Happy Friday to the whole EA gamming community.With that said tomorrow May 27th is the day the EA turns 41 years old. That is really great. I mean in 1982 those of us that were around were playing on Atari and commodore Vic 20's.You know Pong, Tank, Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Frogger and the like,. Those were the days, the dawn of gamming.EA was Created by Trip Hawkins and has developed and produced many great games:Axis Assassin, Worms, The Bards Tale, Skate or Die, John Madden Football, Sim City, Ultima Online, Need for Speed, Dungeon Keeper, Medal of Honor, Battlefield, Dead Space, Titanfall, Battlefront and Apex Legends to name but a very minor and small amount of games that they have made or made possible. With that I would like to just say thank you to Trip Hawkins, his successors and all of EA for giving us great games.Happy 41st Birthday EA and I hope we can share another 41 years together. Gamer's just keep gamming.

road rash on the genesis was good.

It sure has been a minute. I think more first foray into the world of EA was with NHL 96.

@CCbathwaterthats a myth , the price for AAA Titles from the early 80 up until now hasnt really changed much (and if they rather got cheaper) if you account for inflation.I remember Pitfall 2 burning a hole of around 150 DeutschMarks into the buyers pockets. If i calculate (including inflation rate ect.) what that would be in nowadays euro currency regarding purchasing power its around EUR 165 ...

@r1ggedgame Yep and when it's only a handful of people working on something it is much easier to ensure quality.

@Asmodeus566 And thank you for reminding me how much ea changed from their great times to now. The good old times where devs tried with all their heart to provide the best possible experience and not how to make the most money 🙂

Happy Friday Legends and Happy B-Day EA

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matzesingt
3 years ago
@Asmodeus566 And thank you for reminding me how much ea changed from their great times to now. The good old times where devs tried with all their heart to provide the best possible experience and not how to make the most money 🙂
Asmodeus566
Hero+
3 years ago
@matzesingt
The gamming industry changed along with the tech behind it, not just EA.
EA develops, produces and publishes great games still.
Just look at the game we play, Apex Legends, hands down the best FPS game out since 2019.
I really thought that this thread would be a sort of celebration of EA games and gaming in general and not the complaint department.
My first video game was Pong on the original Atari system, also had a Commodore Vic 20 and played Frogger etc.
As long as video games are produced I will game.
Long live Gamers and gaming communities.
matzesingt
3 years ago
@Asmodeus566Sorry but the gaming industry changing is not really an excuse here, ea was and is big enough to influence the industry in the right way and get it back to its roots where we exp matters the most… and they didn’t do it in the past and they don’t do it now, so what exactly am I here for to celebrate ? That the company exists long ? Fine I can do that, but I can also see that ea is a mere shadow of what it used to be just like blizzard…

I am from the 80s myself so I’ve seen what gaming used to be and what it was about. And it changed in a terrible way, and ea is not innocent why it is as it is… sorry man but I can’t be happy about that
apex is a great game but also a great example of monetisation madness and floated with political agendas and worldviews.
TTZ_Dipsy
Hero+
3 years ago
It sure has been a minute. I think more first foray into the world of EA was with NHL 96.
gg123xyz
3 years ago
road rash on the genesis was good.
OldTreeCreeper
Hero+
3 years ago
@Asmodeus566 Dragon 32 here back in the 80's, then a mega drive purely for sonic. first EA game was poker on the nokia 🥳 still have that phone somewhere.
CCbathwater
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
Yes, they have come a long way, from 5 euro games to games that retail at almost 100 euros.
Asmodeus566
Hero+
3 years ago
Thank you all for your post's.
It is really impressive once you start to look at the list (quite large) of games that EA has developed/designed and or published in the last 41 years.
r1ggedgame
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@CCbathwaterthats a myth , the price for AAA Titles from the early 80 up until now hasnt really changed much (and if they rather got cheaper) if you account for inflation.
I remember Pitfall 2 burning a hole of around 150 DeutschMarks into the buyers pockets. If i calculate (including inflation rate ect.) what that would be in nowadays euro currency regarding purchasing power its around EUR 165 ...
hayhor
Hero
3 years ago
@r1ggedgame Agreed. I cannot remember what my atari 7200 games cost but original NES games in the mid to late 80s started at $40 and I believe in the 90s those systems hit $60 for a AAA title. Games have only recently on PS5 hit $70 for the base game. Yes, you can buy special editions for $100 but those are almost always cosmetics or add on junk that is unnecessary. Then you have to factor in free to play games like apex, fortnite and warzone. Really I would argue the only ones keeping gaming going are the whales who spend on the extras because costs to produce has not gone down. Software salaries are higher than ever.