Tallshortman
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haha what? Yes they have.
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EA up for Worst Company in America for 2nd year in a row
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haha what? Yes they have.
BurnOutBrighter
Banned
Deserved, both this year and last.
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
But they shut down Bizarre Creations.
No, they kill entire genres.
Probably why they're nominated. Lots of butthurt Christians on the internet.
I disagree.
Yup, as far as I'm concerned, instituting a financial meltdown damaging millions of peoples livelihoods and then seeking out bailouts funded by the US taxpayer is infinitely more heinous than making shitty games with DRM issues and bad endings. Like others said, Monsanto (who is surprisingly not on this list) and their GMO crops, energy monopolies (surprisingly no Exxon Mobil either), telecom monopolies, etc. are farrrrr more poisonous and affect WAY more people's lives than EA (whose games can be ignored with little trouble).
Hmm, have you ever thought about broadening your horizons? I mean I love games as much as the next guy but it's not the end of the world if things are moving away from the direction I like... I'll just occupy my time with other hobbies.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Derrick, everyone here can look up your post history on this subject. Don't act like you don't actually think EA deserves this over BoA.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Huh, you know, I don't know where to put "gamers" in a position.
One one side they are very extreme enough to go for a kill towards EA and the like, but on the other hand they don't really seem to care enough about video games because they let stuff slide just to get their fix.
One one side they are very extreme enough to go for a kill towards EA and the like, but on the other hand they don't really seem to care enough about video games because they let stuff slide just to get their fix.
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
He is right though. Its a stupid contest that doesnt have any real life consequences. Vote for you want and imo EA deserves it.
When I think about it: If we were to categorize it to just, say, entertainment companies, banks, tech companies, maybe some overlap where necessary... EA could definitely win within one of those categories, easily. Worst for entertainment by far unless I'm missing some serious bullshit in Hollywood/TV or amongst the book publishing world, and possibly Tech though Facebook IS pretty abhorrent at times, and Paypal is sort of a bank/tech company itself. If nothing else in the realm of JUST video games EA's probably been the worst for consumers easily, each of of the companies can have their moments, but EA has CHAINS of moments.
They deserve to go bankrupt tomorrow. I'll settle for what I can get though even if it's an internet poll.
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
I dont know about that since they imply thousands of people who are innocent in all of the terrible decisions EA has made and those employees have families, kids who havent done anything. I dont want them to go bankrupt. I want the corporate leaders to be forced out. For all of those who decide on te anticonsumerism to be forced out of decision making roles.
Nemesis_
Member
There's really no perspective at all here, you're right.
I'd rather EA reform, but it does seem at times they may be a lost cause.
STILL, bankrupt =/= everyone loses their jobs. Just look at THQ, some of the studios did outright close, but a lot got sold off to the highest bidder, so a studio like Bioware might either be sold off to another company like Bethesda (oh great we'd be getting a Square Enix situation here), or maybe even the Doctors would buy them back just to let them have autonomy again even if they don't get heavily involved in their business.
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
Some people here are taking this contest way too serious.
Most of those people would find other jobs instantly if that event happened. The industry is good like that at picking up fallen devs.
I just want to see the day where EA has to close up shop and sell their IPs off to the highest bidder THQ style. I want to see their entire legacy wiped away. I know it would hurt the industry for a little while but you gotta go through chemo to get rid of cancer, it would recover and balance out in the long run.
Jake Tower
Banned
Exactly.
Now I know EA thinks it's the A #1 hotshot publisher, but here's the juice: if it goes down, ten more publishers will take its place tomorrow, they just won't come with anti-consumer and industry crashing practices, that's all.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L7UDkPAO5I
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
You do understand this is an internet contest that doesnt have any real life consequences, right?
Of course
If it can bring awareness to the crap that banks like Chase (since it barely knocked out Wells Fargo) do it COULD be more worthwhile really. EA's probably gotten hit about as badly by SimCity as it's going to be hit, but last year showed a lot of people may've just stuck their heads in the ground about the banks and whatnot.
... I also keep missing those polls or dunno who I'd vote for. If I and others reliably followed them the results would probably be very different.
... I also keep missing those polls or dunno who I'd vote for. If I and others reliably followed them the results would probably be very different.
lazybones18
Banned
Blowout?
Blowout
http://consumerist.com/2013/03/25/worst-company-in-america-round-1-ea-vs-anheuser-busch-inbev/
Should easily take care of Facebook in the next round
Blowout
http://consumerist.com/2013/03/25/worst-company-in-america-round-1-ea-vs-anheuser-busch-inbev/
Should easily take care of Facebook in the next round
Flame Lord
Member
Round Two Results:
I expected Facebook to get a bit more than that.
