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Why do gamers want EA execs lynched over some game? WTF happened?

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arousing crystalline menage son of senegal
  11/16/17
newest Star Wars Battlefront II game is a steaming pile of s...
Milky Indian Lodge
  11/16/17
tyty. 180^180 so the characters be unlocked without payin...
arousing crystalline menage son of senegal
  11/16/17
its the video game version of GC
Milky Indian Lodge
  11/16/17
The death threats were made up and the guy claiming them was...
Adventurous base potus
  11/16/17
But I sent death threats to EA. (Hans moleman)
Aggressive cracking kitchen
  11/16/17
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bearded location
  11/16/17
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deep forum pozpig
  11/16/17
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Dark Nibblets
  11/16/17
538946790287435987623487561
Big magical den
  11/17/17
lmao
Razzle Puce Dingle Berry Abode
  11/17/17
As go gamers so goes the country.
Duck-like Brunch Azn
  11/16/17
> I read yesterday that it would take either $2100 or 450...
deep forum pozpig
  11/16/17
(((hehe)))
beady-eyed henna athletic conference
  11/17/17
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ebony concupiscible knife orchestra pit
  11/17/17
Not that candy crush style paid content is acceptable, but i...
Tan kitty cat set
  11/17/17
It’s not gameplay, it’s repetitive mining, like what you use...
Orchid irate institution queen of the night
  11/17/17
They are charging $60 for candy crush in a Star Wars skin.
Wild Giraffe
  11/16/17
lol
arousing crystalline menage son of senegal
  11/16/17
Does Candy Crush extract as much as 2100 USD from each gamer...
greedy theatre
  11/16/17
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twinkling property
  11/17/17
can't gamers just move on to a different game? someone expla...
arousing crystalline menage son of senegal
  11/16/17
fans have felt this way for years but it's reached a tipping...
Aphrodisiac alcoholic heaven
  11/16/17
It’s a perfect storm. EA has been repeatedly voted worst ...
Histrionic locale
  11/16/17
Very good summary. I couldn't remember some of this, and I f...
Milky Indian Lodge
  11/16/17
also gamers are MAF at EA ruining the Mass Effect series.
Milky Indian Lodge
  11/16/17
hehe
Duck-like Brunch Azn
  11/16/17
Bioware. :/
rose twinkling uncleanness marketing idea
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ebony concupiscible knife orchestra pit
  11/17/17
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hairraiser cuckoldry toilet seat
  11/16/17
gamers and Star Wars fan boys come together to create an uns...
Mewling Beta Foreskin Tanning Salon
  11/16/17
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arousing crystalline menage son of senegal
  11/16/17
May the autism be with you
Duck-like Brunch Azn
  11/16/17
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  11/16/17
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deep forum pozpig
  11/17/17
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Wine hyperactive hall selfie
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razzle-dazzle seedy newt
  11/16/17
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shimmering odious half-breed crackhouse
  11/16/17
it's not "gamers", it's "redditors" t...
clear theater legal warrant
  11/16/17
Isn't Battlefront a FPS? So the "Vader" and "...
amber school turdskin
  11/16/17
Its an FPS, but special characters are played as third perso...
Aphrodisiac alcoholic heaven
  11/16/17
It's the way they're ramming loot boxes down your throat and...
Bull Headed Digit Ratio Gas Station
  11/16/17
EA GC taking hard drive filled with CP and putting it in des...
Walnut passionate native persian
  11/16/17
What they did to mass effect and bioware is reallly sad. ...
Wild Giraffe
  11/16/17
remember when EA ran its successful nba live series into the...
blue point hunting ground
  11/16/17
They paid off the nfl to ensure that there would be no more ...
Wild Giraffe
  11/16/17
NFL 2k was revolutionary in its controls and graphics
blue point hunting ground
  11/16/17
NFL2K5 is the best football game ever made
Aphrodisiac alcoholic heaven
  11/17/17
And it was only $20.
lake chapel coffee pot
  11/17/17
I liked 2k3 the most
Adventurous base potus
  11/17/17
i was playing seamless online matches with the ability to sc...
Dashing bright party of the first part
  11/17/17
This is why The Switch is so popular.
Turquoise incel boltzmann
  11/16/17
The microtransaction AAA titles are infuriating. That shit i...
lake chapel coffee pot
  11/17/17
Hehe
deep forum pozpig
  11/17/17
AAA titles are almost all shit for the lowest common denomin...
Razzle Puce Dingle Berry Abode
  11/17/17
There's another version of this too which is what Pokemon Go...
smoky nubile parlor
  11/17/17
Pokemon Go wasn't actually a game.
lake chapel coffee pot
  11/17/17
.
Aggressive cracking kitchen
  11/17/17
cr is to stop playig games & start buying video game sto...
Misanthropic Masturbator University
  11/17/17
EA bends the knee https://twitter.com/EAStarWars/status/9313...
Adventurous base potus
  11/17/17
lol i'd be really fucking pissed if i'd already paid for shi...
Dashing bright party of the first part
  11/17/17
They’re turning off microtransactions for the launch window ...
Histrionic locale
  11/17/17
good. gamers and star wars nerds deserve to get got. get y...
Dashing bright party of the first part
  11/17/17
You will never feel about a Star Wars game again how you fel...
lemon immigrant
  11/17/17
:(
Zippy Mauve Casino
  11/17/17
why in the EVER LIVING FUCK will they not bring back an upda...
Milky Indian Lodge
  11/17/17
cr these were legitimately some of the greatest games ever m...
Zippy Mauve Casino
  11/17/17
or Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
Aphrodisiac alcoholic heaven
  11/17/17


