EA Treats Xbox Live Gamers Like Shit

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06 Apr 2006, 04:20 AM
ChaoofNee

EA Treats Xbox Live Gamers Like Shit

http://pspupdates.qj.net/EA-to-Gamer...g/49/aid/14721
Good ol' EA is at it again! Oh, boy!
06 Apr 2006, 04:23 AM
AaronChance

It's EA. The same company that charges $60 for a game and then loads the announcer with paid advertisements. They didn't enter this business to make friends.
06 Apr 2006, 05:42 AM
Cowutopia

Yet another reason to have a spambox account at yahoo or something.
06 Apr 2006, 06:00 AM
Tommy Tallarico

You can't sign up for a TNL account without an e-mail address, and there sure as fuck isn't a way to bypass that with $2.

This article is just blowing up the issue into something bigger than it is because it's EA.
06 Apr 2006, 06:01 AM
Cowutopia

But to sign up for xbox live in the first place you need a credit card and you need to make a purchase with that credit card.
06 Apr 2006, 06:05 AM
Tommy Tallarico

A lot of places have ways to get your credit card information. It's not just EA doing this.

What smart people do is restrict their credit card use only for safe purposes for this very reason. Anyone upset that EA has their Xbox Live info isn't playing smart with their numbers.

It's not that we didn't know EA was scummy, it's just that gamers have such a hard-on for slagging EA for their shit and then buying their games anyway.
06 Apr 2006, 06:37 AM
MechDeus

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Originally Posted by Cowutopia

But to sign up for xbox live in the first place you need a credit card and you need to make a purchase with that credit card.

Which you probably used to sign up for the internet HO HO WHAT NOW?
06 Apr 2006, 09:37 AM
Bacon McShig

Quote:

Originally Posted by omfgninjas in iraq

You can't sign up for a TNL account without an e-mail address, and there sure as fuck isn't a way to bypass that with $2.

Yeah, and TNL doesn't use your e-mail for unsolicited spam and doesn't sell it to others who will do the same. Do you have a point somewhere?

Charging you not to recieve unwanted e-mail is crap, there's no other stance to be taken. It has nothing to do with EA, it's the consumer's right to not be harrassed against their will, a corporation taking a right and selling it as a commodity is deserving of nothing but ire.
06 Apr 2006, 10:02 AM
Diff-chan

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ammadeau

It's EA. The same company that charges $60 for a game and then loads the announcer with paid advertisements. They didn't enter this business to make friends.

The thing is... they did.

EA 2006 is a completely different beast from EA 1986.

People need to stop buying these fucking games. But Fight Night Round 3 is one of the year's top sellers to date.
06 Apr 2006, 10:17 AM
RoleTroll

So EA charges $2 to use their service, or will let you play it for free if you take their spam? Pay the $2.

Or yes, create a spam account.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bacon McShig

Charging you not to recieve unwanted e-mail is crap, there's no other stance to be taken. It has nothing to do with EA, it's the consumer's right to not be harrassed against their will, a corporation taking a right and selling it as a commodity is deserving of nothing but ire.

EA isn't taking my email addy. So they must be giving you something in return. Play on their networks, perhaps?

Telephone companies have listed you for free, or charged you to be unlisted (privacy from telemarketers), for decades.

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