:no: I am not here to "defend" Fifa Phillip.
Your post shows a negative impact on your literacy level. I am a fan of Fifa and still mess around PES a bit. So the label of Fifa Fanboy suits me perfect.... if you think name calling would change my views.
Check the name of this thread again and see why it is relevant to discuss Fifa.
There is no need to defend Fifa as YOU have pointed out how successful EA is. FUT spending is not a con by EA it is a service that is provided to fans. If you want to buy coins, then do so at your own gain or peril.
I know a lot of PES fans hate to hear this fact..Fifa is the #1 game in the world where millions of millions of fans play. Do we continue to ignore the fact that PES is not doing great at all and curse me out for saying Fifa is the holy grail of football?
You wanted to buy a new Fifa game. Think carefully about how this contradicts your arguments.
They are just video games Phillip...nothing to get your panties in a bunch about.
peace
Hmm, it seems I was a bit rude, again. I didn't want to start name calling. Sorry about that. It really sounded like you were defending FIFA. Is my literacy level so bad? I don't think so, but no one is perfect. But if you weren't defending FIFA, then no one here was getting defensive about PES either, like you said.
Buying FIFA points is an EA Service. They wanted to get people addicted to "gambling" (a.k.a. buying packs) in order to sell those packs. They don't need that amount of money. 15 years ago there weren't any microtransactions in games and they still keep on making profit with them. But some people were "smart" and took advantage of EA's greediness and of people's addiction on FUT to make cheaper prices on FUT coins. That's what I meant before.
Btw, where did I say that I wanted to buy a new FIFA game? And, even if I want, I wouldn't buy one for it's full price. I never bought a FIFA for it's full price. Why would I do it when I can have an used copy for much cheaper? And, even if I wanted to buy a new FIFA game for full price, that wouldn't contradict any of my arguments. You can't contradict my arguments using one of my personal wishes or characteristics. That wouldn't be logical, it would be a fallacy, an
Ad Hominem to be more precise. My "name calling" could be a fallacy too, so, I apologize again.
And yes, FIFA might be more popular right now, I can't deny that fact. But I can ignore it andd keep playing PES, making it better on my own way. More popular doesn't mean better. It only means they have more power, more money and are more persuasive. Konami has a smaller budget than EA, that is also true. FIFA is winning right now just because of their budget. As I already said before somewhere, if Konami had the same budget as EA, probably PES would rule over FIFA. But it doesn't. So we see the impact that money has nowadays.
Those are videogames, that's right and I can't deny it :laugh:. But, as you can see, we've already jumped over to other topics, such as money, greed, power, ("name calling" :laugh
etc.. So, all in all, it's not just the videogames. They can lead us to think about other stuff and teach us a variety of things, just like a movie or a documentary. And it's good to discuss about it. If we are here talking about this it's because it might be a bit important, otherwise, we wouldn't be here discussing it, would we?
Nothing against FIFA, played a lot of UT in the past and had lots of fun, but never bought a simple pack with real money. I didn't need a team of TOTY/TOTW/etc. to win some matches and have fun. Do you want to know what I honestly believe about FIFA and PES? They are great ideas on the wrong hands. Both of them.
PES will live forever, either in Konami's hands or on ours. See, for example, PES for Ps2. Konami has stopped supporting it a long time ago, but I still see lots of fan made patches for ps2. Even if PES "officially" die one day, the editing won't stop. It might even get stronger. Is like some people say, you only give value to something when you lose it (probably it is what happening now with Konami and UEFA license :laugh
So, keep peaceful and don't be deluded by "free" stuff. Remember, nothing is free in life. If they are offering you something is because they want something in return.