EA responds to "worst company" label from Consumerist

EA this week was selected by more than 250,000 votes on The Consumerist as the "worst company in America for 2012." EA has just provided GamesIndustry International with a response to this "Golden Poo Award."

[donniebaseball]

For once, I side with EA. This was a retarded poll. EA may not be so nice from a games business viewpoint, but they are nothing to the world compared to the people who screwed over our entire economy and housing market.

[omi25p]

They are the worst company in the Entertainment industry. Not the entire world

[Captain Qwark 9]

you must have forgot about activision.....or capcom......

plus lets be honest here, this is prob just the result of a bunch of peeps still mad at bioware and blaming ea

[TekoIie]

@captain qwark 9

As said EA pulls multiple stunts which show greediness. They started the Online Pass system, Sell Day one DLC and look at how many of their major titles have recently been boycotted.

Also Activision seems to have a line. All they really do is yearly releases (this is something that EA also does). Capcom i really dont care about so i just tend to shut up when they turn up in the news.

[SilentNegotiator]

They're the worst company according to the internet.

"mad at bioware and blaming ea"
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Hint: Bioware IS Ea. A first party studio. And perhaps they deserve it; Mass Effect 3 is the epitome of everything wrong in the gaming world - increased multiplayer focus, online passes, day one DLC, insulting our intelligence with both plot holes and flawed explanations for platform preference (not enough time, manpower, or resources for simple VC.....LOL, said the company that delayed the game for months, is swimming in cash, and discussing something that even SOCOM did on the ps2 without making sacrifices), etc.

[da_2pacalypse]

How can they get away with making that kind of a statement? Aren't banks/oil companies entitled to sue EA for saying something like that?

[Gaming101]

The people who voted for EA are just butt-hurt gamers who know nothing about economics, or how Skank of America was largely responsible for a lot of the economic strife that's been circulating the entire world, but do gamers know anything about economics or understand what's happening? Of course not, they're just happy to be ignorant whiners about how Mass Effect 3 ended.

Quite frankly, Activision rips off its consumers even more by charging for map packs and content released in prior releases, so literally you're paying for the same thing twice. Now that's underhanded crony capitalism.

[Game4life]

what does that make activision then and the CEO of the company?

[Soldierone]

really your only going to blame Activision for yearly releases? If thats so then no wonder this poll was so biased and completely stupid, people like that are voting in it.....Go back to Call of Duty.

[SonyPS360]

Umm, Activision?

The people who voted in this poll are the kind of people who'll vote based on the last thing they heard in an election.

[ziggurcat]

@ silentnegotiator:

no, bioware is NOT EA, bioware is a separate studio. EA gives bioware free reign over their own projects.

brilliant effort, though. *slow clap*

[IcarusOne]

ME3 is far from "the epitome of everything wrong in gaming." To many of us sane, well-adjusted gamers in the world, it was kind of the opposite - the shining example and what can happen when writing, story, gameplay, graphics, music, and sound all come together in a cohesive, interactive, and emotional experience.

[Gamer1982]

activision are worse than EA for a start and ...... This is an American poll you say? I'll be quiet now..

[RedDead]

EA are ****ing miles worse than Activision. Everyone rips on Cod for yearly rehash(which they should)...but EA gets away with everything? At least EA have good games sure, but they way way worse than Acti. Also, this poll was retarded, EA is the worst company for gaming. It's got nothing on Bank of America though

[callahan09]

EA has ticked me off many times in the past. I still remember when they bought Virgin Interactive and decided to cancel Thrill Kill right before it was set to release to stores, it had already been completed, was about to go gold, and the strategy guide was already on store shelves... all because they didn't want their squeeky clean image tainted but such a violent game. HA! Despicable...

All that said, however... Bank of America is just so far above and beyond the awfulness of EA that it's ridiculous.

[Nimblest-Assassin]

Hmmm...

Wal-mart: uses sweatshops and child labor, pays their employees minimal wages and makes them work long hours and has violated dozens of human rights, and bullies small family owned buisnesses and drives those people into poverty....

But I do not have to pay extra!These guys are ok in my book!

BP Oil: Almost destroyed the Gulf of Mexico, endangering dozens of indigenous life.

They aren't taking my money... its cool.Oh and look they are cleaning a pelican! Thats sooooooo nice.

But they dirtied it in the first place....

Thats ok!

Ea: has online passes, day-one dlc, bad endings,etc. Has not violated any human rights

I HAVE TO PAY MORE?!? WORST COMPANY IN AMERICA!

