The Dreamcast was a flop of epic proportions. The Xbox 360 has been an overall commercial success but the initial launch hardware had so many problems Microsoft was forced to swallow hundreds of millions and provide 3 year warranties for all consoles.
He has been in charge of EA sports for 4 years and the only thing he has "innovated" is new ridiculous ways of bilking more money out of consumers and trying to kill the used games market.
I can't stand EA and I refuse to buy any products from this and this jack@$$ being COO makes that decision even easier for me.
You do realize the point of every business is the 'bilking' as you call it of money right?
You sound like a clown. You don't like EA, that's all well and good, don't buy there products. But your post reads like a poorly written wiki article; we don't need the obvious history lesson and we don't need to hear yet another person crying about how they hate companies that make money, namely EA. Get over it. It's what they do. Things cost money.
I'm laughing at the notion that your response se was written any better than my original post. If you are going insult my writing you had better make sure you don't make elementary mistakes in your reply. I've written both of these from mt cell phone, what's your excuse?
The point of a business is to bilk money from consumers? That's the first time I have heard that. The point of a business is to provide a product or service and make a profit doing so. Abusing a monopoly on the sports games market to force consumers into spending money to unlock features that used to exist by default. Trying to kill the used games market because you don't make money from second hand sales. These aren't the kind of business practices I respect so excuse me if im not overcome with joy when the architect of this nonsense is promoted to second in command.
"Get over it." "Stop whining." You sound like you are on EA payroll. These tactics are not good for the games market and I will not stop whining until the crusade against used games is defeated.
Go back ti your cave. You don't have a word to add regardless.
Fair point on the troubled 360 launch. Microsoft has since made up for that by being extremely desirable to third-parties with the success of Xbox Live. They outlived shoddy hardware with quality software - whereas Sega flopped with good hardware and not enough quality software.
I'm not saying Moore's tenure at EA Sports is amazing for the consumer, just that he has a track record of pushing the envelope in terms of marketing strategies and business models. He's been saying for years now that EA needs to capitalize on its huge sports franchises year-round, instead of simply being happy with each August's Madden haul.
The used games market and the uncertain future of the next hardware cycle have publishers in a panic. EA's convinced Moore can keep the ship afloat.
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RaistlinZ - Friday, August 5, 2011 - link
The Dreamcast was a decent machine. Too bad lack of good games doomed each new Sega console release.EnsilZah - Friday, August 5, 2011 - link
The head of EA Sports you say?I'm sure he'll shower innovation on this company like a monsoon upon a desert.
Challenge everything indeed.
tayb - Saturday, August 6, 2011 - link
The Dreamcast was a flop of epic proportions. The Xbox 360 has been an overall commercial success but the initial launch hardware had so many problems Microsoft was forced to swallow hundreds of millions and provide 3 year warranties for all consoles.He has been in charge of EA sports for 4 years and the only thing he has "innovated" is new ridiculous ways of bilking more money out of consumers and trying to kill the used games market.
I can't stand EA and I refuse to buy any products from this and this jack@$$ being COO makes that decision even easier for me.
LancerVI - Saturday, August 6, 2011 - link
You do realize the point of every business is the 'bilking' as you call it of money right?You sound like a clown. You don't like EA, that's all well and good, don't buy there products. But your post reads like a poorly written wiki article; we don't need the obvious history lesson and we don't need to hear yet another person crying about how they hate companies that make money, namely EA. Get over it. It's what they do. Things cost money.
You whine worse than a woman. Jeeesus.
tayb - Saturday, August 6, 2011 - link
I'm laughing at the notion that your response se was written any better than my original post. If you are going insult my writing you had better make sure you don't make elementary mistakes in your reply. I've written both of these from mt cell phone, what's your excuse?The point of a business is to bilk money from consumers? That's the first time I have heard that. The point of a business is to provide a product or service and make a profit doing so. Abusing a monopoly on the sports games market to force consumers into spending money to unlock features that used to exist by default. Trying to kill the used games market because you don't make money from second hand sales. These aren't the kind of business practices I respect so excuse me if im not overcome with joy when the architect of this nonsense is promoted to second in command.
"Get over it." "Stop whining." You sound like you are on EA payroll. These tactics are not good for the games market and I will not stop whining until the crusade against used games is defeated.
Go back ti your cave. You don't have a word to add regardless.
Craig Getting - Monday, August 8, 2011 - link
Fair point on the troubled 360 launch. Microsoft has since made up for that by being extremely desirable to third-parties with the success of Xbox Live. They outlived shoddy hardware with quality software - whereas Sega flopped with good hardware and not enough quality software.I'm not saying Moore's tenure at EA Sports is amazing for the consumer, just that he has a track record of pushing the envelope in terms of marketing strategies and business models. He's been saying for years now that EA needs to capitalize on its huge sports franchises year-round, instead of simply being happy with each August's Madden haul.
The used games market and the uncertain future of the next hardware cycle have publishers in a panic. EA's convinced Moore can keep the ship afloat.