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OT: EA has bad quarter

Larr

OT: EA has bad quarter

by Larr » Fri, 06 May 2005 04:29:09

http://www.racesimcentral.net/

Is anyone really suprised?

For one, Nascar SimRacing isn't half of what was promised.

-Larry

Michael R Sisso

OT: EA has bad quarter

by Michael R Sisso » Fri, 06 May 2005 08:07:20


I remember back in the day, seeing that big EA striped flashing logo on
my Commodore 64 (and then Amiga 500) as a game loaded up, and getting
all e***d because I knew I was in for a good fun inventive game.

These days it is all hate for the Electronic Artists. Hate that is
almost certainly deserved. But I still have a soft spot in my heart for
them.

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ymenar

OT: EA has bad quarter

by ymenar » Fri, 06 May 2005 10:52:18


> Is anyone really suprised?

> For one, Nascar SimRacing isn't half of what was promised.

NSR is an absolute grain of sand in EA's entire empire.

They have sold more copies of a single Sims expansion pack than their entire
simracing catalogue since the last decade I could bet on that.

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Ed Medli

OT: EA has bad quarter

by Ed Medli » Fri, 06 May 2005 21:04:12



>> Is anyone really suprised?

>> For one, Nascar SimRacing isn't half of what was promised.

> NSR is an absolute grain of sand in EA's entire empire.

> They have sold more copies of a single Sims expansion pack than their
> entire simracing catalogue since the last decade I could bet on that.

And the unbelievable success of the NFSU series has sold 100times more
copies than NSR too.

Ed

Larr

OT: EA has bad quarter

by Larr » Sat, 07 May 2005 00:38:18

This we can tell :)

-Larry



>> Is anyone really suprised?

>> For one, Nascar SimRacing isn't half of what was promised.

> NSR is an absolute grain of sand in EA's entire empire.

nathant

OT: EA has bad quarter

by nathant » Sat, 07 May 2005 15:16:47

Seeing that they basically took out the competition for Madden by literally
getting a monopoly on the NFL and NFL Players definitely took a huge chunk
out of their profits. I actually found ESPN more fun than Madden, but that's
the way it goes. As we saw with Sony getting exclusive rights to Formula One
racing games didn't mean that there was going to be any good F1 racing sims.
So, seeing that EA took the NFL doesn't mean that those games are going to
be any good. Madden had its day, but now it's just the same ol' rehash with
different players...BORING.


LuvrSme

OT: EA has bad quarter

by LuvrSme » Sat, 07 May 2005 21:21:48


Didnt even try this sim. Was it even remotely close to feeling like one or
did it have that "too arcady" feel?

Mitch_

OT: EA has bad quarter

by Mitch_ » Sun, 08 May 2005 01:01:32

Somewhere deep down inside the NSR code is a decent sim just waiting to be
unlocked.  Problem is EA has the key and they likely will never use it.

Mitch

even remotely close to feeling like one or

Larr

OT: EA has bad quarter

by Larr » Sun, 08 May 2005 03:49:21

I can agree with this :)

I actually _want_ to like the EA Nascar Sim now, but it's just not there for
me.

It's better in it's own ways, but the downsides are just too huge.

-Larry


> Somewhere deep down inside the NSR code is a decent sim just waiting to be
> unlocked.  Problem is EA has the key and they likely will never use it.

> Mitch


> it even remotely close to feeling like one or
>> did it have that "too arcady" feel?


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