Andrew Storrier Writes: We are only a few measly days away from our featured PlayStation Unlimited Review of 2K’s reigning champion basketball simulation, NBA 2k11. Much is expected from this years outing, tighter yet more fluid gameplay and playing as Michael Jordan (ZOMG!) and with the way things have been progressing, it look as if the 2K series will be emphatically tomahawking this one home.
This brings us to NBA Elite 11, EA’s desperation half-court fling at the buzzer to try and at least tie things up with 2K. It’s last outing, NBA Live 10 was thumped on the charts. It managed only 400,000 shipped units on the PS3 to 2K10′s 750,000. If you take into account other platforms, 2K10 doubles Live’s sales. Ouch. Now, with Elite being delayed until at least sometime in 2011, it is predicted to lose some $60 million in sales and be a major contributor to EA’s projected revenue downturn for the Holiday quarter.
There are no thoughtful ads in Video Games, EA. Leave them be.
I think the only type of games that can gets away with it would be sport games, having those sponsors ads on the side like on real life.
But don't put freaking Doritos ads in Star Wars or something, it breaks the immersion. If it is a pop-up ads, then big no.
One of my favorite series is the THPS franchise, and it was packed with ads, but it didn't bother me. Posters for skateboard companies, JEEP, and Nokia phones. It did sort of fit in with the game world, but that was the past, these days ad would be intentionally intrusive or unskippable loading screen type of imagery. Ugh, I know EA would do it in a horrible fashion. Screw them.
EA senior staff has been investigated for sexual misconduct involving female coworkers, and these said people have been named publicly.
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.
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.
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.
"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.
EA has announced it will engage in a shareholder-pleasing share buyback program just a couple of months after mass layoffs at the studio.
EA just needs to relax from making NBA/NFL games until they get some real dev talent
Stop making NBA games and work on an SSX for PS3 and 360..that would be awesome