10 WORST Cash Grab Attempts By EA
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- čas přidán 7. 06. 2024
- EA is one of the most despised gaming companies. Here are some examples of big mistakes they've made the past few years that attracted the ire of many gamers.
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A top 10 isn’t long enough, should be a top 100.
thats a good start.
The video would just be called "A Definitive List of Everything EA has done"
Nah maybe a 1000
That's exactly what I was thinking before the vedio even started lmao
Yeah 100 per episode and 1000 episodes
*"EA Sports, It's in the Game"*
Me: What's in the game?
EA: Microtransactions
*cough* chough* destiny
Such a perfect comment!😂😂😂😂
Lmao
EHUM. Thank you for making me laugh.
That 666 tho lmao
I did a video on EA's "Project $10" a while ago, the time when they fined you for buying their games used. Was super scummy.
Agreed. They're *NEVER* getting my money if I can help it.
They did what?!
Yall heard bout fifa?
I remember finding out about that after buying Batman Arkham, took it home put it in. The ENTIRE game was paywalled except the first mission.
Do I have to pay a separate charge to forward if I buy a used Ford off a used car lot no
This could be a series. I know a few others who warrant a top ten like this...
Bethesda?
@@bluepikmin6363 yea Bethesda is the next I can think of
Also maybe Ubisoft I mean have a look at some of the stores in the latest ac games and some of their other games.
Ea could be there own category.
It’s really sad that you’re able to make a whole list about EA being scummy
Fr the company is worth millions and millions of dollars. Don't know why EA does this kind of stuff
Parts 2, 3 and 4 coming soon 😂
@@TKMRacer28 For real. This list barely cracked the surface
Oh and that's only in cash grabs... Imagine other scandals? ;)
If only u could leave it at one list lol
EA's main goal:
HIPITY HOPITY YOUR MONEY IS MY PROPERTY
Yes indeed
me: pays for ea game
ea: more MOORE!
Oh cool, you paid for our game? Now pay all these shitty micro transactions so we can have even more money.
no their main goal is to blow up then act like they don't know nobody ackackackack
hippity hoppity you'll have no property
I remember EA's PS2-era catchphrase: "Challenge everything."
These days, it's more like "Challenge every bank account."
Back when EA was actually a good game company
“Charging everything”
I don't get why people thinks that EA is only money and nothing else
@@TheGamingG810 Because they have aggressively told us who they are on every occasion to do so over the last 18 years, and they have reiterated whenever possible.
Not only do their actions condemn them, but the company itself has long since abandoned any pretense of being about anything else.
The only times they are not about predatory business practices and profits over people now are when the governments of the world literally force them to.
Corporate wants you to find the differences between these: "Battlefield" "Battlefront"
Falcon: yep, they're the same
Lol thought I was the only one to notice and started scanning comments!~ 😆
I know right
Battlefront 3 😏
Sims 4 had a pet stuff pack.. But get this, you need Sims 4 pets DLC first.. A DLC for a DLC
Those Sims packs were the absolute worst , over priced , little content and the previous Sims game was just better in the first place
I still regret spending $20 for it to this day
actually, a couple of months back they had a notice under all their expansions, game packs and stuff packs that you needed that stupid journey to batu pos pack in order to play any of the others. of course they got called out by a lot of people for it so they removed that little tid bit. As it is I can't bring myself to buy because there is just no justifying it. The game is full of bugs that keep getting worse but they still want more money
@@TristanTheVRGamecat Isn't Sims 3 and all of it's DLC $400 or something?
You're playing the SIMS, you lost already
The grass is green,the sky is blue, and EA is greedy. What’s new.
Nice rhymes man
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I reckon you need two more syllables in the final line, so try adding "tf" after "what."
A trip down angery lane
That's a bar
Thought you guys would put the WHOLE The Sims 4 as a cash grab... still a good list, though!
The Sims 4 is not a cash grab. You can easily play with just the basegame. The packs are optional additions to the game. You don't have to purchase them. Also add ons like these were in Sims 1, 2 and 3.
@@lannamcf Do u play the game? If yes, do you also play sims 2 and/or 3 with its expansion packs? If yes you can definitely tell sims 4 *IS* a cash grab.
@@dionmardianto I've played all 4 with just basegame and expansion packs and Sims 4 is deffinetly NOT a cashgrab. There's no lootboxes or microtransactions. Have you even heard of the Sims 3 Store?
@@lannamcf Have you ever heard of a full base game? Yeah Sims 2 and 3 didn't need the DLC. It was expansive not essential to have anything to do.
