EA is literally the worst game company in existence

[Snaillgod]

you're telling me that in order to play this game i have to allow the EA app to INSTALL ITSELF onto my computer? and then if i don't dish out my email, social security number, and firstborn child, i can't play this game? and AFTER WAITING 2 HOURS TO DOWNLOAD A 20 GIGABYTE GAME AND FILLING OUT ALL THE INFORMATION THEY'RE BEGGING FOR IT HITS ME WITH "heehee sorry X3 our servers are broken because we suck try again in 80 years"

i will never give a single cent to this godforsaken dogwater company

[Abyssian]

Originally posted by noirnick:

Base game free = you aren't giving them money. Go figure.

Base game is like pre-alpha development status. If that is enough for you, that's your sh*t.

[Lady Aeleanor]

Originally posted by Ravenlast:

Base game is like pre-alpha development status. If that is enough for you, that's your sh*t.

I played the base game when I first got it years ago, with no DLC for months. Worked just fine.

[Piperbird]

Originally posted by Snaillgod:

you're telling me that in order to play this game i have to allow the EA app to INSTALL ITSELF onto my computer?

We can all agree that EA sucks, but this? You're honestly pitching a fit because a game needs a launcher? Many games need a launcher and Sims has since at least TS3. This isn't the big deal you're making it out to be.

[Abyssian]

Originally posted by Lady Aeleanor:

Originally posted by Ravenlast:

Base game is like pre-alpha development status. If that is enough for you, that's your sh*t.

I played the base game when I first got it years ago, with no DLC for months. Worked just fine.

Well yeah. When i was a lil kid, parents told me i had a big fun even with the toy car without wheels. Simpleton joy. -shrugs-

[ViolentSilence]

Originally posted by Diarrhea Blaster:

While EA is a trash company, it's funny how back in the day everyone hated steam, and it was the worst thing ever.

Now people want all their games on steam, and get all butthurt when another dev dares to have their own launcher.

I remember being excited for EA releases, which probably says how old I am. They had so many cool titles they took chances on. I'd still be intrigued if a Syndicate sequel came out...

[Diarrhea Blaster]

Originally posted by ViolentSilence:

Originally posted by Diarrhea Blaster:

While EA is a trash company, it's funny how back in the day everyone hated steam, and it was the worst thing ever.

Now people want all their games on steam, and get all butthurt when another dev dares to have their own launcher.

I remember being excited for EA releases, which probably says how old I am. They had so many cool titles they took chances on. I'd still be intrigued if a Syndicate sequel came out...

Oh yeah. Going to Babbages, Electronics Boutique, Comp USA, or wherever and seeing EA on a title and knowing it's good.

The days when games were made by people who loved to make games. Now they do it for money alone.

[Syncroniam]

Bro is scared to give out information when all your information is already on the Deep Net ready for someone to use. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Sucks to be you.

[Smokey]

Its the only 1,000$ game in the world.

[Xautos]

Originally posted by ViolentSilence:

Originally posted by Diarrhea Blaster:

While EA is a trash company, it's funny how back in the day everyone hated steam, and it was the worst thing ever.

Now people want all their games on steam, and get all butthurt when another dev dares to have their own launcher.

I remember being excited for EA releases, which probably says how old I am. They had so many cool titles they took chances on. I'd still be intrigued if a Syndicate sequel came out...

the 90's were a good time. i consider the 1990-2005 area to be the golden age of gaming for the simple fact game developers were imaginative, they came up with new genres, new ways of playing, new advancements and new takes on a newish genre.

Back in the 90's EA weren't this greedy money hungry juggernaut, but neither was Ubisoft or Blizzard or any other big publisher/developer, it started going off the rails early 2000's and got worse as it went along. It was a different time with a different culture. Back then it was games for the gamers.

[Coffee Addict]

Originally posted by Smokey:

Its the only 1,000$ game in the world.

what about dead or alive 6? it has over 2k worth of DLC

or star citizen some ships costs a few thousand each

or train simulator with over 10k worth of DLC

[76561198213095365]

Originally posted by Smokey:

Its the only 1,000$ game in the world.

