The simple truth of all this is, MOST PEOPLE ARE POOR. No matter what country you go to, you can find people forced to live with what they can get. It's this top 2% that make sure of it. Have you ever heard the saying, "the rich get rich and the poor get poorer"? Well, that is by design. There is more than enough money to "fix" what is wrong, but the greed mongers won't allow it. Does anyone realize what you could do with 60 billion dollars? Does one person really need that much money? That is enough cash to keep some of the worlds largest companies afloat, does one person really need that much.
As far as the US is concerned, this is Capitalism central, if US style government takes over the planet we are all screwed. Here the policy is get rich and do as little as possible to help your fellow man. I'm not saying people in the US have a hard time. This is the "richest" nation in the world but, most of those riches are concentrated in a small group that the general populace never gets to see. We have laws to protect the rich and do nothing for the poor. Take OJ for example. A proven concept of what money can do. If I had cut off my old ladies head, it's very unlikely, do to my limited finances, that I would be "free". Even justice is for sale.
In closing, my suggestion would be to get used to it. Throughout history it has always been the same. A small group controls the large. Large wealth gets to make all the decisions that control the poor. It's sad really, that one of the "seven deadly sins" is the motivating factor behind life as we know it. Might as well get used to it. You're never gonna be rich and the rich will never be poor.
I have been a gamer since, well, since they were invented. I have watched EA churn out re-re-released crap for sooo long it makes me sick. ANYONE that has played any of the Tiger Woods games knows that they haven't change at all since the first. Sure they add a few crappy courses and update the user interface, but they game is still the same. They don't even bother to update the commentator audio, it hasn't changed in years. Madden has changed little, although graphically all of their games have improved. But so has technology in general so, EA gets no credit for having nice graphics. Almost all game nowadays have quality graphics.
Now, anyone familiar with EA's handling of the Battlefield 2 franchise, knows all to well about their customer support and patching processes. They are also aware of how EA systematically destroyed what had the potential of being one of the greatest games ever. They routinely buy up quality gaming companies just to keep their corner on the market. And I think it's shame that they control gaming football(US). Isn't that some form of monopoly? That's also why I now play soccer:)
I could probably sit here and site numerous times EA has made MAJOR mistakes, yet they somehow stay on top. I guess allot can be said for deep pockets. It's a shame they don't use that capital to create a decent gaming company.
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The simple truth of all this is, MOST PEOPLE ARE POOR. No matter what country you go to, you can find people forced to live with what they can get. It's this top 2% that make sure of it. Have you ever heard the saying, "the rich get rich and the poor get poorer"? Well, that is by design. There is more than enough money to "fix" what is wrong, but the greed mongers won't allow it. Does anyone realize what you could do with 60 billion dollars? Does one person really need that much money? That is enough cash to keep some of the worlds largest companies afloat, does one person really need that much. As far as the US is concerned, this is Capitalism central, if US style government takes over the planet we are all screwed. Here the policy is get rich and do as little as possible to help your fellow man. I'm not saying people in the US have a hard time. This is the "richest" nation in the world but, most of those riches are concentrated in a small group that the general populace never gets to see. We have laws to protect the rich and do nothing for the poor. Take OJ for example. A proven concept of what money can do. If I had cut off my old ladies head, it's very unlikely, do to my limited finances, that I would be "free". Even justice is for sale. In closing, my suggestion would be to get used to it. Throughout history it has always been the same. A small group controls the large. Large wealth gets to make all the decisions that control the poor. It's sad really, that one of the "seven deadly sins" is the motivating factor behind life as we know it. Might as well get used to it. You're never gonna be rich and the rich will never be poor.
That's because it has no competition. Next you'll say Madden is the best football game ever.
I have been a gamer since, well, since they were invented. I have watched EA churn out re-re-released crap for sooo long it makes me sick. ANYONE that has played any of the Tiger Woods games knows that they haven't change at all since the first. Sure they add a few crappy courses and update the user interface, but they game is still the same. They don't even bother to update the commentator audio, it hasn't changed in years. Madden has changed little, although graphically all of their games have improved. But so has technology in general so, EA gets no credit for having nice graphics. Almost all game nowadays have quality graphics. Now, anyone familiar with EA's handling of the Battlefield 2 franchise, knows all to well about their customer support and patching processes. They are also aware of how EA systematically destroyed what had the potential of being one of the greatest games ever. They routinely buy up quality gaming companies just to keep their corner on the market. And I think it's shame that they control gaming football(US). Isn't that some form of monopoly? That's also why I now play soccer :)
I could probably sit here and site numerous times EA has made MAJOR mistakes, yet they somehow stay on top. I guess allot can be said for deep pockets. It's a shame they don't use that capital to create a decent gaming company.