... why?
EA Is Sending Video Games to Space: Amazing or Asinine?
SodaHead Gaming
2012/02/17 20:51:34
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In 1949, the U.S. made Albert II the first monkey in space. In 1961, the Soviet Union made Yuri Gagarin the first human being in space. Earlier this year, two Canadian teens sent the first LEGO man to space. Next week, Electronic Arts will set a new record by sending the first video games to space, and if you're lucky enough to catch one of them on the way down, it's yours. The publisher will attach six copies of "Mass Effect 3" into space some time next week to weather balloons, which will take the games to "the edge of interstellar space" and then send them back to earth.
According to G4, each copy will be launched from a different location: New York, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Berlin, London and Paris. (Suck it, Russia!) Fans will be able to track the games with built-in GPS devices, and when they touch down -- be it in your backyard or the middle of an ocean -- retrieving the items will be a free-for-all. It's obviously just a gimmick, but it's a pretty nifty gimmick if you ask us!
According to G4, each copy will be launched from a different location: New York, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Berlin, London and Paris. (Suck it, Russia!) Fans will be able to track the games with built-in GPS devices, and when they touch down -- be it in your backyard or the middle of an ocean -- retrieving the items will be a free-for-all. It's obviously just a gimmick, but it's a pretty nifty gimmick if you ask us!
the only good thing is that the video games will go to space
i really dont need video games
The "Battlefield Series" has been very successful and those of us that play have waited for years for "Battlefield 3" to be released. EA/Dice had put a great amount of time into it and promised to hold release until it was bug free. However, "COD Modern Warfare" anounced their release date and the race was on.
EA/Dice pulled out all the stops. This meant release BF3 bugs and all. And not just do PC players, XBOX and PS3 players got bad copies too. EA/Dice covered their ass' with a well written EULA. Kind of a "You bought it, good luck" warranty.
Although thousands of would be players have issues, EA/Dice just looks the other way. Some buyers have yet to play the game. Others have reinstalled "Windows" and re downloaded 16gig of game data, only to be no better off than when they started.
Me, I'm one of the lucky ones. Most days it works with few errors. I have many friends that are not so lucky.
I'm pretty sure I'll never buy another EA game. I know I'll never buy a game that uses "Origin".
(End rant here)
rather than chance the discs either being ruined by the time some one gets them..or not even obtained at all.
Just kinda pointless -.-
How is a video game supposed to survive this trip, exactly?
And what is the point? Are people going to fight it out over a copy just because it went into space? I'm guessing there is absolutely nothing special about it besides that, and if that destroys the game then it will be pointless.
It's sort of like when parents ask their kids what is "cool". An eye roll is usually the answer...