Here is a list of some of the worst screw ups made this year by game companies, which in turn screw over the gamers and for some ultimately screw themselves in the process. Some of these decisions were solely made from game companies trying to squeeze every penny from gamers.
Cheat software provider EngineOwning will pay Call of Duty creator Activision nearly $15 million in damages and legal fees.
This is what developers and manufacturers should do. I know going after cheat devices/makers is a cat and mouse game, and cost money. However, they can get that money back by sueing these manufacturers of cheat devices. Take a page from Nintendo's playbook.
Get a fresh look at Star Wars Outlaws, Assassin’s Creed Shadows, and more on June 10.
Assassin's Creed Hexe is what I wanna hear about most. Yes I wanna play as a witch with magic during the 16 century witch trials in Germany (as per rumors). Sign me up
Hopefully gameplay of ac shadows or star wars outlaws, if they finally announce the new far cry I'm definitely getting that, far cry still fun af and gorgeous games, yeah ubisoft has their faults but atleast they're not copying souls like games their titles still have identity
I'm going to be an outlier amongst the rest of these comments.... give us something NEW! I'm pretty burnt out on Ubisoft franchises, unless you're giving us a new Rayman game!
*Edit - imagine what they could do with a Rayman 3D game in this day and age. I say now is the time to revisit the series.
The Xbox brand has done a lot of good over the years, but their various blunders are pretty wild to look back on in their magnitude.
Ironically number 9 can save them at this point (releasing games on multiple platforms)
Phil Spencer is the worst that has happened to Xbox.
They built a respectable brand up to Xbox one. Then this guy took over and things became a joke
Really good video.
I remember the days with RRoD was big news on here, N4G.
Microsoft had it turbulence number of years.
Looking at the success of Sea of Thieves despite being 6 years old, time to release Halo, Forza horizon 4 & 5 on PS5. It'll help their revenue
I found this video painful to watch. Can someone list them out?
Top 10 for me from are:
1. 2013 reveal presentation
2. Bundling Kinect 2 with Xbox One
3. RRoD or why rushing to market with hardware is always a bad idea.
4. Buying studios only to close them.
5. Ads on the Home Screen
6. Letting Halo die.
7. Letting Geard of War die.
8. Every console name
9. Charging for Xbox Live on Xbox 360 when Sony let PS3 players play online for free.
10. Cancelling release of OG Xbox games after the Xbox 360 launched.
Where's "Microsoft forgot that E3 was for gamers, not 7-year-old girls" on the list?
For me, #1 Infinity Ward and Activision
S.E this gen
I see nothing wrong with EA "charging for multiplayer" as you put it. Buy the game new as you were intended and everything is fine.
Developers don't get a cent from used games, so all your $55 go directly to GameStop, a company almost every gamer universally hates. EA is a business and they have to get paid somehow, and if this is the only way then I say go for it. Screwing people who are too cheap to pay $5 for a new game is alright in my books. I'd rather my money go to the people who actually spent thousands of hours creating a game I enjoy rather than go to a heartless middleman who rips you off and has done absolutely nothing to earn that money.
It's not like they are charging you extra for the game if you buy it new, so just buy it new and you there's no complaint. It's not EA's fault that you're too god damn cheap to give the actual people who MADE the game any money.