What's the problem with EA?

[IStillDoWhatIDo]

For the last few years, EA has not been living up to its expectations. Why do you think that is?

a. Lazy - they have the resources and funds to do the work, but they chose not to. They have the license and don't need to work.

b. Marketing - the fans will come back year after year and our ideas run thin, so let's give them as little as possible at a time. Don't make the "perfect" game all at once.

c. Skill - they aren't capable of creating a fresh engine that is more football and presentation savy than the competition

d. Apathy - OS and other message boards are only 5% of the gaming community and we will have the casual consumer on lock, so we'll tell them anything to assuage them and do us.

e. Other


I used to think it was an issue of laziness and/or marketing, but I'm starting to think that they just aren't that talented. It's like once the next gen systems hit, they were dumbfounded, how do u have FG nets in current gen, but not next gen, simple things

*I know I can create a "real poll" but these are ideas for thought.

[mercalnd]

IMO it's marketing.

I think laziness should be thrown out the window since the people who make the decisions on what work will be done aren't the people who do the actual work.

Edit: Here's a post by LBzrule that is dead on and answers your question: http://www.operationsports.com/forum...post2038347693

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by IStillDoWhatIDo

For the last few years, EA has not been living up to its expectations. Why do you think that is? a. Lazy - they have the resources and funds to do the work, but they chose not to. They have the license and don't need to work. b. Marketing - the fans will come back year after year and our ideas run thin, so let's give them as little as possible at a time. Don't make the "perfect" game all at once. c. Skill - they aren't capable of creating a fresh engine that is more football and presentation savy than the competition d. Apathy - OS and other message boards are only 5% of the gaming community and we will have the casual consumer on lock, so we'll tell them anything to assuage them and do us. e. Other I used to think it was an issue of laziness and/or marketing, but I'm starting to think that they just aren't that talented. It's like once the next gen systems hit, they were dumbfounded, how do u have FG nets in current gen, but not next gen, simple things *I know I can create a "real poll" but these are ideas for thought.

I'm not sure I understand the initial question.

For the past few years, people have been screaming for presentation and lose the radio guy. EA beefs up presentation and brings back the audio booth and people are now wanting better game play.

EA is in a position where it can't win with some people.

[SageInfinite]

I'll take B,C, and D

[bears5122]

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

I'm not sure I understand the initial question. For the past few years, people have been screaming for presentation and lose the radio guy. EA beefs up presentation and brings back the audio booth and people are now wanting better game play. EA is in a position where it can't win with some people.

God forbid people complain about the fact that the biggest addition to the game is something that was in Madden 15 years ago (an actual announce team).

[ODogg]

It's a combination of lack of talent and the suits wasting too much time on certain aspects of the game that most of us don't care about IMO.

[countryboy]

Quote: Originally Posted by bears5122

God forbid people complain about the fact that the biggest addition to the game is something that was in Madden 15 years ago (an actual announce team).

the announce team is not the biggest addition into Madden this year.

[AftershockFx]

Lack of competition is EA's biggest problem. I mean realistically why would they try to improve a product by a huge margin if there's no competition that could potentially take away their consumers ?