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Date: November 16th, 2017 5:11 PM
Author: arousing crystalline menage son of senegal

Explain

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34703059)



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Date: November 16th, 2017 5:14 PM
Author: Milky Indian Lodge

newest Star Wars Battlefront II game is a steaming pile of shit, full of pay to win "loot boxes" throughout. A lot of characters like Vader and Luke can't be unlocked without paying.

I read yesterday that it would take either $2100 or 4500 hours to fully unlock everything in the game.

Basically, people are fed up with microtransactions in $60 video games, this game milked the fuck out of it, and gamers are responding to an extreme extent (e.g. death threats to EA Games people on twitter and email)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34703085)



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Date: November 16th, 2017 5:16 PM
Author: arousing crystalline menage son of senegal

tyty. 180^180

so the characters be unlocked without paying but it'll take years of playing? ljl gc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34703105)



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Date: November 16th, 2017 5:26 PM
Author: Milky Indian Lodge

its the video game version of GC

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34703169)



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Date: November 16th, 2017 5:19 PM
Author: Adventurous base potus

The death threats were made up and the guy claiming them was found to not actually even work at EA now or ever

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34703124)



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Date: November 16th, 2017 8:46 PM
Author: Aggressive cracking kitchen

But I sent death threats to EA. (Hans moleman)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34704610)



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Date: November 16th, 2017 11:11 PM
Author: bearded location



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34706051)



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Date: November 16th, 2017 11:11 PM
Author: deep forum pozpig



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34706053)



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Date: November 16th, 2017 11:30 PM
Author: Dark Nibblets



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34706226)



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Date: November 17th, 2017 4:35 PM
Author: Big magical den

538946790287435987623487561

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34711884)



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Date: November 17th, 2017 4:49 PM
Author: Razzle Puce Dingle Berry Abode

lmao

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34711964)



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Date: November 16th, 2017 5:21 PM
Author: Duck-like Brunch Azn

As go gamers so goes the country.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34703131)



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Date: November 16th, 2017 11:10 PM
Author: deep forum pozpig

> I read yesterday that it would take either $2100 or 4500 hours to fully unlock everything in the game.

lmfao

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34706041)



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Date: November 17th, 2017 12:14 AM
Author: beady-eyed henna athletic conference

(((hehe)))

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34706594)



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Date: November 17th, 2017 4:27 PM
Author: ebony concupiscible knife orchestra pit



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34711814)



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Date: November 17th, 2017 4:27 PM
Author: Tan kitty cat set

Not that candy crush style paid content is acceptable, but isn't lots of gameplay desirable?

I thought the complaint from rpgs and stuff from before was not enough entertainment value/hours before completing the game.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34711817)



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Date: November 17th, 2017 4:35 PM
Author: Orchid irate institution queen of the night

It’s not gameplay, it’s repetitive mining, like what you used to pay Chinese farmers to do.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34711880)



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Date: November 16th, 2017 5:14 PM
Author: Wild Giraffe

They are charging $60 for candy crush in a Star Wars skin.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34703087)



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Date: November 16th, 2017 5:17 PM
Author: arousing crystalline menage son of senegal

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34703106)



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Date: November 16th, 2017 5:18 PM
Author: greedy theatre

Does Candy Crush extract as much as 2100 USD from each gamer?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34703117)



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Date: November 17th, 2017 1:48 AM
Author: twinkling property



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34707130)



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Date: November 16th, 2017 5:22 PM
Author: arousing crystalline menage son of senegal

can't gamers just move on to a different game? someone explain the context here on why this game is so anointed over the others. is it just because of star wars?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34703138)



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Date: November 16th, 2017 5:27 PM
Author: Aphrodisiac alcoholic heaven

fans have felt this way for years but it's reached a tipping point with Star Wars.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34703182)



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Date: November 16th, 2017 5:39 PM
Author: Histrionic locale

It’s a perfect storm.