@@lannamcf But I need to pay to go to a city
" To see more of such cash grabs, buy the full version at 10 dollars only! "
-EA
The worst cash grab attempts by EA: Existing
EA used to be someone, it used to be company from which you can expect awesome and fun games...used to...
well, without them we wont have best games so far... its just, they do it sometimes.. imagine without crysis 1...
Old motto: EA Games, Challenge Everything.
Now motto: EA Games, Charges Everything.
@@justayoutubeuser8652 There's a lot of really good games out there not made by EA. If we just stopped buying from them they might get desperate and make something worth playing.
@@justayoutubeuser8652 Hasn’t been like that for years:(
EA’s worst mistake was prioritizing money over consumers.
Still is...
Wdym? They are constantly doubling their profits on their titles every year. This is quite far away from the worst mistake a company can do. It is morally and ethically wrong but it does work from a business perspective. I doubt they care if people call them evil or say bad things about them as long as they keep raking in more money every year.
Humanity's worst mistake was prioritizing money (which is NOT REAL) over their own LIVES
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It's working out for them just fine, as long as people are willing to buy in. The sports franchises alone serve them well. If it was something that ended up biting them in the ass to the point where they lost money and were finally believed by all to be toxic, it would be their worst mistake. Until then, it's the sound of their bank accounts bursting.
@@kanishkasarkar9255 Exactly. Evil is as evil does, and what evil doesn't do is care.
I'm Surprised That The Infamous Star Wars Battlefront 2 Incident Wasn't On The List
It was probably so big and so blown that it any worth doing, I'm guessing everyone knows how that went down. Probably also wanted to point out the smaller less generally known stuff too. They have done a looooot of crappy things....
It probably would have been if they hadn't wasted a slot on something so minor and not a cash grab at all. (Number 4)
Star wars galaxy of hereos…
The sims adds ons are cashgrabs tho?
@@justanape9149 the sims 4 ones deffo are... WAY too expensive for the little content you get
"Honorable" mention :
NFS Payback speedcard system, trust me, it's the most bullshit system in NFS franchise
Agreed if alteast the upgrade system just like old nfs it would be much better game
Ya it is luck based
Literally all Fifa & Madden games in the last 10 years xD
Do people play those games. Man sports games are boring except racing games, Just Dance or some Nintendo games
I miss when madden games were good.
@@shadowsupremeja7352 european ppl do like crazy
@@shadowsupremeja7352 they play it bcuz they r shit at playing sport irl and when they buy them they buy them from sport fan perspective not a normal gamer perspective ik someone who bought ps to play shitty fifa. They r just some stupid ass ppl and they could sometimes defend EA idk how. And becuz they can't play the sport neither any other game than shitty fifa
@@kyrollos1368 yo if I were to pick a choice between real sports or video game version. I would pick sports cuz the game is boring. I’m not athletic or sports fan but playing the real one is way better
Bruh you could randomize all EA games and have a list that people agree with
man thats probs what they did
😂😂😂
You must be quite young
@@PCCoooler i mean no? im just fed up with the practices of EA?
Expect madden 08 that one is good
The worst thing about EA isn’t the micro transactions. It’s the fact that EA refuses to stop doing them.
All too true my friend. All too true.
so it is the microtransactions
Yeah I don’t understand why people support it I know one guy who plays both madden and 2k every year then he called god of war trash
@@markedwarrior4072 No he did not! You can’t be serious! God of War is amazing!
@Filthy Light There is NO demand for Pay-to-win. The problem is the people that willingly buy into it. For instance the FIFA players. Not only do they willingly buy the games every year when some are literally just re-skins of the previous game, but there are enough people that will invest in the pay-to-win to allow EA to keep doing it, even though most FIFA players hate it. And even though over 90% of the players hate it, those 90% won't stop buying the game every year. So why would EA stop? The mad fans still give them money, and a smaller percentage of fans give them even more money...its win-win for them.
EA won't stop until people STOP buying their games. And people won't, FIFA is the most popular game in the world.
You can tell when Flacon is barely holding his anger together. Love how passionate he gets about this stuff :D
Old motto: EA Games, Challenge Everything.
Now motto: EA Games, Charges Everything.
Additional Motto: EA Games, Phoning In Everything.
EA are now own by hedge fund.
If i not mistaken one of EA executive are ex-hedge fund manager i think.
Bruh you get a collectors edition with no game, EA must be on some serious drugs
UPVOTE
you, my good sir, made my day.
RDR2?
Greed is one hell of a drug
And theyve done it again with ME: LE
smh, people are stupid as hell
You should do another list of scummy things EA did. Like attempting, initially, to challenge Belgiums microtransaction ban. EA did give up, but the fact they even ttied standing up to a countries government is a whole new level of avarice.