Consumerism in a nutshell

Lets face it... their are way worse companies than EA.. hell the only companies nominated are the ones that make you pay more.

In entertainment, Ea, Activision and Capcom are the worst due to how much they charge, and the amount of f**ks they give about their consumers (hint: they give absolutely none!)

But in ALL of America? Don't think so (hell EA probably beat the Bank of America because of the Mass Effect 3 ending)

[FFXI101]

Agree with what you said. There are much worst companies than EA and in my book, Bank of America is one of them.

[Krugsy]

Totally agree with you there. I think some people need to grow up and gain some perspective.

[LightofDarkness]

I can't believe the Monsanto Corporation wasn't included on that list. You want to talk evil? Let's talk about the guys who invented napalm and single-handedly destroyed American agriculture with their patent protected GM seeds.

[mynameisEvil]

Haha, Wal-Mart doesn't use sweatshops and child labor. They don't friggin' make anything. And even aside from that fact, they also feel the need to import friggin' everything because the US is no longer a manufacturing country.

Sam Walton is disappoint.

[dark-hollow]

Its a poll from the CONSUMERIST!!!
Its all about the consumers!

Why would a consumer careabout weapons companies, mafia gangs and global warming?

It companies that deals directly with the masses of consumers.

[Nimblest-Assassin]

Yeah I knew it was a poll by consumerist, but I find consumerism stupid. There are more pressing issues than us spending more money.

Hell what about that poor kid in Malaysia who would be grateful for a crappy tv, a xbox360 and Mass effect 3? He doesn't care if he got some prothean, or if the ending sucked... he would be happy with what he received and be thankful for it.

What about that Nigerian family who just wants a decent place to sleep for the night?

Consumerism is just so self-centered, its dissapointed people want to help themselves buy paying less, rather than helping others and sending messages against the unethical treatment of human beings..

Where as we complain to paying to much for stuff, some people will never even be able to get it because they have to chose between food or electricity.

My opinion... world would be a better place if we actually cared about other people than ourselves...

Sounds borderline hippy when I think about it

[dark-hollow]

That's all unrelated to the poll.

Its about consumer companies in USA.

[salinidus]

I agree but even if you look at the market that they are a part of, the gaming industry, their are other companies that are far more reprehensible than them for instance namco just recently stated that soulcalibur 5 suffered in quality because they sold it when it was an unfinished product and then there is capcom who sold dlc for some of their games when said dlc was already on disc and was completed prelaunch so it should have been part of the game

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[StraightPath]

wow how long has EA been providing games ? retarded people of course they would try to make alot of money, its a BUSINESS games companies want to make money. EA will continue to provide games for decades.

[Rainstorm81]

As many problems as i have with some of EA practices, they are far from the worst company in the US and im sure there isnt one person in here who can honestly say they havent enjoyed at least 1-3 EA games this generation.

Thats the biggest difference for me between EA and Activision, EA actually puts out quality games and activision puts out CoD..... and all the rest is garbage.

EA isnt the worst company in the US, they arent even the worst company in Gaming.

[TeflonHahn]

I completely agree donnie. I will admit though, his reply was kind of boss though lol

[yeahokchief]

I agree with donnie 100%. When I saw the tournament brackets for this I laughed at how they were comparing real scumbags like Bank of America and BP to a video game company. As much as I dislike EA and Activision, they're just small fish. Stupid comparison.

Bank of America hands down should have won this. Kicking people out of their homes, using tax payer bailout money to pay BONUSES to executives (you can easily bet that those bonuses are more than some people make in an entire year), killing off smaller and midsized companies by hiking up their interest rates during the recession, charging customers fees for using their freaking debit cards until their was a petition against it.

Big companies have a lot of expenses so they're forced to use these tactics to keep things going. Out of touch executives make decisions against the best interests of the games, franchises, fans and developers. Whether its Activision or EA or Capcom, they'll use every trick in the book to squeeze every penny out of their customers' wallets to support their greed and boost their egos. Nevermind respecting the IP, delivering a quality finished product or treating their employees with respect.

Nothing to worry about though. Eventually the shit hits the fan and karma is a bitch.

