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EA Considering Cross Buy for Need for Speed Most Wanted

"EA is considering utilizing Sony’s Cross Buy program for Need for Speed: Most Wanted. Cross Buy, which Sony announced earlier today, offers the Vita version of a game for free to customers who purchase it on PlayStation 3. Since Need for Speed: Most Wanted will be coming to both platforms, we reached out to EA to find out what they think."

chrisarsenalsavart4291d ago

that would be awesome.
even half price if you buy it with the ps3 version would be great.

BrutallyBlunt4291d ago

What EA should do and i imagine some will disagree with, is those who buy the Playstation 3 version through PSN get the Vita version for free. This way they can control the content (and pricing) and erase piracy and the used game market. It's these sort of incentives they need to start putting in place to convince consumers to adopt digital distribution over the physical medium.

ABizzel14291d ago

Honestly that's what I expect X-Buy to evolve into. While retail seems like a good idea, it could be a nightmare for stores. Simply return the game you got for free without a receipt and you net yourself a free $20+ in store credit for whatever you want.

Doing it over PSN will limit the sell to some people, but in the end that's good for business because it saves them from giving away more free copies.

DA_SHREDDER4291d ago

give me a real motorstorm, then I'll consider picking one up again.

HellzAssassin4291d ago

Hell yes. Motorstorm on the go would be incredible.

supremacy4291d ago

wow, i hope they do go through with this. this is good news.

Soldierone4291d ago

FINALLY found a website that actually told you what cross buy was, and it includes retail games so with that being said I'm excited for it! If it was digital purchases only, I wouldn't care, but if you include retail then sign me up for pre-orders of every game that does it!

ABizzel14291d ago

What's wrong with digital?

It needs love as well.

Soldierone4291d ago

They already do it digital with some games. I'm not paying full price for a digital game just to get the other one free though....if you let me buy at least one of the copies in physical form then I'm fine.

I dont like digital, especially when you are in gamestop and see the same game for half the price....

ABizzel14291d ago

I don't know. I don't mind digital. I'd rather have a physical copy of my console games, and a digital copy of my handheld games. So I'm with you on that one.

However, I've long since abandoned Gamestop, and their evils ways. Best Buy is my go to store now, at least for games I want to pick up at a reduced price. Like now BestBuy has a decent selection of B - A games on sale for $5 - $15 (Darkness 2, Singularity, Sorcery, Crysis 2, Bulletstorm, Kingdoms of Alamur w. @Gamer coupon and more), as well as a large selection of games for $20 (Street Fighter X Tekken w. @Gamer coupon). They also have random sales of new games for $5, but you have to be on their website at crazy hours in the morning.

I'd rather buy my games new and give the devs. some kind of support. Check out Best Buy if there's one close to you.

kingofe34291d ago

If you buy the PS3 version of Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time (through traditional retailers or via PlayStation Network), you will be able to download the PS Vita version of Thieves in Time from PSN at no additional cost.

http://blog.us.playstation....

Soldierone4291d ago

yeah thats why im so excited for it. I've been looking everywhere to see if this was the case, and everyone just kept saying "it has cross buy" and I was like "DOES CROSS BUY INCLUDE PHYSICAL COPIES!!!!" haha It does, and now I want the game for sure.

TheLastGuardian4291d ago (Edited 4291d ago )

I'm with you. So glad it includes retail games. I'm going to need a bigger memory card for my Vita. I'm guessing only the physical PS3 versions come with a voucher for the digital Vita version and not vice versa.

KingOptimusOrigin1114291d ago (Edited 4291d ago )

Considering WTF, they need to do it rather than trying to get a $100 out of a persons pocket who wants both versions.

metsgaming4291d ago (Edited 4291d ago )

Come on EA do it ! Also make it like the console versions, dont go and make it a port of an ios or 3ds version, we want the good stuff. Just saw an article its the ps3 and 360 version, thank you.

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Report: Sexual Misconduct Investigation Conducted at EA, Suspects Named and What They Did Revealed

EA senior staff has been investigated for sexual misconduct involving female coworkers, and these said people have been named publicly.

isarai3d ago

Aye just call Phil, i mean he somehow made Bobby Kotick's scandal disappear and gave him a few million dollar high five on the way out.

Cacabunga3d ago

I wonder if it will be censored with some in game ads.

MrBaskerville1d 7h ago (Edited 1d 7h ago )

Microsoft did, Phil Spencer played a minor part. He instigated the buyout that led to Kotick escaping all his controversies while getting a golden handshake.

Someone on Twitter calculated that the people hired in Tango and Arkane Austin could get a decent salary for roughly 17 years for the money Kotick was paid.

