Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!ll-xn!ames!sunybcs!jmpiazza From: jmpiazza@sunybcs.uucp (Joseph M. Piazza) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: More Electronic Arts Bashing... Message-ID: <3985@sunybcs.UUCP> Date: Sat, 11-Jul-87 16:07:24 EDT Article-I.D.: sunybcs.3985 Posted: Sat Jul 11 16:07:24 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 12-Jul-87 16:43:41 EDT References: <3526@well.UUCP> <2507@husc6.UUCP> Sender: nobody@sunybcs.UUCP Reply-To: jmpiazza@gort.UUCP (Joseph M. Piazza) Distribution: na Organization: SUNY/Buffalo Computer Science Lines: 45 In article <2507@husc6.UUCP> hadeishi@husc4.UUCP (mitsuharu hadeishi) writes: >In article <3526@well.UUCP> ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) writes: >> General EA Bashing: ... > >... I should note that [EA] put a large fraction of their >development staff on the Amiga out of pure faith in the machine and >a desire to work in a state-of-the-art environment, despite the >fact that it was very iffy at the time whether the Amiga would even >get to market at all. I should note that this was a great risk >taken by EA, and it was not at all a money-driven decision ... Though EA's early commitment to the Amiga is admirable, ultimately, it IS a money decision. Sure, there's a risk but don't forget the pay-off if they're successful. Right, Perry? Mitsu, I'm curious as to why you are so staunchly supportive of EA especialy in the face of the sheer volume of boo-boos EA has made on so many labeled programs. The only EA program I ever intended to buy was Marble Madness, which I did. I'm quite satisfied with the game, but I hate the copy protection that kept me from making a backup copy, prevents me from copying it to my 1.5 Meg of RAM; making me twiddle my thumbs while it grinds away the disk loading each level, and doesn't even help me keep track of steadily improving scores over time. I don't plan to buy another program from EA since they all seem to have similar or worse shortcomings. And from what I gather, I'm not missing much aside from frustration and aggravation. I was truly amazed and ironically amused when I received a flyer in the mail from EA advertising a copy protected upgrade to DP II and V something-or-other for $20 and an unprotected upgrade for $50! It appears that EA is offering to share some risk for a $30 discount. (Keep up the good work, Leo). Flip side, joe piazza --- Cogito ergo equus sum. CS Dept. SUNY at Buffalo 14260 UU: ...{rocksvax|decvax}!sunybcs!jmpiazza CS: jmpiazza@cs.buffalo.edu BI: jmpiazza@sunybcs