Don't forget about how in The Sims 4, you have to buy features like weather, acne on teens, laundry, apartments, pets, etc. Most games now have stuff like weather, animals, etc. as base game features way before The Sims 4 even started development. Even Forza, a racing game, has weather.
Love how he calls battlefield battlefront
Battlefront 3 hahahha
Same shit different game
They’re the same fucking thing. Same with CoD.
Had to rewind to make sure I heard him right 😅
Battlefront was actually fun for like 2 seconds lol
when is my man gonna realize that he is saying "battlefront" and not "battlefield"
Glad to find this comment here
Whatever he's still our favourite dude
Funny how he switches between the two
I dont blame him tbh
@@deltafive_o-first2417 same besides he's funny and supportive dude
I love how genuinely angry Falcon is during the narration :D
“Phoning-It-In-A” is a better name for their company.
Before even watching this, I said to myself "Sims, tell me I'm wrong." But I guess I was! There are WORSE cash grabs from EA!? HOLY HELL!
Sims is pretty bad but it’s just the tip of the iceberg lol
To be fair I believe Sims is worse as it’s the amount of dlc and how shit the game is without all the cool stuff
I would stil call fifa games worse when it comes to cashgrabbing
Nobody:
Literally nobody:
EA: *makes a loot crate that has 0.01% chance of getting the good stuff in a fully-paid game
EA: “Why do you hate us so much?”
Emo weeb
Lmao.. I have a better chance of getting into Harvard’s Med school with a high school diploma than packing something good in Fifa
Emo boy is here
@@qatarairwaysptfs3913 indeed he is unwelcome
@@devnail7368 It hurts more that he used a "Nobody: " meme. You could remove that and the joke would be 2x funnier.
"it's not shoplifting, it's a small scale test to see how you would react to us taking everything in the store."
I think we forgot the worst one... EA play.
EA:
“I’m gunna let you pay me, just so I can let you pay me AGAIN at discount. I’m so humble to extend my generosity... here at EA... we care about your money...errr *our players!”
EA has made more than 100 bot accounts to dislike this video..
Duh
You narrowed it down to ten? That must’ve been some work
It's not like it was hard. Just close your eyes and pick ten EA games from a list and bam easy video.
I am so happy to see this information collected in one location. There is no question that every gamer has been burned by EA at some point. The worst part is that the company seems to be aware of the sentiment but doesn't care to make any changes. For example, their newest NCAA Football game will be the same game it was in 2014.
You could easily do a series of 10 times EA tried to defraud consumers.
You will never run out of content
The fact that this is a top 10... implying that there’s more than 10, that says a lot about the greediness of EA...
Bro, EA's greed is measured in the hundreds.
@@MariOmor1 nah thousands
@@StretcchxGalore nah billions
Star wars battlefront 2 at launch could be top 11
@@MariOmor1 nah, morbillions
I love how it's not "10 worst cash grabs by game developers". EA does it so often there's enough for them to have their own list.
same with activision 😢 this is what CEOs have decided
They did One with Activision and Ubisoft
I lost it at "But with roses in it now!"
Only a few weeks after its release, I bought the special edition of Hellgate: London with a Lifetime subscription on DISK (which I still have) which is still working in single player mode, but doesn't even update to the latest patch anymore.
The edition had the following bonus/additional content:
• Lifetime subscription
• A special unique pet (useless cosmetic) - Online only
• 2x more bank storage.
We gonna ignore how many times he calls Battlefield Battlefront?
Yes we are.
Battlefield is Battlefront, and games are gams. Falcon logic lol
their both just as trash, so i dont see any difference between the 2 other than one being in space and the other not
@@EnvyKoi battlefield 4 is fun, and so is battlefront 2.
Mistakes can happen,your just a stupid guy thinking its funny
I refuse to believe editing didn’t catch him calling battlefield, battlefront, 3 times
Battlefrontfield would have been better tbh
We don’t care
@@davidwallace7543 you are a real champion of the people hey. Way to white knight a light hearted jest.
JUST GOTTA CRANK IT OUT|!!! ;)
@@AxxmorbidfloristxxC he doesnt care mate
I'm so sad about Anthem.. When first trailers came out I fell in love with the thought of a huge open world that has layers, not just the ground. And it was beautiful as heck! But then it came out...
At this point they should just call Madden “EA the game”
"Battlefront 1" falcon again reading his script wrong....
yes lmao and a few seconds later he does it again.... 'battlefront 3' after saying battlefield 3 correct the first time lol
No Battlefront mentions outside of when he mistakenly said it? Weird
Battlefront 2 has made a gigantic comeback and it is a really good game now. Even though it was disgustingly bad at launch it has become a great game.
