Comments on: Uh Oh: Spore Microtransactions Still a Possibility

By: UncleBoogie

UncleBoogie — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:02:43 +0000

EA are most certainly evil. I mean they’ve killed off pretty much all their sports franchises on the PC. They’re not doing anything with the NFL license other than sitting on their ass. They force unwarranted copy protection on you, when they know damn well they don’t work. They buy up studios then dismantle them. (I have a friend who works for Bioware and needless to say they’re a little concerned.) It’s just insane!

By: aj

aj — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:03:03 +0000

I really don’t expect much from EA anymore, I’ve lost all faith in them…what with the SecuROM issue and all.

By: plz die

plz die — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:06:50 +0000

Who cares. The only difference is that those who pay get extra parts that nobody wouldn’t have got if there microblablabla didn’t exist.

By: Junk Angel

Junk Angel — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:48:15 +0000

To be honest, I wonder how long it will take for modders to actually figure out how to add content themselves.
If spore will be as large as expected and coming onto the PC you can expect it won’t take long before people figure out how to add their own parts.
I give it two months tops.
That’s the biggest difference the PC and console markets.

By: UncleBoogie

UncleBoogie — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:54:17 +0000

Spore SHOULD be the biggest game of the year. Everyone SHOULD be excited about it. But with the copy protection bullshit, and now the greedy fuckers are doing this, it’s making me, and no doubt a lot of other people, reconsider buying it.

Seriously, pirating Spore is looking more and more appealing, especially when it would appear EA will happily launch half a product so they can charge us for the “new” content that should have been there in the first place.

Are there no depths to which those money grubbing assholes won’t sink?

By: An Adult

An Adult — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:47:07 +0000

Sadly, microtransactions will continue because many consumers will buy the game regardless. Besides, expansion packs are basically many microtransactions that come bundled on one CD. There’s not much difference; both expansions and microtransactions are SEPERATE from the full game. Ultimately, it’s the consumer’s choice if they want to buy extra content.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:36:10 +0000

EA is not Blizzard and this is not WoW. If we are going to buy a game I don’t want to have to basically “Pay to play” just to get everything out of the game.
FCKIN CON ARTISTS

By: Mutilate

Mutilate — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:36:05 +0000

I really hope they don’t do that, just give us everything for free and charge the console losers for dlc like they deserve.

By: S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:12:40 +0000

Fuck you EA and John Riccitiello.

They day you start this micro-transaction bullshit will be the day I uninstall Spore. You can quote me on that and I’ll even take screenshots of the uninstall to prove it.