I
really want to believe rational thought, that with EA being a publicly traded company, answering to shareholders, profit-oriented and while not wanting to miss the launch window, would rather ship a completed game, and maybe even add a few features to sweeten the deal, and all the other counter arguments to SA's posts...
I just can't wrap my head around it all because it's
fucking EA. As Jaded Alyx pointed out, these ports show various degrees more effort than original content, like Boogie, likely to further push the whole "no audience for our games here" agenda.
Who else remembers how they liked to treat their Wii customers with their multi-plat games?
I did hold out hope for the NBA Jam exclusive, but they caved pretty quickly to portbegging on their facebook page. Hell, I'm surprised that the comments they had used were all clean and polite (shame not grammatically correct) in the video posting the good news it was going to be a downloadable game for XBLA and PSN at a dramatically cheaper price, and even make the core game playable as a 'bonus' for NBA 2Ksomething.
Lord knows how much longer I could go on now realizing how truly
awful they can be, but I figure enough people stopped reading.
Yes, my arguments are very likely petty, but then again in the grand scheme of things the whole gaming industry is; it's truly a wonder we spend any mind processing power attempting to understand the logic behind all decisions made. But business is business, and if I have to vote with my dollars to make my voice heard that I'm pissed, so be it.