Gaming EA: Consumers Wary of Digital Due to PSN Fiasco, Prefer Retail

[eXo]

It's been over a year since the infamous PlayStation Network debacle angered a lot of gamers and didn't allow anyone with a PlayStation platform to enjoy online play for a lengthy period of time. Since then, things have gotten better for PlayStation 3 owners, but dirtbag hackers have continued to annoy people, going so far as to target a few Xbox 360 users, too[...]

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[slicer4ever]

Really, "Dirtbag hackers", a bit harsh imo, at the end of the day, company's are responsible for actually doing the secure part, particularly with the blunder of fuck-ups that sony showed it's security department had made once unveiled.

 

[David Sanchez]

I'm specifically talking about the jerks who actually took money out of other gamers' accounts. So yeah, I think "dirtbags" is actually kind of fitting. That said, I definitely agree that Sony and Microsoft should up their security as much as possible to keep stuff like this from happening.

 

[KezraPlanes]

Lol EA using excuses to back up their failure to make Origin a decent platform.

This is all a bunch of BS. Steam, PSN, <insert random hacked company here> have been hacked the past year but has the PSN suffered? Not as much as you'd expect... It's still doing pretty well according to official reports. Was Steam affected? LOLNO. Steam is healthier than it has ever been and will continue to grow.

The EA CEO is just grasping at excuses that stockholders will believe. According to him then, they are stupid enough to believe this one.

 

[hush404]

KezraPlanes nailed it. It's all about keeping the stockholders happy. Apparently none of them know of Origin.