I expected Facebook to get a bit more than that.
Naked Lunch
Member
I got no hate for EA because for the games I like to play (mainly Battlefield) they provide dedicated servers - even server browsers on consoles. I dont see many other companies that can say this. Halo and COD are basically trapped in the stone age with their weak as shit netplay. Unplayable in comparison.
SneakyStephan
Banned
Standards sure are low these days hah.
Too bad their dedis are garbage and the community doesn't get to choose their own server provider.
EagleBurnn
Banned
"I know that Bank of America is doing it's fine job on helping ruining the economy of a country, but EA made the sequel to a video game bad!"
Hellsing321
Member
Well they at least deserve a nomination this year for the Sim City fiasco.
If we were going with just entertainment companies they'd probably deserve it. But, well, I don't think Bank of America gave free homes to the people they unfairly foreclosed on, and that's probably easier to solve than server issues.
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
Well, you do have a point, they did kill Bizzarre Creations after two of their games bombed.
Activision is a Call of Duty factory with the occasional bits of shovelware crapped out.
shiftplusone
Member
People are really mad at JCPenney's for their "no coupons, no sales. everything is cheap as shit" mentality because dumb people feel angry that they cant cheat the system if they cant stack coupons in ridiculous ways
Round Two Results:
I expected Facebook to get a bit more than that.
The hatred for EA is strong.
To be fair, that took two games. Bloodstone and Blur both tanked hard, and Bizarre was already on a losing streak from Project Gotham 3 and the Club both selling horribly. If Acti hadn't bought them, they would have just ceased to exist.
EA is a terrible company, but no way do they deserve this.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
BoA and Comcast are much worse than EA
I'm still voting EA
I'm still voting EA
EightBitNate
Member
EA isn't even as bad as Comcast, but gamers have such a large presence on the internet.
Looking at the results...
I can't believe Fedex beat UPS. UPS does a lot of things right, but a lot of their policies are backwards and anti-consumer as shit. Fedex usually has cheaper prices and have always treated me right even if their service isn't quite as professional.
Wells Fargo should've beaten Chase. Chase is probably just more well-known. Never had a problem with them though unlike Wells Fargo. Terrible banking experience and I'm sad that they bought up my local bank.
Sallie Mae and Paypal should've tied. As scummy as Sallie Mae is, I would've personally given the edge to Paypal. POS company. It's unfortunate everyone's tied to it since I'd much rather use Amazon Payments.
I can't believe Fedex beat UPS. UPS does a lot of things right, but a lot of their policies are backwards and anti-consumer as shit. Fedex usually has cheaper prices and have always treated me right even if their service isn't quite as professional.
Wells Fargo should've beaten Chase. Chase is probably just more well-known. Never had a problem with them though unlike Wells Fargo. Terrible banking experience and I'm sad that they bought up my local bank.
Sallie Mae and Paypal should've tied. As scummy as Sallie Mae is, I would've personally given the edge to Paypal. POS company. It's unfortunate everyone's tied to it since I'd much rather use Amazon Payments.
Diddy Kong
Banned
Always vote EA.
EA is not going to lose. It's my stone cold lock. EA is the Ron Paul of non-Ron Paul based internet polls.
InBev should have beat EA.
Facebook spread was too big.
BoA should definitely beat EA.
EA will win.
Tallshortman
Member
Yep that's what it comes down to, banks who purposely ruined people's lives through what they knew were very risky decisions and unethical policies or EA because hey they make a video game I didn't like and didn't even buy! lol people who think video games anywhere approach people having their homes wrongfully foreclosed upon need to get a damn life.
This bracket is clearly meant to convey to shine a light on corruption in the banking system. It isn't a stupid internet poll that customers using entertainment and luxury products can mock companies they believe create annoying products that keep people from enjoying the things they love.
People don't want to think about the banks screwing them over. EA's screwing over of their customer is easily apparent to any consumer that uses their products. It's easy to see why they win these polls.
It's meant to make you laugh at the company that loses. EA shouldn't look to BoA to make themselves look like a company that satisfies their customers. Maybe, just maybe they should look inside for reasons that they are the butt of every joke.
I look at the sheer dislike for EA out-shadowing Banks that ruined our economy and laugh. Laugh at the idea that EA is hated so much and the irony of this particular situation. The hate is real. The seriousness of this poll isn't.
InBev is probably the closest, and from what I'm seeing they can be summed up as "EA but worse and about beer." I'd lean towards voting EA due to having a more direct effect on me and InBev not being WAY more monstrous; we can live without beer or games, but I'll take games over beer. Facebook's having a lot of shitty effects that are admittedly somewhat out of their control, and banks in general we can't really avoid.