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Quilt
11/18/09

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A year ago, EA was actually looking really promising. Now they're firing people left and right, and devoting entire STORES towards an average game.

If it were Madden, I might understand this. MIGHT, but Active? WTF.
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NeVeRMoRe666
11/18/09

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Unbeknownst to those inside of the store were the employees and former studios of yesteryear, looking in with their cold, long faces pressed tightly up against the frost covered glass window.

"Can I have one of those for Christmas daddy?" asked little Timmy, as he shifted uncomfortably on his crutches; his tin braces creaking with the effort.

"No son" said the father, biting down on his lower lip, his eyes fresh with tears, "there will be no Christmas this year..."

Passing by his newly acquired store, John Riccitello was visibly moved. His cold black heart melted, turning into a lump most would now describe as a more distant grey.

He took action. "Yes...yes...little crippled boy," his pale, thin hands reaching out for the shoulders of the father and his son. "You...you may have one of these," his voice wrought with emotions as he handed over a brand new copy of EA Sports Active®.

"...Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas to all...!" he shouted joyfully down the streets.

Somewhere, the manic laughter of Bobby Kotick could be heard reverberating off the grimy columns of his castle as he swallowed yet another unborn fetus whole.
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braincadet
11/18/09

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wtf they opened one on newbury st. in boston?

i guess i'll have to check it out. i really can't see this working, but maybe curiosity will pull people in.
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JABB
11/18/09

@braincadet: It's on Newbury? Maybe I'll check it out. I hate being reminded of how broke I am whenever I'm on that street though.
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NeVeRMoRe666
11/18/09

@JABB: @braincadet: WTF IT'S WORKING!!! Don't get sucked in....!

#speakup
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spiderweb1986
11/18/09

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Somehow, this pushes EA back towards the top of my hated publishers list.
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Sonira - Katamari on the Wings!
11/18/09

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This is wasting space for what could've been a potentially more awesome store. ):
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Reavyn29
11/18/09

@Sonira - Katamari on the Wings!: They grabbed the Hickory Farms space so now they are stuck with selling at a little booth in the center of the mall somewhere.
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relatively_speaking
11/18/09

@Reavyn29: we're missing out on bacon for /this/!?

#speakup
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Komrade Kayce
11/18/09

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Where is this game they are selling. I only see EA Sports Active.
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Americo
11/18/09

@Komrade Kayce: Well played. That got a good chuckle out of me.
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OoBaSNoRk
11/18/09

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What on earth do they have a moped for?
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RedEye
11/18/09

@OoBaSNoRk: It's for people to look at after they have moped about the store...
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Sonira - Katamari on the Wings!
11/18/09

@RedEye: Oh my god, that was beautiful.
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RedEye
11/18/09

@Sonira - Katamari on the Wings!: merci

#speakup
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Blore07
11/18/09

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Will it pay off? Opening and refurbishing two entire shops for a title I cant see many people really giving a damn about.

Ahh well, theyre the ones with the fancy degrees in marketing and whatnot, end of the day, interesting idea at least.

Someone remind me again where they got the money for this from but are at the same time "forced" to fire hundreds of people?
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gamedismantler
11/18/09

@Blore07: I'm actually a big fan of that game. But I agree.. this is a bit ridiculous.
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Grooveraider
11/18/09

@Blore07: The money probably came from those damn Madden games *rolling eyes*
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shaunmcilroy
11/18/09

@Blore07: It's about developing brand awareness. If you, as a Mom/Dad type, see this store against a pithy section of GameStop you'll think that the EA Sports Active brand has quality written all over it.

And the reviews havent been bad either eh?
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Eltigro
11/18/09

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I guess it's not an entirely bad idea. I mean, until now, I had never heard of EA Sports Active. Does it have something to do with scooters or is that their parking area?
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Alvarez
11/18/09

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World of Storecraft. Hmm... I admit, I would at least check it out.
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RedEye
11/18/09

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Did they have to lay off all those dev staff members to cover the ground rent for these shops ?
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Dokushin
11/18/09

@RedEye: I just want to kind of chime in and help call attention to how screwed up this is. They can't afford to pay their own employees, but they can afford to pay a month's lease in prime real estate, develop and furbish two storefronts with freshly prototyped and custom-made branding, supply what looks to be some pretty ridiculous props, and pay staff for the whole thing?

I guarantee the money they dropped on this would pay the salaries of those lost developers for the next year, and they'd have more to show for it. Argh. It really shows that top execs have never had to manage money in times of crisis. We need more poor people running companies!
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RedEye
11/18/09

@Dokushin: Come the revolution....etc.

#tips
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nantukoprime
11/18/09

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My God...there are people in it other than employees.
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Eltigro
11/18/09

@nantukoprime: You know how when you buy a picture frame, there's those pictures of people and places already in them? Yeah... those people above came with the frame.
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Shabs
08/05/09

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Meh, I could care less about next-gen Grand Slam Tennis. I love my 360, but I feel like the Wii has made the concept of tennis with a standard controller obsolete. If I were to get Grand Slam Tennis, it would be the Wii version.
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tok1879
08/04/09

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...and so it begins. The shift of resources to casual games...even though i don't much care for grand slam tennis anyway.
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Ferkner
08/04/09

@tok1879: Awww, muffin. Are you starting to feel left out because developers and publishers are starting to make games targeting where the money is? Poor baby. You might as well stop gaming right now.
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NoHoldsBarred
08/04/09

@Ferkner: Combined, 360 and PS3 have about the same size install base as the Wii so its about the same number of gamers missing out on a new game, albeit one that isn't hotly anticipated.
And Wii fanboys can chime in how us with real video game consoles are getting what we deserve, but let's keep in mind EA isn't doing it for your sake either, but for a) money, and b) the casual gaming audience. So don't be fooled into thinking this is some good thing for you guys either. Unless you dislike hardcore titles on the Wii or any future format.
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Crash__Man
08/05/09

@NoHoldsBarred: I have a real game console.
it's called the Wii.
it will have Muramasa on it.
you have FPS#43.
enjoy.
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Manu_otaku
08/05/09

@NoHoldsBarred: I agree with your post specially "Unless you dislike hardcore titles on the Wii or any future format" part, till i read and i quote "And Wii fanboys can chime in how us with real video game consoles are getting what we deserve".

If you call a ps3 real game console, then you are avoiding the fact that even sony did merchandise the PS3 as PC competitor and a blue ray player, last and least as a game console, that issue and the fact that the ps3 do not support pirate games, put the ps3 in the last place of race, a place it will keep till the end of this gen.
At least nintendo knowns exactly what they are aiming at, the blue ocean filosofy.

And if nintendo is not a video game console, then the best sold driving game of this gen is not mario kart, the best sold sport game is not wii sport, the best sold platformer is not mario galaxy, it is true the wii is not a video game machine is a people choice machine unlike the PS3 PC-Blue ray player and video game at the last minute wanna be machine.
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NoHoldsBarred
08/06/09

@Manu_otaku: Yeah PS3 I could see the argument for. Although as I said earlier, Wii Sports is not so much "sold" as you are "forced to buy it", especially in North America where all Wiis ship with it.
Mario Galaxy I'd have to give you, but what's the competition for it? Ratchet and Clank? Who even makes platformers anymore? lol.
It is still kinda more a toy than video game console. Barely in the same league of what is capable on the current gen consoles.
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WhatTheFrag
08/04/09

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Ah the update makes me think they're waiting for the motion controllers to come out before releasing the game. This coincides with the delay of the previously unannounced EA Sports active for the PS3 and 360.
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