I live in hope...dashed yet again :(
Waaaay back in December 2014, a few short months after TS4's release, I was on this forum throwing in my twopence on threads regarding game satisfaction and so forth. In a thread (shut down after 278 ...
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"Inna Minnit;14498508" wrote:
They work to make the product. Why is it scummy for them the ask to be paid for their efforts? I assume you have a job? Do you go to work for the fun of it? Or do you expect to be paid? Are you scummy for wanting a paycheck? Pleae explain how it is different?
This would be a valid argument if the majority of the profit made from this game went to the workers as a reward for all their hard work, but we both know that's not how it is. The workers may be working for a paycheck, but the ones who benefit from all their hard work are the investors, not the workers.
Unless you think working 60-80 hours a week with very little time off is worth the paycheck, then I suppose you can justify EA's greediness, but it doesn't mean that the consumer is obligated to keep on supporting this model; and I think (in my opinion) that the consumer is entitled to expect to get some modicum of quality product for all the money they're expected to pour out in order to keep this franchise going.
After all, we MUST keep the investors happy, mustn't we?
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