From the article: "Of these, Deus Ex and Thief no longer exist as franchises as their teams have been disbanded." Eidos still owns the IP to them, however; and while the original development teams have closed down shop, they could still resurrect the franchises at their whim and stick a whole new development team behind to work on them. Just think the quote should be revised or removed completely. Shadowrun 00:58, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
Also they forgot to mention the Braveheart game on PC
I am not sure why some people seem to think the BBB report is so important it need to go into the opening section of this item. Remember Eidos is a European company primarily and the BBB is a US only operation. Also, Eidos has 8 complaints in 3 years, Electronic Arts has 359 [1]. I can only assume the editor has some form of grudge against Eidos.
If you really feel this is worth including in this item, then it should be in a separate heading called "Criticisms". Refer to the Electronic Arts item. Please discuss here before reverting or adding again- thanks MrMarmite 20:24, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
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Why isn't the Gex series of games mentioned in this? I'm pretty sure that the Gex series was an Eidos game series. there are 3 installments in the series which are all for the Playstation console. Ok hold on, never mind... Only number three had the Eidos brand on it...
Gex made by Crystal Dynamics Gex: Enter The Gecko made by Crystal Dynamics and Midway Gex: Deep Cover Gecko made by Eidos
I own the games and looked at them which is my "cited" thingy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.197.135.28 ( talk) 23:36, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
This is an encyclopaedia, not a repository for gossip and opinions. If there is any official comment from either the reviewer, his erstwhile employer of Eidos then maybe it's worth adding something, until then it is just one persons opinion on the matter. Those who keep adding it back in will be considered vandals, seeing as the first person to remove it was an admin MrMarmite 19:38, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
It has come under attack by GameSpot forumers. I don't think any of us editors want to clean this shit up. Optichan 22:07, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
I think this article should be added to Eidos' page concerning their business practices specific on advertising. http://kotaku.com/gaming/kane-%26-lynch/kane--lynch-site-fibbing-about-reviews-scores-329529.php The article should explain items concerning the integrity of the advertising team on Eidos. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.94.87.131 ( talk) 06:16, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
- I agree. The web-advertising debacle simply happened, and at a time where Eidos wasn't exactly in public favour. That's why I added it. It's not speculative if it simply happened. Part of sharing this kind of information is identifying what's fact and what's inferred. Not saying anything is crap.-- Twignificant ( talk) 01:12, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
This is verifiable (unlike much over the Gamespot/Kane & Lynch controversy), and I think it should be added to the article.
Apparently, Eidos put 5 star reviews from several prominent gaming sources that were not real. The quotes were, but the sources either rated the game lower or did not give a rating. GameSpy gave a quote that appeared in an E3 preview- that was correct on the K&L site- but they did not give a score, and when they actually scored the game they gave it 3/5 (Arendt 2007). GameInformer had a quote on the K&L website, but GameInformer actually gave the game 7/10 and do not use stars or a scale of five. (Arendt 2007) Kotaku (a prominent gaming blog) had a German quote on the game during an E3 preview, which they gave no rating for. The quote appeared on the official website with a five star rating that did not exist (Plunkett 2007).
Sources:
Arendt, S (2007, December 4). http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/12/kane-lynch-site.html. Retrieved December 4, 2007, from Wired Game News Web site: http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/12/kane-lynch-site.html
Plunkett, L (2007, December 4). Eidos: Did we give Kane & Lynch 5 stars?. Retrieved December 4, 2007, from Kotaku Web site: http://kotaku.com/gaming/eidos/did-we-give-kane--lynch-5-stars-329539.php
- JDCMAN ( talk) 21:28, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
The controversy should be included but I fear Eidos has been roaming wiki to edit any negative aspects out —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.211.48.33 ( talk) 17:07, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
I was looking through the revisions history, and it struck me as odd that the editor who deleted the "Gerstman Controversy" section has only edited articles that could potentially portray Eidos or IO Interactive in a negative light. Do you think we should add a "Criticisms" section to cover not only the Gerstman controversy, but also the mis-quoted advertising discrepincies surrounding "Kane and Lynch?" Rwiggum ( talk) 04:41, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Now there are reports that Eidos was demanding that reviews of the new Tomb Raider game that were less than 80% be held until the Monday after release (today) http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/11/21/uk-tomb-raider-underworld-reviews-under-810-silenced-until-monday/. DarkAudit ( talk) 22:58, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
Now that Eidos Interactive's name is soon defunct should we move the page to Square Enix Europe? KiasuKiasiMan ( talk) 12:40, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
Why are there no references to Hitman in this article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.213.211.117 ( talk) 23:26, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
Final fantasy is by no means related to EIDOS, although EIDOS is now part of Square Enix, but attributing final fantasy to EIDOS is not justified since they are developed by square, not EIDOS. The games listed on this page should be those which is actually developed or published by EIDOS.
