 2K13, a slap in the face to sports gamers by virtue of providing strong and tangible truth to the misguided narrative that annual sports games are "merely roster updates".Heh...EA has been on some rubbish for a min. Some good things have come about and so has a lot more bad. Then u look at 2KSports...Comment
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Is this the guy who was a member of OS,got a job with EA and had a crazy rant on twitter.Comment
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It's not like the person is ranting as if wherever they came from, they left on bad terms. This person is giving more of an insight so it could be Ian but like I said, who knows.
As for 2KSports, it's not about bad press and the rest u said. It's about those guys seeming to give 120% in trying to actually recreate the sports genres they're trying to represent in their sports games. Hell, Take 2/2K seem to go the extra 5miles in ALL the games they create. Seems like almost nothing holds them back even if a game doesn't do well. The effort, love and dedication seems to far outweigh EA.Just cuz you pour syrup on ish....Comment
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First off, good write up, I just read parts 1 and 2, ready for the 3rd. After reading this I am extremely disappointed in myself and other consumers because it is our money that enables these practices. I think the writer is referring to EA but even if not, the fact that I think so, yet continue to buy ANY of their products is ridiculous. It's just video games on the surface but I have been supporting EA's unethical business practices, among other companies like Walmart, Bank of America, etc, for far too long.
We as consumers really have to become more informed about the business we are supporting through our spending and use social mediums for networking to effect change. It's time for the many to stop allowing ourselves to be lead by the "ruling" few.
"I am Spartacus!" lolComment
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This article is in desperate need of an editor.Comment
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Where's part 3Comment
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