EA has been repeatedly voted worst company in America.

EA has a history of acquiring successful developers, driving them into the dirt, then closing them.

EA owns the Star Wars license. It recently shuttered another studio working on a single player focused Star Wars game. The public explanation was basically “we can’t make enough money on this game, so we’re going to try to make it a multiplayer game with microtransactions instead.”

EA launches Battlefront 2 with an absurd microtransaction model that combines pay-to-win mechanics with extreme grinding to incentivize players to pay up. People are upset on the internet.

EA responds on Reddit with some terrible PR line about wanting to make sure players feel “a sense of accomplishment” for earning (or buying) items. This comment quickly becomes the most downvoted comment in Reddit history by a huge margin.

When the internet loses its shit, EA drops the prices (in in-game fake currency) of its unlocks by 75%, suggesting it had massively inflated the numbers to see how much players would tolerate.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34703251)



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Date: November 16th, 2017 5:42 PM
Author: Milky Indian Lodge

Very good summary. I couldn't remember some of this, and I forgot about EA shuttering that other developer.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34703263)



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Date: November 16th, 2017 5:43 PM
Author: Milky Indian Lodge

also gamers are MAF at EA ruining the Mass Effect series.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34703269)



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Date: November 16th, 2017 5:43 PM
Author: Duck-like Brunch Azn

hehe

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34703277)



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Date: November 16th, 2017 8:52 PM
Author: rose twinkling uncleanness marketing idea

Bioware. :/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34704659)



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Date: November 17th, 2017 4:27 PM
Author: ebony concupiscible knife orchestra pit



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34711820)



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Date: November 16th, 2017 5:25 PM
Author: hairraiser cuckoldry toilet seat



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34703164)



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Date: November 16th, 2017 5:26 PM
Author: Mewling Beta Foreskin Tanning Salon

gamers and Star Wars fan boys come together to create an unstoppable Incel force

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34703167)



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Date: November 16th, 2017 5:26 PM
Author: arousing crystalline menage son of senegal



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34703170)



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Date: November 16th, 2017 5:26 PM
Author: Duck-like Brunch Azn

May the autism be with you

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34703175)



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Date: November 16th, 2017 8:47 PM
Author: French whorehouse fat ankles



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34704621)



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Date: November 17th, 2017 1:32 AM
Author: deep forum pozpig



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34707034)



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Date: November 17th, 2017 4:52 PM
Author: Wine hyperactive hall selfie



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34711980)



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Date: November 16th, 2017 5:29 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle seedy newt



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34703195)



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Date: November 16th, 2017 8:40 PM
Author: shimmering odious half-breed crackhouse



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34704561)



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Date: November 16th, 2017 8:38 PM
Author: clear theater legal warrant

it's not "gamers", it's "redditors"

the game is still selling well seems like. redditors will go back to circle jerking whatever tehy jerk in a few weeks

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34704549)



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Date: November 16th, 2017 8:43 PM
Author: amber school turdskin

Isn't Battlefront a FPS? So the "Vader" and "Luke" characters are just meaningless avatars? jesus christ nerds are so dumb.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34704591)



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Date: November 16th, 2017 8:44 PM
Author: Aphrodisiac alcoholic heaven

Its an FPS, but special characters are played as third person

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34704598)



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Date: November 16th, 2017 8:47 PM
Author: Bull Headed Digit Ratio Gas Station

It's the way they're ramming loot boxes down your throat and tying it to game progression. Similar to the Activision patent for COD WWII loot box casino on the beach at Normandy but worse

http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3790493&forum_id=2

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34704619)



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Date: November 16th, 2017 10:45 PM
Author: Walnut passionate native persian

EA GC taking hard drive filled with CP and putting it in desk drawer vs. contacting FBI...will say no more :)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34705811)



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Date: November 16th, 2017 11:08 PM
Author: Wild Giraffe

What they did to mass effect and bioware is reallly sad.