Photos if you want them. [ [2]] and [ [3]] -- GhostInTheMachine ( talk) 22:48, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
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No consensus to move. Vegaswikian ( talk) 19:45, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
Eidos Interactive → Eidos – While the word "Eidos" refers to a portion of the Theory of Forms, this is only refers to a fraction of it, mentioned only once in a list of similar words. While Theory of Forms gets more page views, traffic from the redirect Eidos is clearly more in line with traffic of Eidos Interactive. Meaning, although more people are looking at Theory of Forms in general, people that go to Eidos are expecting Eidos Interactive. There is no need to prevent this article from being at the proper name, just so we can keep a redirect to a page where that word is barely featured. That is what hatnote links are for. ▫ JohnnyMrNinja 23:00, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
Now, don't get me wrong. I agree with whoever above has said that Eidos should be a disambiguation page. That, at the same time, sidesteps any controversy and provides maximal help to the real information-seeking readers of the encyclopedia, in the full range of their interests. Wareh ( talk) 00:05, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
There is a RfC directly involving this article on the Eidos talk page. You may want to take part in this discussion. Salvidrim! 20:47, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
I recently tried to revert a seemingly vandalistic section blanking but was met with the message that the reverted version could not be saved due to a spam filter rejecting www_cbronline_com/ (_ replacing . for the same reason) Anyone know why this site is being blocked? MrMarmite ( talk) 08:26, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
Although Square Enix said earlier that it would let Eidos Interactive remain as it is currently and not meddle in its internal affairs...
So, I bet if I try to put it in the article, you eggheads would remove it under some obscure WP rule pretense so I just leave it here, do what you want. According to Jim Sterling and undisclosed source of his, Squire Enix have virtually total control over development process of at least Eidos Montreal division youtu.be/oVbj4GuuZTA?t=2m52s. 85.176.2.95 ( talk) 23:47, 24 September 2016 (UTC)
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From the article: "Of these, Deus Ex and Thief no longer exist as franchises as their teams have been disbanded." Eidos still owns the IP to them, however; and while the original development teams have closed down shop, they could still resurrect the franchises at their whim and stick a whole new development team behind to work on them. Just think the quote should be revised or removed completely. Shadowrun 00:58, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
Also they forgot to mention the Braveheart game on PC
I am not sure why some people seem to think the BBB report is so important it need to go into the opening section of this item. Remember Eidos is a European company primarily and the BBB is a US only operation. Also, Eidos has 8 complaints in 3 years, Electronic Arts has 359 [1]. I can only assume the editor has some form of grudge against Eidos.
If you really feel this is worth including in this item, then it should be in a separate heading called "Criticisms". Refer to the Electronic Arts item. Please discuss here before reverting or adding again- thanks MrMarmite 20:24, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
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A proprietary video codec created and used by Eidos in their pc titles around 97-99 it seems to be similiar to mpeg but inserts fake scanlines into the videostream instead of truly scaling the image. Atirage 13:09, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
Why isn't the Gex series of games mentioned in this? I'm pretty sure that the Gex series was an Eidos game series. there are 3 installments in the series which are all for the Playstation console. Ok hold on, never mind... Only number three had the Eidos brand on it...
Gex made by Crystal Dynamics Gex: Enter The Gecko made by Crystal Dynamics and Midway Gex: Deep Cover Gecko made by Eidos
I own the games and looked at them which is my "cited" thingy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.197.135.28 ( talk) 23:36, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
This is an encyclopaedia, not a repository for gossip and opinions. If there is any official comment from either the reviewer, his erstwhile employer of Eidos then maybe it's worth adding something, until then it is just one persons opinion on the matter. Those who keep adding it back in will be considered vandals, seeing as the first person to remove it was an admin MrMarmite 19:38, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
It has come under attack by GameSpot forumers. I don't think any of us editors want to clean this shit up. Optichan 22:07, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
I think this article should be added to Eidos' page concerning their business practices specific on advertising. http://kotaku.com/gaming/kane-%26-lynch/kane--lynch-site-fibbing-about-reviews-scores-329529.php The article should explain items concerning the integrity of the advertising team on Eidos. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.94.87.131 ( talk) 06:16, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
- I agree. The web-advertising debacle simply happened, and at a time where Eidos wasn't exactly in public favour. That's why I added it. It's not speculative if it simply happened. Part of sharing this kind of information is identifying what's fact and what's inferred. Not saying anything is crap.-- Twignificant ( talk) 01:12, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
This is verifiable (unlike much over the Gamespot/Kane & Lynch controversy), and I think it should be added to the article.