[Ashunderfire86]

I agree 100 percent!!!! This is a stupid poll. One great example of EA games doing better is the Dead Space series. They litterally put real horror in that game despite some action, something that is missing in many of these so called horror games. EA games is doing better with the FPS front like Battlefield 3 for example, and the upcoming Medal of Honor game in the process of beating Call of Duty. As for the sports side, while still played by millions of fans, they still need to improve at bit in this area. Madden has been the same game year after year with minor improvements, and updated rosters. EA doesn't nickel and dime people as bad as Capcom, and Activision!!! Capcom is well known to lock in game content and charge it for DLC. Activision is known for nickel and diming people with expensive map packs and redos. Call of Duty to this day has the same tired old engine with the same problems as yesteryear!!!

[OpenGL]

Yeah, EA is definitely not worse than BoA, but a bunch of users on /v/ kept voting in the poll to make EA win.

[salinidus]

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[shackdaddy]

This poll basically explains the internet in a nutshell.

[Buff1044]

Just too many whiny gamers out there, living in the bubble.

[PooEgg]

Better a whiny gamer then a fool who bends over and takes whatever gaming companies offer with no questions asked.

[TheRealHeisenberg]

^^^Some things are not worth whining about. The smart ones choose their battles wisely.

[Ravenor]

@PooEgg

You can't be serious, DLC on the disk sure...I'll give you that, but can you really fault EA for the games they have released this year and how they have turned out?

"Whining" is foolish, it's what children do. Do not mistake someone's silence for "Bending over" most people who don't act foolish just refuse to purchase something if the manufacturer/Producer/Develope r does something they don't like....sounds really simple doesn't it.

[TheRealHeisenberg]

@ Ravenor

Don't try to use logic/make sense here. For some reason it never works.

[Drake117]

Seriously don't expect any agrees on this site, its full of whiners. Their are way better ways of handling things other than whining. But come on, i guess ppl are trying to convince someone named PooEgg to be more mature...prob not going to work very well.

[SilentNegotiator]

I'm going to say something that people will disagree with, so let me establish that I have all the logic and I am right, and thus people will disagree with me. EVERYONE BUT MYSELF IS A WHINER!

lol

Gamers deserve to be consumerists, too. Sorry if online passes, resources being used on multiplayer, day one dlc, plot holes, etc, etc, etc.....doesn't jell well with everyone.

Stop "whining" about people taking issue to these things. It shouldn't hurt you in the slightest if people unhappy are compensated or else just speak their minds.

[Perjoss]

"Better a whiny gamer then a fool who bends over and takes whatever gaming companies offer with no questions asked."

Taking no action at all (not buying any of said companies products) is far more effective than a thousand whiny threads on random internet sites.

[TheRealHeisenberg]

@ SilentNegotiator

So you are a whiner too. Got it, thanks.

[TheTwelve]

Eeeeeeexactly.

[TekoIie]

completely agree. EA should be the greediest company but definitely not the worst in America. Im pretty sure there are a lot worse than them despite them abusing the fans of their games.

[The_Nameless_One]

It also explains why people under 18 don't get to vote.

[Consoldtobots]

I think anyone that thinks it is his/her prerogative to tell someone who paid their own money for a game, not to complain is the epitome of arrogance.

[PooEgg]

@Perjoss - You make a really good point, and I have actually hit that point where I plan to avoid anything with an EA logo on it in the future, but I do think it is kinda a shame that it has gotten to a point where people cannot tell the difference between being whiny and simply expecting quality in gaming. There is a difference afterall, but it has gotten to the point that whenever someone says something negative about a game company they get accused of being whiny. By that logic all the people calling others whiny could be considered whiny themselves. It is so weird because no other company could get away with the nonsense that gaming companies pull, and yet some gamers are perfectly happy buying into it.

I guess it comes down to different people thinking differently, so I am going to agree to disagree with the other comments. Except for Drake117 who seems to think it is more mature to be the 117 person named after a videogame character... you couldn't think of something unique apparently, but to each his own I guess.

[Human Analog]

I may have lost my house.... But the ending for Mass Effect 3 Sucked.... So yeah, EA is THE worst company on the planet.

[FlashXIII]

Ignorance is bliss.

[NobleRed]

Worst companies are crapcom and craptivision.

[TeaDouble_E]

I agree

[ExCest]

Really? EA is worse than BofA? The company who wants to take your money versus the company who actually does (illegally) and kicks people out of their homes? Whiny brats gonna be whiny brats.

[Alos88]

Haters gonna hate, and gamers gonna game; I know which one I'd rather spend my time doing.

[SilentNegotiator]

And you're here hating haters for hating like a hater.