Your statement is false where The Sims 4 is not the only game in the world that costs $1,000 or more to get all dlc packs, but why would anyone who is smart enough with common sense and worried about overspending money on games spend a full price for any game without waiting for one of those frequent discounts first or not buy from a bundle? The actual price for smart people that have a brain and actually want to save some money will only buy from discounts/bundles. The only exception are kit packs, because they never come with discounts and never come in bundles. If someone were to pay the full price with discounts and bundles only the full price is actually much cheaper than 1k U.S. dollars of dlc. I get that when expansion packs first come out they offer a few extra free items for a limited time only, but those expansion packs when they first come out may not even be worth getting if the cost of getting the pack is an issue because of someone struggling financially, currently lives in a 2nd or 3rd world country, and/or if someone is more concerned about the bugs that comes along with the new expansion pack than wanting to get the expansion pack as soon as possible.

[76561198213095365]

Another question I have to ask. Can we really trust EA at this point? Why does EA want to know our social security number? Has EA decided that it now wants to scam people and that is better to rip people off than actually let them have fun in playing games with their new app? What is going on here? No company even from a large company like EA should ask for a social security number.

[76561198213095365]

Originally posted by ShotDeTequila:

this never asked me for my ss#... is bc im not from USA?

Good to notice that at least someone was apparently not asked about social security number. How could anyone trust EA App and why does EA which is a billion dollar company need to know someone's social security number? EA does realize right that we are human beings with a right to privacy and not slaves to their company? EA treating people like garbage is bad for business. It is not the $1,000 dlc (although, it is much cheaper than that with discounts and bundles) that I am not the most concerned about, but EA App being broken and being worse than Origin. I will also miss the gallery if I am forced into being offline more often as the only way to start The Sims 4 properly because of the frequent server errors with connecting to the internet.

[Xautos]

Originally posted by davidnoble1996:

Another question I have to ask. Can we really trust EA at this point? Why does EA want to know our social security number? Has EA decided that it now wants to scam people and that is better to rip people off than actually let them have fun in playing games with their new app? What is going on here? No company even from a large company like EA should ask for a social security number.

Most big companies want to spy on everyone and violate their privacy by legal means. Microsoft is the worst offender by some distance because they have thousands of telemetry programs and connections that harvest everything you do at every moment of every day on Windows 10 and especially 11 and all that is sent back to Microsoft so they can do a full work up on you. buying a selling of information is very lucrative to third parties.

For EA they want your social security number to identify you directly and for tax purposes, but that can give them a leg up on knowing even more about you outside of a computer, especially if they got allied connections with other services, for example supermarkets they do business with in providing services.

Most people don't even realise this and yet are happy to stick to windows 10 and 11 or hand over details to EA and Microsoft. There is a reason i'm on Linux Ubuntu, to limit what companies can get off me.

[76561198213095365]

Originally posted by Xautos:

Most big companies want to spy on everyone and violate their privacy by legal means. Microsoft is the worst offender by some distance because they have thousands of telemetry programs and connections that harvest everything you do at every moment of every day on Windows 10 and especially 11 and all that is sent back to Microsoft so they can do a full work up on you. buying a selling of information is very lucrative to third parties.

For EA they want your social security number to identify you directly and for tax purposes, but that can give them a leg up on knowing even more about you outside of a computer, especially if they got allied connections with other services, for example supermarkets they do business with in providing services.

Most people don't even realise this and yet are happy to stick to windows 10 and 11 or hand over details to EA and Microsoft. There is a reason i'm on Linux Ubuntu, to limit what companies can get off me.

I was not asked for any personal information when switching over to EA App or at least not yet despite the fact I use Windows 11 instead of Linux Ubuntu. Origin is not working anymore and that is the only reason why I switched, because I think that EA officially shut it down starting from mid February. Fortunately, I did not lose any dlc that I had already installed in my game, but I still do have multiple concerns about EA App. This is because many people have complained about it and I am still somewhat concerned. I also experienced no issues from my first ever launch from EA App.