It's official - Electronic Arts (otherwise known as EA) are indeed, mincers.
They have introduced in-game advertising, that also contains Spy-ware in their latest hit - Battlefield 2142. Many people are disgusted at the idea of EA making even more money via in-game advertising, whilst simultaneously not offering their products at a reduced cost.
So not only are they making money off of the sales, but also shite loads from the adverts.
Spy-ware or not, I thought in-game advertising could have been a useful tool, especially as it would mean a reduced cost to the gamer - but no.
Read more about it here or even here.
Will you be buying any future EA titles? Apparently the Need For Speed series will feature this Spy-ware and in-game advertising too. Eventually their whole product line-up will be glorified Spy-ware games. Possibly.
I'll leave you with this quote: "Don't buy EA games folks, they're scum and they're systematically removing all that is good from video games."
And I'll add this: "Download the cracked versions via bit-torrent instead!"