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The Playeressence Vidcast Episode 23 “Microtransactions Suck”

Playeressence's Furious Francis discusses Pachter's BS, Watch Dogs, vs GTA V, Day one DLC, EA's Microtransaction models employed in games like Dead Space 3

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knifefight4092d ago

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akaakaaka4091d ago

better sound.. next time pls
is hard to fallow you
and a better paste at speaking will be welcome to

Theyellowflash304091d ago

Not sure what your talking about with the sound? I record on a Sony HD surround with 5.1 digital that converted to Stereo sound.

"and a better paste at speaking will be welcome to?"

I'm guessing you mean pace? I guess I can work on that. Thanks for the feedback though.

akaakaaka4091d ago (Edited 4091d ago )

yes i meant pace and i did not meant to be rude..
I like this kind of videos but some how there was like a weird sound "echo" beside your voice.. that makes it hard to fallow and understand.
take care and have a good sunday!

Sharingan_no_Kakashi4091d ago

I think both models are great. Pay a monthly fee for access to everything or pay a quarter for only the things you want. Either can be successful depending on the game. Microtrans opens up your potential audience but you'll have to constantly push out new stuff for ppl to buy to earn income.

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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.

InUrFoxHole1d 20h ago

You think Phil did that? 🤣

MrBaskerville21h ago(Edited 21h 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.

InUrFoxHole5h 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.

MrBaskerville21h 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....

MrBaskerville21h ago

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

KwietStorm_BLM2d 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_2d 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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GTA 5’s cut “James Bond Trevor” DLC was already part-shot, actor says

The GTA 5 Agent Trevor DLC episode could have been a real treat for fans on PlayStation and Xbox, before it was scrubbed sometime before 2017.

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Killer2020UK22d ago

More interested in money than giving fans what they want. Such a shame

CrimsonWing6922d ago

With the amount of money they generated, I just don’t understand the scrubbing of this. It would’ve been fantastic for fans.

Profchaos22d ago

I really want to know who drove the decision to focus on multiplayer was it Rockstar or take two.

Because when online started taking off many of the studio leads began having falling outs and leading including a founder

Demetrius21d ago

Ikr mfs that greedy it's ridiculous

andy8522d ago

This makes me sad. Trevor was one of my favourite characters in gaming

Demetrius21d ago

One of the reason I believe once gta 6 release, most of us thoroughly play it, enjoy the world they crafted then after that no offline support, no dlc at all

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