EA Games aiming to bundle peripherals with games
By Darren Murph 
posted Jun 24th 2008 5:09PM
posted Jun 24th 2008 5:09PM
[Via Joystiq, image courtesy of HouseOfNintendo]
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Now people can by the same game every year for $90 instead of $50.
You mean $60.
And yeah, I really can't see this doing any good to the consumer. Especially since EA isn't exactly known as being an industry innovator. Bandwagon ahoy!
And pay $1000+ for a new HDTV after they've thrown their Football-Control through their current HDTV.
EA used to be good, until it blew up and dominated market. now it releases same crap 5 years in a row.
B.O.B. on Genesis was one of my favorite games from EA.
Of course they are, those con artists.
There are still some game companies out there that treat gaming like an art form first and a business second. EA hasn't been one of them for a long while now.
So video games are exactly like all other forms of entertainment media now.
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@mcatrage: Yes. Sadly, most are.
@yode: Haha, you got it. You know Bateman confirmed that the movie is going to shoot in 2009?
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lmfao... a living room gone wrong... eugh.. i can already see... 2 guitar contoller, i microphone, a drum set, a golf club, a tennis racket.. etc... chaos i say.. chaos
2 guitars? Man, you're missing out. I've got 4 now, drums, mic, steering wheel and pedals... jeez, if I just put the money that I've spent on games into a savings account I'd be rich! :D
And now GH4 looks so good and I want it too. :(
Maybe you should try playing the real thing. I have two drum kits, 4 guitars, 2 bass guitars, 2 keyboards, 4 sound modules, 14 mic's, and 256 digital tracks to record onto.
Much better than pretending to play air guitar.
EA is only best when its only a publisher, but not great when its buying out the companies thats publishing with them. Battlefield was great but the franchise is running out of juice seriously. But I still love all the work Maxis do, im glad they are finally giving some new IP, so im REALLY hoping there isnt 60 Spore expansion packs like the sims. (Although i can see alot of ea downloadable content working for that game)
Well said.
This is what Atari used to do as a kid. Two different paddles for Indy 500 and others for tennis.
Reason #3,761,845 why EA is the antithesis of innovative and relevant. Unless I can get a version of the game for free *without* the garbage they'll pack in, then I'd rather continue my ban of all things EA Sports (and just about all EA in general except for a few titles they *bought*).
This is how it should be. No stupid DRM, no copy protection.
Free game, (or cheap game) $$ for the hardware. As long as there is sufficient protection against copying the hardware itself, they should have to worry about pirates etc.
Software used to ship with the commodore 64 like this: Copy the disk for backup, but only 1 little "License Dongle" included.
And exactly how long would you think it would take for "people" to circumvent that? , it's a vicious circle of cat and mouse between game manufacturers and "crackers" ......
in the meantime,
i will enjoy my wiikey while it lasts and buy the accessories when the BIG N makes me! :)
wiifit and guitar hero kick ass anyways!
EA: If you can't buy em, copy em!
I don't mind peripherals included in games especially i can't wait for Guitar Hero 4's with its Drum kit .
At least one thing from the images i seen of gh:4's Drum Kit doesn't look cheap unlike what i heard of Rockbands drumkit which breaks down easily as a mince car.
And to the auther of this article You miss spelled Wii Reomte as Wiimote .
To the author of this comment: You misspelled Wii Remote as Wii Reomte.
It can't be stressed enough, EA is crap.
Regurgitating the same graphics engine year after year and only updating the numbers on the jersey's.
I won't buy another game from them.
This will never work. Peripherals with games? Its been done. If they were smart they would bundle games with peripherals.
No just no, the reason that we are happy to buy guitar hero and rock band for increased prices is because the peripherals are needed for the experience, but at the moment im perfectly happy playing sports games with my control pad.
Looking fwd to the life-size tackling dummy and inflatable cheerleader w/ force feedback....
I thought I'd never say this again...but Madden 2009 looks very promising. Ive been a 2k football fan since 2k first came out. I played NFL 2k5 until the end of last year. The gameplay/graphics on Madden this year looks exciting again. Although NBA live still sucks and will never compare to the NBA 2k (don't quote me).
I've bought Madden faithful every single year like a sheep letting a friend convince me this year was going to be different. Every year since they hijacked the rights to the NFL it has gotten progressively worse to the point now where it sucks so bad it just disgusts me. Personally I rather spend my $65 this year on a gallon or 2 of gas because that going to be the going rate by that time.
NBA Live 98 was the pinnacle as far as I'm concerned. It's been downhill since then.
The worst thing about Madden and NCAA is that they have exclusive licensing agreements with the NFL and NCAA so they have no competition. I think those two idiotic organizations need to realize that the more people play the games, the more exposure their teams get, and they will profit from other sources of revenue (ticket sales, tv ratings, merchandise). However, with EA having a monopoly on their sorry games, I play less football games than I would otherwise. They're missing the big picture.
Mainstream gaming blows. Its like a friggn toy faire with all these attachments and plastic crapola.
This is why I spend almost all my gaming time and dollars playing indie titles from xbla, wiiware and PSN.
I've been over sports games since I sold my old NES with Tecmo bowl and ice hockey where you actually saw blood after you beat the crap out of someone.
Well they had to do something their Madden series has gone to $h!+ and they don't dare make it right or they will have nothing to sell the next year.
The only way I could think a peripheral would enhance gaming experience would be something like Johnny Chung Lee's idea of Wii Headtracking VR style, combined into more in-depth games. Let's say Medal of Honor to start, and then further that into, something like 1st-person quarterback shootout on Madden.
The downside to this is like bobmundo123 says, you'd have a whole room filled with all this stuff that only works with ONE specific game, and let's face it, after a long while you're sure to leave some of those behind, like for example that DDR pad taking up space in your closet.
They should consider making devices that give you various gaming options, instead of encasing you with just one game.