EA's Business Model Finally Revealed
What are you saying about my EA
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The established players leaving will turn out to be the least of EAs problems. I can imagine many new players will assume that this is an expensive game to "win". They will not know it used to be simply a creative social game of challenge, requiring lots of effort to be rewarded with what you EARN.
For players being introduced to the game during this event, they will see EAs screens filled with invitations to " win" prizes, they will discover that the vast majority of the desirable prizes are unattainable, decide the odds are strongly against them, see that it is a game that costs hundreds of dollars to enjoy, and go find one of the thousands of other games that fill their expectations.
BTW, someone help me ... About those baskets on the premium menu ... In the initial days of this event, many many people ac epted EAs OFFER to purchase those baskets. And NOBODY had been told they were temporary. I'm having trouble recalling ANY legal business practice in which a business sells a product for real money, and that product is preprogrammed to VANISH, and there is NO indicator giving the buyer prior notice that it would.
I realize that "event" objects often disappear at the END of an event WHEN THERE IS NO FURTHER BENEFIT POSSIBLE from them. But Is there ANY other item you have seen on the premium menu that vanished -- completely without warning -- while it still would have value to the buyer? (For that matter, any paid-for item you've seen ANYWHERE that vanished without warning?)
Reeks of fraud to me. And, no, I am not merely talking about the kind of fraud you sue over. Fraud can be either civil or criminal. What distinguishes criminal fraud is that is INTENTIONAL. EA offers "i" buttons next to the items for sale. They had the opportunity to (but chose not to) describe the baskets as "single use". They did not.
Sleazy business is one thing. Criminal actions are a whole 'nuther thing.
For players being introduced to the game during this event, they will see EAs screens filled with invitations to " win" prizes, they will discover that the vast majority of the desirable prizes are unattainable, decide the odds are strongly against them, see that it is a game that costs hundreds of dollars to enjoy, and go find one of the thousands of other games that fill their expectations.
BTW, someone help me ... About those baskets on the premium menu ... In the initial days of this event, many many people ac epted EAs OFFER to purchase those baskets. And NOBODY had been told they were temporary. I'm having trouble recalling ANY legal business practice in which a business sells a product for real money, and that product is preprogrammed to VANISH, and there is NO indicator giving the buyer prior notice that it would.
I realize that "event" objects often disappear at the END of an event WHEN THERE IS NO FURTHER BENEFIT POSSIBLE from them. But Is there ANY other item you have seen on the premium menu that vanished -- completely without warning -- while it still would have value to the buyer? (For that matter, any paid-for item you've seen ANYWHERE that vanished without warning?)
Reeks of fraud to me. And, no, I am not merely talking about the kind of fraud you sue over. Fraud can be either civil or criminal. What distinguishes criminal fraud is that is INTENTIONAL. EA offers "i" buttons next to the items for sale. They had the opportunity to (but chose not to) describe the baskets as "single use". They did not.
Sleazy business is one thing. Criminal actions are a whole 'nuther thing.
