ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Eaismo

EAismo is a term that comes from the word "EA", which means Electronic Arts – a company that makes video games. When people talk about EAismo, they are talking about the things that Electronic Arts does, and the way that it runs its business.

Imagine you have a big toy box with all your toys in it. You can pick out whatever toy you want to play with, and put it back in the box when you are done. This is how most video games work – you can buy or download a game, play it as much as you want, and then choose to stop playing it whenever you like.

But EAismo is different. When you buy an EA game, you don't just get the game itself – you also get a lot of extra stuff that you can buy within the game. These things are called "microtransactions", which means that they are small things that you can buy with real money.

For example, if you are playing a football game made by EA, you might be able to buy a new football jersey for your team, or a better football player to add to your team. These things can help you to do better in the game, but you have to pay real money to get them.

Some people really like EAismo because they can buy lots of cool things for their games, and they like having more ways to customize their game experiences. But other people don't like it because they think it is unfair – they feel like the game is designed to make them spend more money, and that they can't be as good at the game as other people who spend more money on microtransactions.

Overall, EAismo is just one way that video game companies are trying to make more money from their games. But whether you like it or not is up to you!