@@somber4315 It is good now! I even make CZcams videos about it
Ok I'm not the only one. I can relax now. Aaaaahhhhhhhhh
If anyone is reading this drop what you play and get BF2 now. It's a damn awesome game and you don't have to be a star wars fan to enjoy it.
This was released just 2 weeks before Kits were released for the Sims 4 basically a few items that were cut from other packs and if you are in the UK like I am they pretty much cost the same as an actual stuff pack.
We should start a rebellion against EA, c'mon gamers. The revolution will not be televised.
Ya I have been planning to make a full video for my channel to discuss what ea is doing to apex and other bad stuff. What do you suggest we do?
@@keetguy March up to ea hq and hang there CEO
@@aidanhelfrich4887 Heck no. I have a plan. We all make videos of the bad stuff and money stuff that ea has done and make it a trending topic on CZcams cause eventually topics do trend. What do you guys think.
Yeah..send a nuke !!
Who's with me?
The fact that you can even make a "top 10" list about this....
Anthem itself was a cash grab. Really hope EA puts an end to that failure
Iv heard it will maybe shut down soon.
Ea should put an end to themselves
I actually enjoyed Pinnacle Station in ME. I got top time on most maps, but their were a couple that just seemed impossible. Would have been nice if you got some sort of rewards for beating the maps, though.
It's magical how increasingly pissed falcon gets throughout the video
As long as they keep making millions on people buying, they will keep doing them
We need to boycott their boring ass sports games for a few years
@@bandawin18 * we need to make ppl who buy those shitty games realise that they r trash and they pay for same shit every year
Please STOP BUYING MADDEN
Yes bc they're surprise mechanics and "people like surprises"
@@bandawin18 we need to boycott the company. period.
I remember since I was a kid (90's kid) I always loved when I saw that EA games logo when I would start a game, but it seems you either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.
the same happened with the PvZ shooters, Battle for Neighborville was 30 quid for a game with like 140 fewer variants (eg. fire chomper, vampire flower) and like 3 fewer modes, it got canceled just a few weeks before its first anniversary too
Gameranx has a stellar reputation, channel that do honest review, covers gaming community and has helped me discover games for a decade, i hope yall stay this way forever, to never become corporate/company-ish if yall know what i mean, stay with the truth.
Every time I see a ea game I actively avoid because there's a high chance I'll lose money
Tell your friends to avoid it as well
@@roberttramone9967 oh yes, a company to boycott ;)
Couldn't agree more
@@roberttramone9967 absolutely
“Battlefront”
This my favorite video of all time like I gotta watch at least once a month 🤣🤣🤣
3:42 - Ahhh, yes, Battlefront 3, my favorite game...
Alternative title: Falcon rants on EA for 13 mins and 26 seconds.
If fifa ain’t on here then somthing is wrong
I think Fifa is on a different "EA is greedy" video. As is Battlefront.
Battlefront 2 should be #1 I heard it was an obscene amount of money to get a new character at launch
@@PaJammies1025 nah battlefront chilled out now but fifa is still a cash grab
Great video. RIP John Madden btw. Legendary coach, announcer, and face of one of the biggest video game franchises of all time.
“Mass effect games have never had the best DLCs” ME2 has literally 2 of the best dlcs ever.
Couldn’t agree more. Great DLC for an already great game.
Also Citadel for ME3 was amazing. Possible the largest amount of fan service I've ever seen crammed in to anything.
I am disappointed that this is not a "5000 worst cash grab attempts by EA." video
I can’t even remember last time i purchased games with “EA” label on it.
DA:I was the last one for me. Now if one of their games looks interesting it's usually on game pass so I dont have to pay for it or them exclusively
Simcity was the last one for me, the game was completely not readied for launch.
Fallen Order for me, mainly because I care about the devs that made it not the publisher
@@alexfarrell3250 or games with gold.
Well, get battlefront 2 cause it's free now. Suffered at launch but formed into a great shooter
Hellgate: London (2007) is still one of my favorites. The atmosphere, the class design, the story. It could have been a great series. The Hellgate: London (2018) on Steam is not the same game, it's an update of Hellgate: Global which was the original game turned into a Korean F2P MMO... So, why is that bad? Because the Korean F2P demographic tends to have cheaper hardware with less power to push graphics. As a result, the '18 game has worse graphics that are blurry, the '07 game can use DX10, the '18 version only uses DX 9.