So, please, share which one you'd rather be doing. You're here complaining about "haters", so...

[Alos88]

Oh go away.

[glennco]

haters gonna hate is one of those internet sayings that idiots say without giving any thought to the topic. you are acting like people are either haters or not. if a company pisses you off then you are labeled a hater by your dumbass logic. i hate reality TV... so i must hate everything in my life and in society.

[SilentNegotiator]

I can go away, but logic never will.

[Alos88]

At least you're humble enough to not associate yourself with logic.

[ThreshStar]

Look, I think we can agree on both sides of the issue:

"We're sure that bank presidents, oil, tobacco and weapons companies are all relieved they weren't on the list this year. We're going to continue making award-winning games and services played by more than 300 million people worldwide" - EA Quote.

1.) In the grand scheme of things, EA's quote is correct: Oil companies, Horrendous bank practices, etc. have done WAY more damage than a video game company. The fact that they won at an overwhelming majority shows people voted for them just to screw with them, as the internet does.

2.) The fact that EA couldn't take just A MOMENT to admit that maybe they haven't been perfect, or the fact that they have alienated a larger gaming base than they realized, or even the fact that they can be a bit too pushy/over-powering at times proves that they are, by and large, a greedy, over-reaching company that really couldn't give a shit about how it looks to it's OWN CONSUMERS anymore.

Don't like them as much as I do? Stop buying their games...or at the very least, don't pay full price. Wait until the price drops around $20 - $30 so they get the hint.

[Grap]

there's crapcom

[danieldeath]

This poll was just for lolz ..

[Mythicninja]

Lots of gamers complaining about banking, of which they know very little. Remember that the banking problems started with congress pushing banks to take risky deals so that more lower income people could have houses. LOL at EA defenders. Maybe not the worst company in america, but you're pretty far down in the shit bowl, with the pieces of corn and peanuts.

[jmac53]

Haha! You don't even know how this started. It's not congress pushing banks to make risky deals so lower income people could afford housing. That doesn't even make sense. It started with congress deregulating the banking industry and in turn the banks started betting on derivatives and giving loans to people who couldn't possibly pay them back. Maybe the people that took this poll need to put down the controller and go read a book.

[Mythicninja]

Right, there's no silver bullet that caused this. Deregulation is definitely a part of it. Banks don't just up and give out money they don't think they will get back. They are encouraged somehow...deregulation enabled them to do it. Greed alone did not coerce them into all these bad decisions

[shackdaddy]

Not even a book. Just look it up on the internet for a couple of minutes...

[donniebaseball]

"pretty far down in the shit bowl, with the pieces of corn and peanuts." Gotta love the image that evokes, lol

[vortis]

You guys had an intelligent, insightful discussion about real-world economics that could actually inform people....GTFO!!!

No seriously, bubbles to you two.

[DwightOwen]

I guess it never occurs to anybody that another factor of the housing crisis was people taking on mortgages they had no chance in hell of ever paying off...

Personal responsibility, people. Hate and blame the banks all you want, but it takes two to tango. Predatory lending, my ass.

[jocomat9]

I LOVE YOU EA!!!!!!!!!

[Brownghost]

I love ur humor

[M-M]

Forgot the "/s" bro xD

[ginganinja]

ooh, a massive company likes making money ? how evil...

Some might say EA 'fleecing' customers with dlc, online passes, yearly sports updates, etc. means they can afford to fund and support games like Dead Space (which flounded to start with) long enough to turn it into a franchise.

And i bet all these small developers have to pay them to join the EA Partners scheme ?!

[Bimkoblerutso]

"ooh, a massive company likes making money ? how evil..."

I don't think you could have made that statement any more reductive.

Don't get me wrong, the poll is ridiculous -- there are obviously companies out there more essential to our economy that are getting away with far worse things, but in the gaming industry, EA sits tall amongst an ilk of publishers that are slowly subverting consumer rights....and ultimately getting away with it because apparently a few good games are enough to convince a lot of gamers that everything is okay.

[ZeroChaos]

I may dislike EA but I agree with what they said. Comparing EA to the recent Bank crisis is nothing but retarded.

[Brownghost]

With online passes, drm, dlc taken out of disk, and origin. they deserve that satus

[Donnywho]

Yea yea yea, but still, If EA was laying in the street bleeding... I would laugh and walk on.

[FlashXIII]

You're too nice, wouldn't you at least feel compelled to empty your bladder on their bleeding hopefully dying body?