Bioware’s next game “Anthem” looks horrible. A loot box shooter.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34706028)



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Date: November 16th, 2017 11:11 PM
Author: blue point hunting ground

remember when EA ran its successful nba live series into the ground. I don’t think a single person plays that garbage anymore

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34706058)



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Date: November 16th, 2017 11:23 PM
Author: Wild Giraffe

They paid off the nfl to ensure that there would be no more nfl2k and gave Madden a monopoly. Now they release the same game every year and it’s a micro transaction shitfest.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34706165)



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Date: November 16th, 2017 11:25 PM
Author: blue point hunting ground

NFL 2k was revolutionary in its controls and graphics

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34706180)



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Date: November 17th, 2017 12:15 AM
Author: Aphrodisiac alcoholic heaven

NFL2K5 is the best football game ever made

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34706601)



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Date: November 17th, 2017 1:04 AM
Author: lake chapel coffee pot

And it was only $20.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34706870)



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Date: November 17th, 2017 1:31 AM
Author: Adventurous base potus

I liked 2k3 the most

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34707023)



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Date: November 17th, 2017 4:26 PM
Author: Dashing bright party of the first part

i was playing seamless online matches with the ability to scream at each other in fucking 2001. madden didn't have that shit for years

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34711806)



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Date: November 16th, 2017 11:31 PM
Author: Turquoise incel boltzmann

This is why The Switch is so popular.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34706240)



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Date: November 17th, 2017 1:06 AM
Author: lake chapel coffee pot

The microtransaction AAA titles are infuriating. That shit is ruining the videogame industry. Fuck EA.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34706879)



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Date: November 17th, 2017 1:33 AM
Author: deep forum pozpig

Hehe

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34707038)



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Date: November 17th, 2017 4:52 PM
Author: Razzle Puce Dingle Berry Abode

AAA titles are almost all shit for the lowest common denominator.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34711986)



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Date: November 17th, 2017 1:54 AM
Author: smoky nubile parlor

There's another version of this too which is what Pokemon Go did.

On the original Pokemeon you could work hard and make a really good Pokemon. But on Pokemon Go, you just constantly level up. So essentially, the only way to get better Pokemon is to play more Pokemon Go.

The game isn't designed to maximize user enjoyment, its designed to maximize how much time the user plays.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34707153)



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Date: November 17th, 2017 1:57 AM
Author: lake chapel coffee pot

Pokemon Go wasn't actually a game.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34707163)



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Date: November 17th, 2017 4:20 PM
Author: Aggressive cracking kitchen

.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34711770)



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Date: November 17th, 2017 3:05 AM
Author: Misanthropic Masturbator University

cr is to stop playig games & start buying video game stocKKKs. lol @ redditors having a meltdown over this. ur avg gamer is addicted as fukkk and will ROOT AROUND for microtransactions until they OD> BUY BUY BUY

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34707300)



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Date: November 17th, 2017 3:09 AM
Author: Adventurous base potus

EA bends the knee https://twitter.com/EAStarWars/status/931332890717143040

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34707307)



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Date: November 17th, 2017 4:27 PM
Author: Dashing bright party of the first part

lol i'd be really fucking pissed if i'd already paid for shit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34711821)



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Date: November 17th, 2017 4:32 PM
Author: Histrionic locale

They’re turning off microtransactions for the launch window to fade the heat. They’ll bring them back in a couple weeks when people are bored with the game and have moved on to the next outrage.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34711860)



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Date: November 17th, 2017 4:24 PM
Author: Dashing bright party of the first part

good. gamers and star wars nerds deserve to get got. get your dopamine hit from some other shitty source instead of spending time with your family. i've seen at least three people with 2+ kids bitching about this on FB

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34711790)



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Date: November 17th, 2017 4:28 PM
Author: lemon immigrant

You will never feel about a Star Wars game again how you felt about KOTOR, or TIE Fighter

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34711830)



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Date: November 17th, 2017 4:35 PM
Author: Zippy Mauve Casino

:(

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34711879)



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Date: November 17th, 2017 4:39 PM
Author: Milky Indian Lodge

why in the EVER LIVING FUCK will they not bring back an updated X Wing/Tie Fighter series? It wouldn't even be that difficult. FUCK!!!!!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34711909)



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Date: November 17th, 2017 4:39 PM
Author: Zippy Mauve Casino

cr these were legitimately some of the greatest games ever made

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34711912)



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Date: November 17th, 2017 4:40 PM
Author: Aphrodisiac alcoholic heaven

or Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3799612&forum_id=2#34711914)