True evil never dies, hey Valve/EA?

Post by **o'dium** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 11:01 pm

I will only quote this. Thats all I really have to say:

"Electronic Arts Inc, the world's leading interactive entertainment company and Valve, the award-winning studio behind the blockbuster franchises Half-Life and Counter-Strike, today announced that the two companies have entered a multi-year agreement to deliver a collection of Valve games to players worldwide. The first two games to be released under this agreement are Half-Life 2: Game of the Year and Counter-Strike: Source for PC, both launching this fall. In addition, Half-Life 2 for the Xbox video game system from Microsoft, currently in development at Valve and targeted for release in October, will be published and distributed worldwide by EA."

Post by **shadd_** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 11:02 pm

omg, if you order these games it'll say EA on the box!

Post by **bitWISE** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 11:04 pm

shadd_ wrote:omg, if you order these games it'll say EA on the box!

:icon28:

Post by **shadd_** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 11:06 pm

:icon28: :icon28:

Post by **dzjepp** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 11:06 pm

First they drop vivendi from pressing new brick & mortar copies. Then they go all out by themselves to sell HL2 via steam. EA must have seriously invested a ton of money in this seeing as Valve must of thought this would bring them more $$$ than solely selling via steam (w/ no middleman)...

Post by **seremtan** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 12:11 am

o'dium wrote:Half-Life 2: Game of the Year

an add-on i don't know about?

i for one am glad that valve have decided not to abandon meatspace entirely, especially since i have dialup

Post by **Eraser** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 6:54 am

seremtan wrote:
o'dium wrote:Half-Life 2: Game of the Year
an add-on i don't know about?

i for one am glad that valve have decided not to abandon meatspace entirely, especially since i have dialup

No, they call their own game "game of the year", then slap a million of "GotY" stickers on it, include a bunch of "unreleased" maps which can be downloaded from a gazillion gaming websites as well and sell it for an additional 15 bucks over the normal edition.

Post by **schlockey** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 6:58 am

Welcome to every company.

Post by **Grudge** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 7:09 am

EA is becoming a true monstrosity.

Post by **SOAPboy** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 7:10 am

dzjepp wrote:First they drop vivendi from pressing new brick & mortar copies. Then they go all out by themselves to sell HL2 via steam. EA must have seriously invested a ton of money in this seeing as Valve must of thought this would bring them more $$$ than solely selling via steam (w/ no middleman)...

Xbox Versions..

Post by **Denz** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 9:49 am

Grudge wrote:EA is becoming a true monstrosity.

This is true, they have the knack of taking a great game title and fucking it up somehow. I think their Sweatshop programming department has way too much to do so they produce shit. Or EA says "Fuck Tesing!! Just get this crap out so we can make some money."

Post by **Whiskey 7** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 9:55 am

Grudge wrote:EA is becoming a true monstrosity.

Yes. Unfortunately I see a downhill slide now...

Will they ever really fix HL2?

Post by **MKJ** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 9:57 am

EA

they have no idea what the consumer want. if theres anyone to blame for the mainstream gaming scene, its them :@

Post by **eepberries** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 2:12 pm

Grudge wrote:EA is becoming a true monstrosity.

It's BEEN a fucking monstrosity for at least 5 years.

Post by **shiznit** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 2:12 pm

EA blows donkey cocks.

Post by **dzjepp** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 2:24 pm

SOAPboy wrote:
dzjepp wrote:First they drop vivendi from pressing new brick & mortar copies. Then they go all out by themselves to sell HL2 via steam. EA must have seriously invested a ton of money in this seeing as Valve must of thought this would bring them more $$$ than solely selling via steam (w/ no middleman)...
Xbox Versions..

It says right there that first they are gonna release goty pc version =p

Post by **o'dium** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 2:31 pm

You know, id suck because they release games for money. If EA made a game and put SKILL and TIME into it, I'm pretty sure it would fucking own. Think of how big a company it is, and how skilled they must all be by now.

Then again if it does suck they can just by a game that doesn't WOW.

Post by **shadd_** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 2:33 pm

i imagine valve came to realise they lost sales by not having hl2 on storeshelves.

hl2 goty will be bundled with lost coast?

Post by **o'dium** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 2:41 pm

Hopefully.

TBH I've only ever seen about 10 copies of HL2 in my store... Thats pretty bad

Post by **MKJ** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 2:47 pm

'my store'
isnt the internet great :icon14:

Post by **Don Carlos** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 2:50 pm

HL2 is amazing

Pity they are using EA 2 distribute now

Post by **Mat Linnett** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 4:25 pm

I thought EA had a "no-blood" policy?
Quick enough to abandon ethics at the prospect of selling boatloads of HL2 GotY editions, aren't they?

Post by **Don Carlos** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 4:26 pm

Green blood patch

Post by **duffman91** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 4:33 pm

o'dium wrote:You know, id suck because they release games for money.

I think you'll notice that money is the only reason to release games. There are very few companies that do it for "fun" and enjoyment of its userbase.

Nintendo still does it for "fun", and everybody hates what they do.

Post by **ScooterG** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 5:14 pm

Originally posted by o'dium:
Think of how big a company it is, and how skilled they must all be by now.

That's assuming that the MASSIVE turnover at EA allows them to keep any of their truly skilled people.

True evil never dies, hey Valve/EA?

True evil never dies, hey Valve/EA?

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