InUrFoxHole16h ago

Yeah some thing tells me Kotics $ was already guaranteed before MS made the deal. As for the studios... Let's be honest here... none of those studios made system sellers.

XiNatsuDragnel3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

EA about to go down like Activision and then Phil saves the day saying.this is good for the industry and consolidation will help create competition. /s.

MrBaskerville1d 7h ago

Then they shutdown Codemasters and studio behind Jedi Survivor.

Atleast they could hardly do much damage that EA hadn't allready done. EA has shut down most of their studios by now.

ravens523d ago

What's up with all these horny creeps. You gon be horny, fine. Just not at work take care of that shit before you go in. Rub one out if you have to. Don't be a creep at all. ESPECIALLY at work. But don't be one AT ALL.

Extermin8or3_3d ago

I mean part of the issue is that things transpired outside of work....

MrBaskerville1d 7h ago

That's the thing he mentioned about not being a creep at all.

KwietStorm_BLM3d ago

You think deviants care where they are? Work sometimes makes it an even better situation for them because they can abuse their power.

mudakoshaka2d ago

Nerds think they are Gods when they are making video games.

NotoriousWhiz3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

"it seems that according to EA, given the events transpired outside of work between two adults, and the fact that once investigation has started that the alleged perpetrators didn’t do it again, the investigation is considered closed. [...] The victim still has to work with the people that harassed her."

Yep, EA is disgusting.

Extermin8or3_3d ago

I mean the fact stuff happened outside of work puts EA in quite a difficult position legally. These women don't seem to have reported the matter to the police which kinda ties EA's hands on what they can do. If they don't file reports of the crimes then yeah from EA's perspective it is stuff that happened outside of work. The only exception is the guy that apparently referenced things in the slack channel for work, spending on what he said proving it may be very hard and he may well be able to get away with plausible deniability. I don't like EA and I think these people need to be dismissed but without any legal action being taken, EA can't really do much without risk of being sued themselves for unfair dismissal etc.

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EA to Spend Billions Boosting Share Prices After Mass Layoffs

EA has announced it will engage in a shareholder-pleasing share buyback program just a couple of months after mass layoffs at the studio.

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Yi-Long6d ago

Well, anything to make those shareholders happy, I guess. They're all that matters in this industry nowadays.

badboyz096d ago (Edited 6d ago )

EA stocks haven't been profitable in over 5yrs. They better hope Take-two don't get the FIFA license lol.

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Sony Patents To Prevent You From In-Game Harassment By Reading Your Emotions

A new patent recently published by Sony wants to gather biometric data of gamers to track whether one is being harassed using AI tools.

Profchaos20d ago (Edited 20d ago )

I hope this is one of those patents that never comes to fruition.

I already dislike the fact you can pay a significant amount for a online service buy associated games and content on said service and get banned from that service over potentially a misunderstanding the bans are already handed out for flimsy reasons

I'd rather see money invested in a ban that simply removes the offensive players ability to communicate with unknown players allow them to continue party chats with friends but not with Joe blow on cod.

exputers20d ago

Agreed. Blizzard recently banned a college Overwatch 2 player who's dependent for saying "shit." Pretty harsh.

Profchaos19d ago (Edited 19d ago )

How rediculas really. You can't say a word that's allowed in most PG films and prime time TV but the game is based around killing the enemy team using guns, explosives etc.

It's just backwards.

just_looken20d ago

What your talking about is called block list

In 2006 a spaceship dropped of the playstation 3/xbox 360 i say that that generation was the last great gen with game functions/tech that has yet to comeback

Anyhow the playstation 3 if you block listed a id they could not talk to you in chatroom with either text or voice. But that was pre mind fucked 2018 when people were more human than sheep.

But hey gta 6 is coming out billion dollar budget without a single player custom character creator and without singeplayer coop off/online something saints row 1-3 had on the xbox 360.

z2g20d ago

Take my social security and bank account numbers too! Here’s a picture of my wife and our address.

phoenixwing20d ago

Cmon where's the pictures of your children. Don't hold out on them.

H920d ago

At this rate I feel Sony will eventually sell a room to play games in it where they can monitor your every breath

jambola20d ago

I genuinely get a bit worried sometimes when a friend says something that could be offensive In a party
Because I have no trouble believing some bans would happen when in a private party for saying something wrong

SegaSaturn66920d ago

I want them to censor erotic content by measuring my groin temperature so i dont get too distracted while playing black ops 2.

Popsicle20d ago

Terrible idea. Not only do I not consent to providing my biometric data, the potential for mishandling biometric data is almost a certainty. Positive stress and negative stress can produce similar changes in biometrics. Interpreting the precise emotion a person is feeling is not only invasive but could be easily misconstrued. I hope this never comes to fruition.

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