Dana White Goes Insane

[Kyo]

This is actually a considerably outdated view. That's the EA of a few years ago. Since then, they've been ramping things up. They have a lot of franchises they tend to well, such as "Burnout," and they have some incredibly excellent new IPs, like "Mirror's Edge" and "Dead Space." Add other titles like "Spore," "Left 4 Dead," "skate," and "Command and Conquer," and they have an extremely strong roster.

Activision is the new EA.

Ok they publish these titles true, but the only 3 games they they've made in house and developed have been Dead Space, Skate and Spore, they're great games sure, but the rest are from their partners program or companies they recently acquired like Dice.

The EA partners didnt start till last year and their first wave of titles are just now coming out this fall and winter. Prior to this they have been known from what I said before publishing crap, move tie ins, etc etc.

Do me a favor and go read the Dead Space and Mirror's edge threads in gaming forums and you'll see what Ive said about both before you say my view is outdated, when its not a view at all its been standard for the past 7 yr's+.

[Brill Weave]

For me I just kind of laugh when people defend Dana White. I personally don't know him. He could be the nicest guy in the entire fucking world. I don't know. I know what I see and what I read. Which most of the time is the garbage that spews from his very own mouth. The guy is pretty much one the people most responsible for MMA becoming as huge as it is now and there is no arguing about that.

Noble you're defending him based on his fighters liking him etc. I'm bashing him based on his business decisions that his ego makes for him. There's quite a big difference. Instead of being a responsible GM he decides fuck you I'm firing you because I don't like where you hang your hat at the end of the day. It's tough to say there's no competition out there. Because let's face it, Affliction has the capital and the personnel to at least stay in business.

If White keeps pulling bullshit moves like this one it's very possible that fighters are going to leave and head to greener pastures in Affliction. Dana White was the right person to get the UFC to where it is now today. Unfortunately his business decisions and the way he runs things is not what the UFC needs today.

[Kohan]

Do me a favor and go read the Dead Space and Mirror's edge threads in gaming forums and you'll see what Ive said about both before you say my view is outdated, when its not a view at all its been standard for the past 7 yr's+.

I have seen your opinions, and it is a view, it is not fact.

If you don't enjoy "Dead Space" and "Mirror's Edge" personally, that's because they're not your type of game, which is fine. That doesn't mean they aren't quality products and strong new IPs. It also doesn't matter if the products are produced in-house as long as they're considered to be under EA's umbrella, and they are.

Several of these games have taken more than a year to conceptualize and develop, and EA started making significant changes a while ago. They have even improved their standard fare sports games with things like the Dynamic DNA system.

And you shouldn't be criticizing EA for "publishing other people's work" when that's what THQ does too, as the aspect of their business you defended -- their wrestling games -- is not done in-house.

Activision has taken EA's place. It can easily be confirmed by looking at their last several years of releases, of which there are only a few stand-outs, and even those weren't original (e.g., "Guitar Hero III," "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare"). Additionally, their review scores are lower than every single major publisher across the board. This does not apply to EA.

So yes, it is an outdated view, and how outdated it is can be verified with a little research.

[The Blackrose]

It also doesn't matter if the products are produced in-house as long as they're considered to be under EA's umbrella, and they are.

Actually it does considering one of the major methods of distribution for L4D is via STEAM, which EA has no foothold in what-so-ever. Furthermore, because Valve is not in-house, EA is not seeing 100% of the money. They only get money as a distributor, not a developer.

[Cerb]

I demand a video! it doesnt sound like Dana enless you throw in the word "fuck" every sentence

[Dimmauk]

Dana's character on the Video game will have a special super move called Spontaneous Tourrette's Syndrome. This move will automatically remove the other character from the game.

[Kyo]

I have seen your opinions, and it is a view, it is not fact.

If you don't enjoy "Dead Space" and "Mirror's Edge" personally, that's because they're not your type of game, which is fine. That doesn't mean they aren't quality products and strong new IPs. It also doesn't matter if the products are produced in-house as long as they're considered to be under EA's umbrella, and they are.

Several of these games have taken more than a year to conceptualize and develop, and EA started making significant changes a while ago. They have even improved their standard fare sports games with things like the Dynamic DNA system.

And you shouldn't be criticizing EA for "publishing other people's work" when that's what THQ does too, as the aspect of their business you defended -- their wrestling games -- is not done in-house.

Activision has taken EA's place. It can easily be confirmed by looking at their last several years of releases, of which there are only a few stand-outs, and even those weren't original (e.g., "Guitar Hero III," "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare"). Additionally, their review scores are lower than every single major publisher across the board. This does not apply to EA.

So yes, it is an outdated view, and how outdated it is can be verified with a little research.

If you even read what I put in both threads i enjoyed both games, never did I say they werent my type of game of anything of the like its pretty obvious you didnt read what i had to say and thats fine.

I never criticized them for publishing other peoples work or the EA partners, I was merely pointing out the fact that they didnt develop those titles. It's obvious you missed my point and its not even worth my time to argue it further but core gamers know EA's history.

[Kohan]

If you even read what I put in both threads i enjoyed both games, never did I say they werent my type of game of anything of the like its pretty obvious you didnt read what i had to say and thats fine.

Saying "Mirror's Edge" is worth $20-$30 at best tells me you didn't like it enough to justify a full price purchase. That's your opinion, and it means you don't believe the content fully delivers. If you enjoyed it at all, that's good, but you judge it based on time to defeat rather than replay value, and it was designed with the latter in mind.

I never criticized them for publishing other peoples work or the EA partners,

This doesn't count as criticism?

Ok they publish these titles true, but the only 3 games they they've made in house and developed have been Dead Space, Skate and Spore, they're great games sure, but the rest are from their partners program or companies they recently acquired like Dice.

Considering the tone of the rest of your post, it reads like criticism to me.

I was merely pointing out the fact that they didnt develop those titles. It's obvious you missed my point and its not even worth my time to argue it further but core gamers know EA's history.

And this reads like back-pedaling.

Knowing their history is fine. I know plenty about their history, and was very loud in my criticism of them for a long, long time. However, you told someone that they were wrong about something in a modern context, and you were the one who was actually incorrect. I have gone to a pretty fair and detailed length to explain to you why, citing examples and explaining myself.

All you've done is share your opinion, which you're entitled to do, but opinion does not equal fact. It always aggravates me when someone pushes their opinion on another as if it were truth, when it isn't.

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