Company screwing over franchises wins over company that took peoples houses without adequate reason....

Man people are stupid.

here we go again someone still believe SWTOR has 1.7 mil sub.

BURN THEM!!

I dont like EA at all but imo they haven't ruined BF3... yet.

Hopefully, Dice can hold out and stay semi-independent at least.

A few internet geeks voting for worste company in an online poll doesn't say much.

Had this been a real poll, EA wouldn't even have made it in the top 10. Most people never even heard of EA.

Originally posted by red_cruiser

I know EA sucked, but beating out Bank of America, Monsanto, Wal-Mart and Exxon-Mobil is something else.

This just shows the power of jilted gamers, just look at SWG vets 7 years and they are still bitching, and a sad indictment of he people in this hobby. I'm so glad that most of the people I meet in an MMO are of a much better quality. There are far worse companies out there than a fucking gaming company as the writer alludes to at the start of his piece.

Originally posted by Charas

A few internet geeks voting for worste company in an online poll doesn't say much.

Had this been a real poll, EA wouldn't even have made it in the top 10. Most people never even heard of EA.

 Exactly.  All this really says is that most people who responded to the poll were gamers.

And hey, if you're a gamer, and you live in your own little gamer world, you're probably not even aware of most of the travesties committed by oil companies and big banks.  But you are aware that EA ruined your game franchise.

Myopic?  Yes.  But it is what it is.

Originally posted by Connmacart

Originally posted by echolynfan

Originally posted by Thomas2006

 

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Originally posted by Greymoor
What games did EA ruin?

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Do we really need to name them all? You can start with Dragon Age 2, Mass Effect 3 and then we can start listing off all the failed MMO's they started and killed in record time. Earth and Beyond, The Sims Online, Motor City Online, ect.

Don't forget SWTOR

Want to just throw TSW on the pile as well then?

Oh and I don't have any love for EA quite the opposite.

Depends how involved they get monetising it.

I see a lot of people posting how pathetic it is for EA to "own" this title in comparison to company A, B or C.

Since Exonn and BofA were mentioned the most I would like to ask why anyone thinks that these companies are most deserving of the title. I am not asking for direct comparisons between EA and these two just a staement or two on what practices specifically you hate about these companies that make you dislike them.

Originally posted by Mike221

Company screwing over franchises wins over company that took peoples houses without adequate reason....

 

Man people are stupid.

You just have to observe some kids when they have their toys taken away and you'll understand certain gamers.

Originally posted by uofa13l

I see a lot of people posting how pathetic it is for EA to "own" this title in comparison to company A, B or C.

 

Since Exonn and BofA were mentioned the most I would like to ask why anyone thinks that these companies are most deserving of the title. I am not asking for direct comparisons between EA and these two just a staement or two on what practices specifically you hate about these companies that make you dislike them.

...Bank of America foreclosed on peoples houses.  Houses that the people Paid in Full.  They kicked people out of their houses because the bank lost the paperwork.

Hurr hurr, they totes not deserving of the title.

EA exec :  " Worst company?  HAHAHA!  Or the best?  We're a huge corporation after all!  I can actually feel myself getting richer! " * Rolls $100 bill into cigar and smokes it*   " Oh Delores, you're the best secretary ever!  You made a little Bioware cake for me resembling the logo!"  * Faceplants into cake and gobbles furiously* 

Funny.

Now if it was worst company in gaming industry I could see that arguement(activision is getting close).

But worst company in all of the US? No.

There are companies out there that literally made and make profits on people dying and on people losing their livelyhoods(houses, jobs, investments etc). Hell almost every company involved with the recent mortage nightmare(which BoA was apart of), that literally brought the US economy to its knees is 100x worse then anything that EA has done.

There are a plethora of companies that outshine EA in being the "Worst".

Survey just seems like a bunch of bitter gamers who's life is gaming and they can't seem to see past it. You can even see it in some of the editorials on this survey. They don't mention EA's horrible customer service or outsourcing, they just mention the actual games. They can't even be mad at EA for the right things.

Originally posted by Calerxes

Originally posted by Mike221

Company screwing over franchises wins over company that took peoples houses without adequate reason....

 

Man people are stupid.

 

You just have to observe some kids when they have their toys taken away and you'll understand certain gamers.

  HAH HAH... that suits this forum to a T.

  In all seriousness - what a ridiculous way to run a poll - actually, just what a ridiculous poll

Originally posted by uofa13l

I see a lot of people posting how pathetic it is for EA to "own" this title in comparison to company A, B or C.

 

Since Exonn and BofA were mentioned the most I would like to ask why anyone thinks that these companies are most deserving of the title. I am not asking for direct comparisons between EA and these two just a staement or two on what practices specifically you hate about these companies that make you dislike them.

Well, I'll take a stab:

1. BoA: Has consistently been targeted by consumer advocates for being the leader is charging usuary rates and fees on their bank account and credit card holders. Has been sued in the US for illegally foreclosing on people's houses and in many cases, foreclosing on the wrong house! Recepient of millions in tax-payer funded bailout $$$ which they largely used to buy other banks, pay bonuses to top executives but did not use it make loans to the average middle class/small business owner like the money was intended to be used for.
2. Exxon: Responsible for countless oil spills all over the world (Exxon Valdez the most well known). One of the companies most sited for exsessive pollution but always can count on its pais politicians to have their back and remove any kind of regulatory muscle the EPA could use to hold them accountable. With other oil companies, has supported and  helped keep in power dictatorial regimes in Africa, Indonesia and the Middle East which have horrible human rights records.
3. EA = Killed my favorite game IP. Buys and kills cherished game companies. Sells crappy video games...

Ok so clearly kicking people outside homes or morally awful practices by Monasanto that will impact all of us are definately worse ,by far than anything EA does.

Anyway there is one good thing in this article

"If you want to topple EA, don’t vote in a poll. Vote with your wallet."

In an online poll, companies that annoy a huge number of people will always lose out to companies who completely screw over a fewer number of people.  I find it funny that so many people failed to understand this, I would recommend studying the flaws of utilitarianism.  I hate EA more than I hate Enron, because Enron never screwed me or anyone i know over.  I simply don't care about people I have never had contact with.  Most people are like this even though few probably will admit it. 

Now, there is a special place in hell for SallieMae since I have had to deal with them.  EA is more of a forum trolling stylized hate, where I dislike them intensely as a company but don't think about it all day.  SallieMae is more of true hate deserving of gypsy curses and unwanted magazine subscriptions.

Forget about homeles people who lost homes in the FNMA crisis. Forget about the insurance companies that "borrowed" billions from taxpayers to throw parties and hand out bonuses. forget about major corporations falsifying finaincial statements while going bankrupt taking retirements with them. Forget about oil companies who destroyed coastlines and econmies that depended on them. forget about companies ponzi schemed people's entire lives away. Forget about rich business men who adopt their girlfriends as daughters to transfer billions in wealth out of their own name to avoid paying in wrongful death drunk driving lawsuites.

There are MUCH larger fish to fry. I mean this company "butchered" the Star Wars IP.

From SoE to EA, soon it will be Activision and possibly NCsoft with GW2. As mentioned in the article, EA isn't the problem. Big business is the problem. They want to please everyone by making content accessible and mainstream. Sad thing is, I don't see this changing anytime soon. Big business will continue buying smaller, creative companies in an attempt to turn a profit. Infuriating players in the process. It's a viscious cycle.

In the gaming category i would have to agree that they are the worst, however, in ALL of America, definitely not.

BofA definitely fits that nicely considering they still are operated by criminals that never have been arrested or prosecuted for their role in 2008.