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I own Tetris , The Sims 3 and Need for Speed Shift which I bought from EA mobile. EA Mobile as of today is no longer in the market and neither are their games, at least in Canada.
Can anyone else confirm this?
Now I can find Eletronic Arts which is selling Need for Speed Shift. But I have a feeling that is a fake company selling a ripped copy of NFS from EA. EA Mobile was setup first and it makes no sense to set up Electronic Arts. I noticed Electronic Arts more than a month ago so its not like its the replacement.
Either way I can no longer download the three games I paid for. I don't even have NFS installed right now because of the update that was released just before Christmas which made the game no longer work on my Galaxy S.
So if EA did pull their games off the Market why do you think they did it?
Do you think their going to follow Gameloft's strategy and set up their own store. So they can filter out the games that are incompatible with your device. Which was a big issue with NFS not working on a lot of devices.
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So using Market Enabler and spoofing the market into thinking I'm from the US. I do see EA Mobile is available in the US.
The bad news is it looks like they removed NFS and added it again. So if you own the game already it wont work and you will have to buy it again. Even worse, the price is now $9.99. The game currently has less than 50 downloads and no comments.
I'm not sure what is going on here but it definitely smells like shit.
Im able to play Need for Speed but its not showing up in my downloads anymore. So I guess if I delete it then its gone. I would think this would go against the Market rules. Lets hope its an error and EA will fix it soon.
Something else interesting I noticed. Need for Speed Shift was updated to version 1.0.58 from 1.0.57 back in December. That update made the game no longer work on my Galaxy S.
I noticed that the version they just put back up on the market is 1.0.57.
So I bought the game and it actually works my Galaxy S like it used to. But I returned it as I refuse to give them more money. I just wanted to give them a bad rating.
I've been researching this. I can't speak for the Canuck side but here's my observations:
1. EA removed NFS Shift from the Market, then re-uploaded it with a new price. If you uninstall your current copy, change ROMs, or change phones, you cannot download it again. You have to buy it again at the new $9.99 price point.
2. This seems to be affecting Verizon users, but not Sprint or T-Mobile users. Haven't seen anything on AT&T yet. So, spoofing your market to T-Mobile or Sprint allows you to get the old app again (but, it doesn't work on Galaxy S devices, the "new" one does). Nice money grab by EA.
3. I don't know how to spoof the market. If anyone does, feel free to post. Been looking myself as I like to change ROMs often, but don't want to change as I do play this game actively.
I'm going to try to get ahold of EA and Google for some info. I don't want a refund on my purchase ($1.03 over Christmas). I want my game listed as "purchased" and available for download.
I've been researching this. I can't speak for the Canuck side but here's my observations:
1. EA removed NFS Shift from the Market, then re-uploaded it with a new price. If you uninstall your current copy, change ROMs, or change phones, you cannot download it again. You have to buy it again at the new $9.99 price point.
2. This seems to be affecting Verizon users, but not Sprint or T-Mobile users. Haven't seen anything on AT&T yet. So, spoofing your market to T-Mobile or Sprint allows you to get the old app again (but, it doesn't work on Galaxy S devices, the "new" one does). Nice money grab by EA.
3. I don't know how to spoof the market. If anyone does, feel free to post. Been looking myself as I like to change ROMs often, but don't want to change as I do play this game actively.
I'm going to try to get ahold of EA and Google for some info. I don't want a refund on my purchase ($1.03 over Christmas). I want my game listed as "purchased" and available for download.
I use an app called Market Enabler to spoof different connections, you can find it on the market. You need to be rooted to use it.
Yeah your totally right about the only version working on the Galaxy S is the Verizon one. But I'm not willing to pay $10 for a game I already paid $5 for. Which was just a few days before they dropped it to $1.
I emailed EA a month ago when the game stopped working and go no response. I emailed them yesterday about this whole new issue, but I'm not holding my breath.
The weird thing is in Canada there was EA Mobile and Electronic Arts Mobile. EA Mobile had four games for sale including NFS Shift. Electronic Arts Mobile just has NFS Shift. Both options were available till a couple days ago when EA Mobile left the Canadian Android market. I have tried from a couple phones and could not find EA Mobile.
I just have this feeling about Electronic Arts Mobile that it is fake, why would they run both. With EA Mobile gone, maybe it is legit, but it doesn't have Tetris, Sims 3 or Fifa and my purchase from EA Mobile is no good with Electronic Arts.
I even tried buying the version of NFS Shift from Electronic Arts and the payment was in Euros, EA is an american company is it not. At any rate the Electronic Arts version does not work with my Galaxy S so I returned.
What a headache.
Last edited by daveloft; January 23rd, 2011 at 01:07 PM.
You will get an automated response, they won't reply to you.
Yeah they recommend going to their site and hitting the mobile support link.
The most annoying thing is their is no mobile support in Canada so I had to go to the US site. When sending in a support message they force you to pick a carrier and phone by model number. I spent a couple minutes finding a US galaxy S model number to find their not even listed. Just dumb phones.