The lawnmower feature was just a small scale test. The test being: lets see if we can piss in the consumers face and get them to say thank you :)
Me dying when he called it battlefront one and battlefront 3
When they were talkin bout battlefield
I wish more people actually knew how bad the cash grab in FIFA is. You'll never know unless you play it.
I give you my precious upvote
Thats why we vote with our dollar and boycott all they do!
Laughing my ass off that battlefront wasn't even mentioned because it was dwarfed by their other criminal and predatory behaviour. What a shame.
I bought the BF4 weapons shortcut when it was on sale for 10$, i bought it in 2020, and its pretty nice to have certain guns that i dont want to grind hours for, such as snipers, which i dont use often, but its nice for grinding for the actual weapons you have to earn
Just to warn you all, The Mass Effect Legendary Collection’s Collectors edition also looks like it won’t come with the actual game. Hope I saved at least one person.
I almost gave in for that wearable helmet. ALMOST
It isn't on Switch. Fuck you even more EA.
Major props for keeping this vid under an hour 👍
The best one is by far :surprise mechanics that are quite ethical and quite fun
I love this type of video so much, please increase the list next time I can literally listen to you dis greedy developers and garbage games all day
Next on the list:
Mass Effect Legendary Edition
God I hope not, but I definitely will wait buying that game until long after release, so I can see the reviews evolve.
Well legendary edition collectors edition doesnt come with the game as well
@@LAGxKALON exactly, that alone should tell you what the only priority is.
Ubisoft lowkey on the rise last 2 Games were pretty dope.
Ubi has been pretty good since the disaster that was AC:Unity. They've had some missteps lately with Ghost Recon Breakpoint but have turned AC around and the Division has been awesome. I can usually get on board with their games and not feel burned after buying one
@@alexfarrell3250 hope quarantine is a good game looking forward to it
I love it when Falcon does the narration
The prices for a sims 4 dlc speaks for itself
imagine in darksoul :To resurrect your char you need a 20$ worth holly water
Please no...
pay to resurrect. . or wait 6 hours.
f2p always has timers and then you pay to skip the timers
Ever seen the “wounded” Chewie in Battlefront 2 😂💀
It's funny seeing the more expensive loot boxes in apex and as someone that still plays that game, realizing that the events still work in that same way
It should be "Games where EA didn't rip us off"
I can guarantee you you won't find a single one
Honestly, that a company like that still can get profits goes to show how much our educational systems have failed (around the globe, and that includes financial and awareness education for parents)
I upvote
I love how he complains about romantic stuff pack when my first pet stuff pack is literally dlc for dlc
I'll bet in the near future people will look back at all this DLC and loot box shit and say "they put gambling in kids games?" And we'll be like "Well yeah if you put it that way it sounds really bad."
I love how this is specifically for EA
I miss the days when EA had the best developer tag in gaming...
“ *EA SPORTS: IT’S IN THE GAME!* “
It’s hilarious that there’s a top 10 list but a top 50 list could be possible
Didn't find too much issues with the shortcut packs for battlefield except for the air shortcut pack for bf3. You needed the flairs. In BF4 you unlock the flairs early.
I recall a time where you bought a game and had to prove it was new with a key in the box that basically made you spend 10 dollars to play online if you bought pre-owned.
#1: the literal ENTIRETY of ea sports
I am giving this a like just for the title.
I remember growing up in the 90s, EA still made good games and wont totally evil then and I actually liked them as a company!
EA: "Oi, you there, buying used games! $10, for the online pass"
I’m so bored of these games recently man:(
Same all I play rn is apex, I don't play anything on the ps5 rn.
Im having more fun reading research articles... Than most video games in today's age
@@roberttramone9967 😂😂same tell me why I had more doing research for class than playing CYBERPUNK
@@jacoblopez373 tbh i liked cyberpunk because i remember new vegas which could randomly drop to a framerate of three frames per minute. Kids these days are picky af... Im just glad cyberpunk CRASHED instead if forcing that. But dude want an article on the befits of crying!! (Its the last thing in my history)
@@roberttramone9967 yea ikwym I literally got an Xbox one x last year in April b4 I had the 360 but it’s just expectations even I SET them too high for this game man haha. But an article for crying? Sure bro I’m down to read that
Battle front 2 has to be here.
3:41
He said battlefront 3
Apparently battlefront 1 and 3 were here lol
All of battlefront 2? Or what because I have bf2 it's a pretty good game
@@Royc29 It’s a good game now. At the beginning it was horrible with pay 2 win.
Trp Account how is it pay to win I've won a lot of games without paying for anything other then bf2 the game
I like how right away I get an ad on a video about a greedy company
Where is the pinnacle station video you are talking about? Don't seem to find it