Jester,

I agree that EA will figure out a structure to circumvent the 'gambling' issue, altho that is what it is. If I've got the right iteration, Need for Speed (Payback is current?)  also pretty much sucks wind. Forza iterations seem much more solid.  Although on some of their 'pillar' games (FIFA) looks like they did a good job. And given that ATVI's COD WWII has gotten some really questionable reviews (70 from Gamespot), and that Battlefield 1, though old, is much more appealing to me than the WWII, as I had thought WWII would've been an ATVI blockbuster. There are some nice incentive discounts on BF 1, such as cdkeys.com $20 for the regular edition, $30 for 'Revolution' edition. Very tempting, esp. if multiplayer is still robust.

I finally have taken the plunge, *way* too late (I was considering NVDA @$120 as a nice buy - now $215), into a position in NVDA and ISRG, the latter of which is beyond most all analysts targets but just keeps ramming it higher. So far, I'm up $6.50. Not quite a fair wage for a day's work :-)