EA has no support set up for Android just dumb phones and iPhone's. I sent my question to them with a completely different model listed as it was the only choice so as I said before I'm not holding my breath.
I tried to get a bunch of Android blogs to post about this but no one has but DroidGamers. It would be nice to have the support of the Android community to have this cleared up.
I tried to get a bunch of Android blogs to post about this but no one has but DroidGamers. It would be nice to have the support of the Android community to have this cleared up.
I've emailed the press contacts at Google, Verizon, and EA Mobile. In the meantime, here's the Article I posted on it.
So I just did search on the market in Canada and was able to find EA mobile. But the only games listed are FIFA 10 and The Sims 3. Hopefully they will add Tetris and Need for Speed Shift back and double hopefully it will show as purchased.
EDIT: Still no response from any of their press/media relations departments. EA's customer service is hell bent on blaming Verizon for this. I called Verizon, and they gave me half off my next month's bill. I thanked them and tried to turn them down saying that this isn't their issue, but they insisted on not leaving one of THEIR customers hanging. They'll try to contact EA and see what's going on. Just, wow!
Last edited by Medion; January 24th, 2011 at 06:01 PM.
What the heck is verizon doing? After I search for EA Mobile in the market I'm seeing tetris but it's listed as $4.99. I hope this wasn't done on purpose.
What the heck is verizon doing? After I search for EA Mobile in the market I'm seeing tetris but it's listed as $4.99. I hope this wasn't done on purpose.
It's not the carrier. As Dave said, it's EA or Google. I can't get a comment from Google's media relations, or even their customer support.
I sent in a ticket, and they asked me to verify a few things. I verified, and they didn't reply. So, I sent in another ticket, they asked me to verify a few things, and now I'm irked. It seems they don't give a damn once they have your money.
Bombard the link. (and by that, I mean one ticket until replied, from each affected user). We need to show them that this is a real problem.
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EDIT: Still no response from any of their press/media relations departments. EA's customer service is hell bent on blaming Verizon for this. I called Verizon, and they gave me half off my next month's bill. I thanked them and tried to turn them down saying that this isn't their issue, but they insisted on not leaving one of THEIR customers hanging. They'll try to contact EA and see what's going on. Just, wow!
No, they weren't pulled. They're still up there, but it's like they got reset or something. I own Tetris, and it's on the Market, but it's not acknowledging that I own Tetris. It did that with Need for Speed: Shift as well (not sure about FIFA '10 and The Sims 3, but Sims 3 looks unaffected).
No, they weren't pulled. They're still up there, but it's like they got reset or something. I own Tetris, and it's on the Market, but it's not acknowledging that I own Tetris. It did that with Need for Speed: Shift as well (not sure about FIFA '10 and The Sims 3, but Sims 3 looks unaffected).
They were pulled then replaced.
EA hat NFS Shift 1.0.58 up. They pulled it and uploaded 1.0.57 (which actually works on Galaxy S-based devices). However, due to the swap, it's not showing prior purchase history.
They also did this with Tetris, though I don't own the game, so I don't know if they also downgraded it.
The most "recent" version of Tetris is 0.0.2552 (before the replacement arrived). The replacement is...exactly the same.
Then I'm not sure what is going on with Tetris, though I have guesses. Still, what I stated about NFS Shift seems to be the case, unless you have an alternate theory.
Then I'm not sure what is going on with Tetris, though I have guesses. Still, what I stated about NFS Shift seems to be the case, unless you have an alternate theory.
No idea, but I can still run Tetris (and NFS:Shift), so I'll just be patient until all of this is fixed.
I just wish they would fix the unreadable text boxes in Need for Speed: Shift. That's just annoying.
Of note: on the new Market website, I can log in and see my purchase history. Tetris is listed on there, but it's still not on my phone. Very odd.
Yup, there are two listings for Tetris and NFS. One for Verizon, one for the rest. Even if you purchased the non-Verizon version when it was still on Verizon, you can no longer download it to your Verizon handset. That's where we're all stuck at now.
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Also interesting on that Market site is if you search for EA Mobile, you can find NFS listed at $2.99, $9.99 and ~$5.16 all on the same site. Same deal with Tetris and other EA games as well.
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I wonder if this is what is causing the problem with the Sims game I purchased on my phone and restored on to my Nook using Titanium. It takes a resource file to work, but won't let me download it. Download won't start.
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I was planning on copying the files from my phone (where the game works) to my Nook. I just haven't had the time and/or inclination at this point. Knowing where they are on my phone saves me some time. Nice info.
Tetris is now completely off the Market (as far as I can tell).
I checked the web market. It's only been removed for Verizon subscribers.
I've already launched a BBB complaint into this and have gotten conflicting responses from EA. EA is not claiming that they "sold" the rights to Tetris and NFS Shift to Verizon, and that Verizon sets the price. If there were any truth in this, it wouldn't be listed under EA Mobile. Something fishy is going on.
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