Apparently, Eidos put 5 star reviews from several prominent gaming sources that were not real. The quotes were, but the sources either rated the game lower or did not give a rating. GameSpy gave a quote that appeared in an E3 preview- that was correct on the K&L site- but they did not give a score, and when they actually scored the game they gave it 3/5 (Arendt 2007). GameInformer had a quote on the K&L website, but GameInformer actually gave the game 7/10 and do not use stars or a scale of five. (Arendt 2007) Kotaku (a prominent gaming blog) had a German quote on the game during an E3 preview, which they gave no rating for. The quote appeared on the official website with a five star rating that did not exist (Plunkett 2007).
Sources:
Arendt, S (2007, December 4). http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/12/kane-lynch-site.html. Retrieved December 4, 2007, from Wired Game News Web site: http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/12/kane-lynch-site.html
Plunkett, L (2007, December 4). Eidos: Did we give Kane & Lynch 5 stars?. Retrieved December 4, 2007, from Kotaku Web site: http://kotaku.com/gaming/eidos/did-we-give-kane--lynch-5-stars-329539.php
- JDCMAN ( talk) 21:28, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
The controversy should be included but I fear Eidos has been roaming wiki to edit any negative aspects out —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.211.48.33 ( talk) 17:07, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
I was looking through the revisions history, and it struck me as odd that the editor who deleted the "Gerstman Controversy" section has only edited articles that could potentially portray Eidos or IO Interactive in a negative light. Do you think we should add a "Criticisms" section to cover not only the Gerstman controversy, but also the mis-quoted advertising discrepincies surrounding "Kane and Lynch?" Rwiggum ( talk) 04:41, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
Now there are reports that Eidos was demanding that reviews of the new Tomb Raider game that were less than 80% be held until the Monday after release (today) http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/11/21/uk-tomb-raider-underworld-reviews-under-810-silenced-until-monday/. DarkAudit ( talk) 22:58, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
Now that Eidos Interactive's name is soon defunct should we move the page to Square Enix Europe? KiasuKiasiMan ( talk) 12:40, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
Why are there no references to Hitman in this article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.213.211.117 ( talk) 23:26, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
Final fantasy is by no means related to EIDOS, although EIDOS is now part of Square Enix, but attributing final fantasy to EIDOS is not justified since they are developed by square, not EIDOS. The games listed on this page should be those which is actually developed or published by EIDOS.
Photos if you want them. [ [2]] and [ [3]] -- GhostInTheMachine ( talk) 22:48, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
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No consensus to move. Vegaswikian ( talk) 19:45, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
Eidos Interactive → Eidos – While the word "Eidos" refers to a portion of the Theory of Forms, this is only refers to a fraction of it, mentioned only once in a list of similar words. While Theory of Forms gets more page views, traffic from the redirect Eidos is clearly more in line with traffic of Eidos Interactive. Meaning, although more people are looking at Theory of Forms in general, people that go to Eidos are expecting Eidos Interactive. There is no need to prevent this article from being at the proper name, just so we can keep a redirect to a page where that word is barely featured. That is what hatnote links are for. ▫ JohnnyMrNinja 23:00, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
Now, don't get me wrong. I agree with whoever above has said that Eidos should be a disambiguation page. That, at the same time, sidesteps any controversy and provides maximal help to the real information-seeking readers of the encyclopedia, in the full range of their interests. Wareh ( talk) 00:05, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
There is a RfC directly involving this article on the Eidos talk page. You may want to take part in this discussion. Salvidrim! 20:47, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
I recently tried to revert a seemingly vandalistic section blanking but was met with the message that the reverted version could not be saved due to a spam filter rejecting www_cbronline_com/ (_ replacing . for the same reason) Anyone know why this site is being blocked? MrMarmite ( talk) 08:26, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
Although Square Enix said earlier that it would let Eidos Interactive remain as it is currently and not meddle in its internal affairs...
So, I bet if I try to put it in the article, you eggheads would remove it under some obscure WP rule pretense so I just leave it here, do what you want. According to Jim Sterling and undisclosed source of his, Squire Enix have virtually total control over development process of at least Eidos Montreal division youtu.be/oVbj4GuuZTA?t=2m52s. 85.176.2.95 ( talk) 23:47, 24 September 2016 (UTC)
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