Why is everybody's pro-hike argument "Oh, the price rise doesn't matter because YOU CAN AFFORD IT." What kind of argument is that for EA getting greedy?
Oh yeah, and as for taxes? Do they know ANYTHING about the hoops these big internet companies will go through to minimise the taxes they pay? There are a lot of contraversies about online companies getting out of paying taxes because nobody can pin down exactly which country they're based in. EA is no different.
"Oh, but it's a business. Are you denying them their right to make money?"
No. They can make money, I suppose. In exchange for a good game and fair content. Point is, I'm saying that EA is in the entertainment industry; it's not a plum bank. The money it makes is its reward for a good game, so that it can make more and better games for its gaming consumers, not so that it can invent more ways to make more money. And you know what? They're ALREADY making money! Did Battlefront 2 result in them losing face? Well, why should Sims players have to shell out more if they fouled up what is their JOB?!
Are some players saying I have a choice? That's only true in the most basic of senses. I can choose to have less content in my game and an incomplete experience, or I can pay the inflated price, and EA knows it. There is actual gameplay material in all Stuff Packs. If I don't buy it, my gameplay experience is less than that of other people.
In case they haven't noticed, EA does not have an automatic RIGHT to my money. But they behave as if this is what they believe.
