An Open Letter to Frank Gibeau

As cited on a gaming blog I sometimes read:

EA Games president and God of Mountebanks Frank Gibeau recently said:

"We assumed that consumers understand piracy is a huge problem - and that if games that take 1-4 years to develop are effectively stolen the day they launch, developers and publishers will simply stop investing in PC games."

EA stands for "Egotistical Alienation"

Well, the official post about EA and SecuROM is out, and it's basically this: "Hi! We're EA! We will not take you seriously! Instead we will take Sony seriously, despite their track record."

So, here's a list of EA products I won't be purchasing: The Orange Box, Hellgate: London, The Sims 2 Free Time, The Sims 2 [insert stuff pack here], SimCity Societies, The Sims 3. I figure that's a few hundred dollars they aren't getting from me, plus a few hundred dollars they aren't getting from my fiancé, plus however much in referral sales they aren't getting from me as I tell my friends what a piece of untrustworthy crap SecuROM is and incidentally, remind them that EA's QA has been getting shoddier and shoddier. On principle, I think I will avoid their console titles, too, though I don't know they've got anything upcoming for console I would buy anyhow.

This wouldn't tick me off so much if only I didn't like the Sims. But I do. I love the game. I hate the bugs, the company producing it, and the official site's limitations, but I love the game.

Well, more posts after I figure out if there's a way around the lack of formatting in Picasa's captions.