User blog comment:LostInRiverview/The Death of a Franchise/@comment-4823634-20120513080302/@comment-1519608-20120513140605

As I said in my blog, I'm not opposed to EA making a profit. That said, you'll find that many people - not just those who dislike EA - think that video games are overpriced. The market treats games as high value-added commodities, and we get $40, $50, $60 pricetags and beyond. I don't think it's merely a matter of how expensive they are, though. If it were, people would have stopped buying video games a long time ago. No, you'll find that people by in large don't mind the high price -- as long as the product they're getting justifies it.

So really what I'm getting at is that if they want to charge $40, $50, $60, etc for The Sims or for any other game, then they have an obligation to the players who are paying those high prices to provide the best gaming experience possible. If they fail to deliver that experience, they risk alienating those customers that expect to get their money's worth (i.e. mostly everybody).