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EA officially declared worst business in America

http://consumerist.com/2012/04/congr...-for-2012.html

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Whether it's on a console, a PC, a smartphone or tablet, hundreds of millions of people play video games every day. Yet most mainstream media covers the industry the same way it treats adult dodge ball leagues and cat fashion shows (both noble ventures, but neither of them multi-billion dollar industries). And the only time you hear legislators discuss video games is when some politician decries them as the death knell for all things righteous in the world (hint: they're not). Now, after years of being ignored and relegated to steerage, game-players have voted to send a message to Electronic Arts and the gaming business as a whole: Stop treating your loyal customers like crap.

After more than 250,000 votes, Consumerist readers ultimately decided that the type of greed exhibited by EA, which is supposed to be making the world a more fun place, is worse than Bank of America's avarice, which some would argue is the entire point of operating a bank.

To those who might sneer at something as "non-essential" as a video game company winning the Worst Company In America vote: It's that exact kind of attitude that allows people to ignore the complaints as companies like EA to nickel and dime consumers to death.

For years, while movies and music became more affordable and publishers piled on bonus content � or multiple modes of delivery � as added value to entice customers to buy, video games have continued to be priced like premium goods.

There have even been numerous accusations that EA and its ilk deliberately hold back game content with the sole intent of charging a fee for it at a later date. It's one thing to support a game with new content that is worth the price. It's another to put out an inferior � and occasionally broken � product with the mindset of "ah, we'll fix it later and make some money for doing so."

New, independent game companies do pop up all the time, but the cost of entering the market has historically been too expensive, making these indie innovators prime targets for acquisition by mega-publishers like EA. Our hope is that the growth of app-based gaming and downloadable games will continue to make it easier for developers to get their products out without the backing of companies that don't care a lick about the people who fork over their cash.

Oh well, Worst Company In America 2012 is officially in the books. All that's left to do is send off the Golden Poo to EA.

Traditionally, the Poo has been delivered on its little red pillow. But this year, we'll give EA three different color options for its pillow, though in the end it's still the same old Poo.

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Originally Posted by stefan (Post 1192506)

http://consumerist.com/2012/04/congr...-for-2012.html

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Traditionally, the Poo has been delivered on its little red pillow. But this year, we'll give EA three different color options for its pillow, though in the end it's still the same old Poo.

Hahaha
I like you, Consumerist.

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Originally Posted by EA

We're sure that British Petroleum, AIG, Philip Morris, and Halliburton are all relieved they weren't nominated this year. We're going to continue making award-winning games and services played by more than 300 million people worldwide.

Love the blame dodging they are doing here. They also said something along the lines of "But we have Bioware, everyone loves them" in a way that they ignore the thing in which everyone HATES them for ruining Bioware.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bkf7GJlNIs...s640/YEAH3.png

That is all. And about damn time someone saw what a good chunk of people have been saying.

EDIT: Where did you find that quote there Ramary?

EA: "Hitler killed millions of people, what do you want from us?"

I want to know where they get that 300 million customers figure. Isn't there something like 100 million people who own computers in the world? I could buy that they have sold 300 million copies of all their games combined.

And no, having 300 million customers doesn't mean you're absolved of doing any wrong. That's just the sort of thing that happens when you've bought out like half the market.

When you think about it I guess giving EA your money is still better than giving it to Halliburton or Dow Chemical or something. They are definitely a less evil corporation than any given war profiteering business. Electronic Arts are probably not guilty of any war crimes, rapes, murders or eating babies. Though it's pretty interesting that they feel the need to have their spokespeople specifically deny that.

Love it how they apparently just ignore the criticism. Go EA.

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Originally Posted by Flarecobra (Post 1192512)

EDIT: Where did you find that quote there Ramary?

Game Informer quotes it from a statement they supposedly got from EA.

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Originally Posted by Osterbaum (Post 1192517)

Love it how they apparently just ignore the criticism. Go EA.

It's hard to hear with all that money stuffed in their ears.

EA, regardless how evil they may or may not be, have a very limited impact with their bad behavior. I honestly think it's pretty absurd to call them the worst company when any bullshit they pull really only hurts a bunch of nerds by making them pay a little more or making them upset about a game. EA definitely deserves criticism, but by making a games company out to be the worst company you trivialize a lot of much worse shit going on. Like, if we wanted to actually be human beings about this, we'd say the worst companies are anyone who works with FOXCONN or FOXCONN themselves. You know, for driving employees to suicide. Because driving people to suicide is a bit worse than, "Well, you made me pay five dollars for some DLC," or, "I didn't like this ending."

But we all know who the real villain is.

Anyone who slightly inconveniences nerds.

They're basically a double Hitler.