An Open Letter to EA Marketing

[Brainiac]

Today's Extra Credits at The Escapist seemed like something appropriate for gamers who remember what EA once was to view. Just be warned, there are some bad games and worse advertising to be found here.

Hey, at least the Metroid Metal at the end makes it a little better.

[don]

Originally Posted by Brainiac

Today's Extra Credits at The Escapist seemed like something appropriate for gamers who remember what EA once was to view. Just be warned, there are some bad games and worse advertising to be found here.

Hey, at least the Metroid Metal at the end makes it a little better.

That was pretty cool. Btw, I just got Dante's Inferno on a bargain thinking it would be an interesting cultural approach, better read the reviews first, hem?

Anyway, I feel that bigger companies are losing it over time, ones more than others. SE, for example, I've been quite disapointed with (despite half world seems to still love it in an unconditional way). All the emotional depth explored in the old days seems to have been put aside.

Sony is another one. Even though they claim they didn't see people who bought a PS3 and installed Linux would have intereste in using it as a game platform as well, that wasn't quite the case. At the time, PS3 was the most powerful computer on the general market, it had a fair price comparitivelly and they sold it with a feature that allowed users to explore it's potential in other ways (many units were bought out of Sony to help in cancer research if I remember correctly, just to illustrate the impact of the machine).
To take out that feature away, or to force people to choose between games and that, not only fealt like a betrayal, as ripped the PS3 of it's value (not only for the company, but for the people who bought it mainly).
If it was a measure against piracy, it clearly didn't work, did it? People who wanted to hack the console, ended up cracking it anyway.
Sorry this rant at Sony, but I just got a little mad knowing that in all the PSStore purchases I made, my personal data was not encrypted, but sent on a clear String over the web.

Edit: Look what I found. xD Pretty cool, hum?

[Terraguy]

Originally Posted by don

Sorry this rant at Sony, but I just got a little mad knowing that in all the PSStore purchases I made, my personal data was not encrypted, but sent on a clear String over the web.

I'm sorry, but where does it say that?

[Swish]

Originally Posted by Terraguy

I'm sorry, but where does it say that?

Not in anything linked here. UNTIL NOW!

The story has apparently been updated with a clarification since don read it - it seems personal data is only at risk if you install custom firmware, and then only if said firmware has been built with the specific intention of stealing it.

The generally lax security on the PS3 which led to the hacks is still a huge embarrassment for Sony though, credit card details at risk or not.

Anyhow, this is a bit of a derail, so if people want to carry on grumbling about Sony I suggest a fresh thread for that.