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EA Not Working With Gun Manufacturers Anymore

Postby jdege on Sat May 26, 2018 4:02 pm

EA Wants You to Know They're Not Working With Gun Manufacturers Anymore
https://screenrant.com/ea-gun-manufacturers-battlefield-5/amp/?utm_source=quora&utm_medium=referral
As Electronic Arts hopes to shoot to the top of the video game charts with the upcoming Battlefield V, the company is reminding gamers that it no longer works with gun manufacturers for their games.

Going head-to-head with Activision's Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, EA is once again polishing its pistols and heading back to the depths of World War II for Battlefield V. While the franchise is receiving a variety of upgrades, the latest game is also the latest installment to distance itself from having controversial real-life weapon product placements.
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Re: EA Not Working With Gun Manufacturers Anymore

Postby Ghost on Sat May 26, 2018 5:19 pm

A WW2 game without WW2 accurate guns just doesn’t sound like a good plan.
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EA Not Working With Gun Manufacturers Anymore

Postby dismal on Sat May 26, 2018 6:30 pm

Maybe they’ll use nerf-like guns...
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Postby PileDriver on Wed May 30, 2018 8:54 am

EA is the United Airlines and Comcast of video games. :lol:
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Re: EA Not Working With Gun Manufacturers Anymore

Postby Holland&Holland on Wed May 30, 2018 9:36 am

So EA must be different than EAA

Whew, I was worried when I saw the title.
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Re: EA Not Working With Gun Manufacturers Anymore

Postby yukonjasper on Wed May 30, 2018 9:37 am

Does that mean that the gun manufacturers will be able to sue the video game developers for using likenesses of their weapons in the games? Not sure how you can make M1 Garand not look like an M1 Garand unless you totally disregard the concept of historically accurate. Same goes for tanks, planes, ships, vehicles etc. If they want to go down that road, I'm wondering how far the licensing rabbit hole they want to go. Can you have a Willey's Jeep if Jeep doesn't want you to incorporate their design into the game without some sort of licensing fee.

This PC BS is very superficial. If they are completely honest with themselves and they want to support the "movement" they would cease development of all First Person Shooter games and pull all existing games off the shelves. They won't do that, because those are the most profitable. Very hypocritical.
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Re: EA Not Working With Gun Manufacturers Anymore

Postby Sorcerer on Wed May 30, 2018 9:53 am

Captain my phaser is stuck on stun. It won’t fire to kill, your on your own. Oh wait, they’d have to get licensing from the Star Wars people. Captain my electrical bug zapper will only stun. Your on your ........ ( crickets chirping). :o
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Re: EA Not Working With Gun Manufacturers Anymore

Postby Holland&Holland on Wed May 30, 2018 9:59 am

Sorcerer wrote:Captain my phaser is stuck on stun. It won’t fire to kill, your on your own. Oh wait, they’d have to get licensing from the Star Wars people. Captain my electrical bug zapper will only stun. Your on your ........ ( crickets chirping). :o

I believe that would be Star Trek not Star Wars
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Re: EA Not Working With Gun Manufacturers Anymore

Postby Ghost on Wed May 30, 2018 10:17 am

Holland&Holland wrote:
Sorcerer wrote:Captain my phaser is stuck on stun. It won’t fire to kill, your on your own. Oh wait, they’d have to get licensing from the Star Wars people. Captain my electrical bug zapper will only stun. Your on your ........ ( crickets chirping). :o

I believe that would be Star Trek not Star Wars

Might be better had you not known that :geek:
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Re: EA Not Working With Gun Manufacturers Anymore

Postby Ironbear on Fri Jun 01, 2018 6:32 am

Sorcerer wrote: ........ ( crickets chirping). :o

Noisy Cricket requires Men In Black licensing. ;)
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