EA Cancels Black Panther Game, Closes Cliffhanger Games - IGN
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This post did not contain any content.wrote on 29 May 2025, 11:51 last edited by
Fuck black panther make another game like battlefield 4 or nfs most wanted
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Fuck black panther make another game like battlefield 4 or nfs most wanted
wrote on 29 May 2025, 12:57 last edited byOh yeah, let's make another shitty battlefield game cause there aren't a million of those in the bloated and fetted catalog of shooters.
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Oh yeah, let's make another shitty battlefield game cause there aren't a million of those in the bloated and fetted catalog of shooters.
wrote on 29 May 2025, 13:09 last edited byBattlefield 4 isn’t shitty lil boi
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I really wish gamers could unite in a way that they buy out sufficient ownership stakes in these terrible publishers that they force them to treat development studios better, and not push out half-finished slop filled to the brim with predatory monetisation.
EA, Konami, Ubisoft would all be ripe for a renaissance if that were to pass.
wrote on 29 May 2025, 18:24 last edited byI've been hearing it for years, the same as outright boycotts. It's not that people don't care, it's that not enough people care for it to make a difference. For every person pissed about getting burned on a $60+ purchase for a dogshit game, there are 99 more who'll eat it and move on without caring all that much. You've got to improve the content at home, where it counts without worrying about the drek getting turned out by large companies/studios. Invest in indie, or shop around is the best bet IMO.
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This post did not contain any content.wrote on 29 May 2025, 20:08 last edited by
Damn, was this the Christopher Judge project?
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I've been hearing it for years, the same as outright boycotts. It's not that people don't care, it's that not enough people care for it to make a difference. For every person pissed about getting burned on a $60+ purchase for a dogshit game, there are 99 more who'll eat it and move on without caring all that much. You've got to improve the content at home, where it counts without worrying about the drek getting turned out by large companies/studios. Invest in indie, or shop around is the best bet IMO.
wrote on 30 May 2025, 01:33 last edited by thatkamguy@sh.itjust.worksRealistically yes, you are correct.
I’m sure we all (at least those old enough) to remember that Boycott Modern Warfare II Steam group screenshot.
Idealistically, imagine that for every release - instead of giving EA that $80 dollars, 10% of gamers put that money towards a share instead.
So that would work out to be ~$200m in lost upfront sales, and up to $540m in lost recurring spend (microtransactions, battle passes etc.).
That would only be enough for gamers to own 0.5% of the company after the first year, but keeping this up for multiple years could have a downward pressure on EA’s stock price long-term as they miss their financial forecasts - increasing gamer’s buying power on shares.
Within a few years, these “Gamers United” would begin to have sufficient stake to influence board decisions (for the better).
The best part being that, the entire time, EA would continue to pay dividends to them (currently at a rate of ~$3.10 per share, per year), while they still technically own that money - almost like a corporate savings account.
*Edit: out of the three companies I randomly picked, Ubisoft would actually
be the softest target - as their market cap is only $1.38b, so gamers would only need to acquire ~$700m of shares to wrestle control of the company! -
Battlefield 4 isn’t shitty lil boi
wrote on 30 May 2025, 08:44 last edited byThen why do you need a new one?
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I really wish gamers could unite in a way that they buy out sufficient ownership stakes in these terrible publishers that they force them to treat development studios better, and not push out half-finished slop filled to the brim with predatory monetisation.
EA, Konami, Ubisoft would all be ripe for a renaissance if that were to pass.
wrote on 30 May 2025, 09:39 last edited byI don't want to own EA. I want EA to fail.
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Then why do you need a new one?
wrote on 30 May 2025, 09:53 last edited byWhy would you want to stay stuck playing the same game forever? No matter how good
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I don't want to own EA. I want EA to fail.
wrote on 30 May 2025, 10:51 last edited by thatkamguy@sh.itjust.worksI don’t want the current iteration of EA to succeed; but I do want them to return to form and help* nurture quality releases of Command and Conquer, Mass Effect, Dead Space, Burn Out, Need for Speed, Road Rash, Theme X, Sim City and about a dozen other dormant (or mismanaged) franchises.
Could I get similar experiences from other publishers and developers? Absolutely — but I’d much rather we as gamers have a broader choice in the future of our hobby, rather than continually whittling down our options as quality developers get swallowed up and spat out by the current industrial machine.