[Donnywho]

LOL, yes, yes I would.

[Razgriz383]

They are only mad because its true...

[jagstatboy]

not sure where they should stack against non-entertainment companies, but EA absolutely sucks. They are full of the same greedy execs that fill the same positions at bank, oil, and tobacco companies.

As for the gaming industry, they are indeed the worst. HATE them.

[jaymart2k]

I see people are still pissed off about Mass Effect 3.

[bigrob904]

yes, yes we are.

[Perjoss]

Sure they are not perfect, but they actually used to be a lot worse. I don't understand how EA 'won' this over Activision.

[StayStatic]

Agreed , EA has its bad moments but Activision takes the biscuit.

Still like Blizzard though even though they take advantage of Activision's publishing powers , but think they have little power over their dev team compared to IW iirc.

[christheredhead]

Honest question

What is so bad about Activision? This is merely an open question of sorts.

They do a yearly release of a game that the masses want. Thats about it.

Most people say Activision because they hate COD. Their consumer practices are pretty standard and straight forward though without resorting to cheap tactics, unlike EA.

[Imalwaysright]

Couldnt agree more. EA is slowly but surely depriving us of our rights as consumers and in doing so leading the industry to its destruction. Theres so much crap we can take after all... Activision just milks a franchise.

[Kaos_Vll]

EXACTLY! i'm sitting here reading all the hate for acti simply because they give THEIR FANS WHAT THEY WANT?

if you're not a fan of cod that's fine, they didn't make the game for you and there are PLENTY of other shooters to play so why the hate?

millions of gamers like cod as is yet u want them to copy bf3 or some other boring fps? you guys look like idiots constantly complaining about a franchise you DON'T like.

do yourselves a favor and just play the game that allows vehicles to get the kills for you.

[Fatty]

Bank of America: Takes taxpayer bailouts to fund huge executive salaries, foreclose homes on loans they shouldn't have made, crash the economy, charge 30-40 dollars if you go over your account by a dollar.

EA: Makes you pay for online access if you don't buy a game new, shuts down servers for old titles... and they're considered worse than BoA.

And we wonder why things in America are screwed up.

[GTRrocker]

Activision instead

[SuicidalTendencies]

EA may be far from the worst company in the world, but they sure a shit are right up there with most of them.

[Hayabusa 117]

I wouldn't call them the worse game company. But thinking about it, they've made the highest number of crap decisions I can think off...

[denero1]

The bank should have won but EA is still bad when it come's to consumer's although the banks are the leading cause in the crisis EA aren't helping they constantly look for ways to drain consumers in an already broken economy

[MySwordIsHeavenly]

EA took a chance on Mirror's Edge, Dante's Inferno, Dead Space, and various other titles this generation. It's Activision we have to worry about...and Capcom, too!

[CanadianTurtle]

Wow, has everyone who voted the poll forgotten about activision?

[Soldierone]

Since EA is the worse they might as well live up to the title. They beat out BofA which was trying to implement monthly debit card fee's along with fee's to use the card everytime. So EA should try and do the same, 1 dollar everytime you boot up their game....50 cents everytime you read their name.

Honestly this generation of gamers is getting more whiny by the day. It isn't defending EA, its simply stating they are not the worse....EA messes up and makes some disagreeable moves, who doesn't? But for them to beat out truly greedy and stingy companies is a disgrace....especially since Activision wasn't even on the stupid list.

[Hawkred63]

EA wouldn't be greedy if the people whining about them would vote with their wallets instead of their mouth. If they think that EA is decent enough a company to listen to their complaints then they deserve to be ripped off.

[deletingthis34675334]

Yes, just forget all the criminal organizations that exist in this world that deal with stolen vehicles, pirated intellectual property, child pornography and buying/selling kidnapped children. A greedy video game publisher is much worse! Actually, no, call a spade a spade. Not a fan of EA but some people on Consumerist have their priorities backward.

[ziggurcat]

*sigh*

butthurt ME fans are really getting annoying...

[Neko_Mega]

They wouldn't be the worst, Act is the worst and selling us the same thing pretty much over and over.

[Rauland]

Well this is bad for EA, I heard Bank of america has done far worst, like aiding in Americans financial troubles.

[Reborn]

EA aren't the best company in the world. However, the WORST? I don't think it's in the gaming section.

Sure, standing up for yourself is good etc (not buying their products is the best way to send a message). But come on, I'd assume many did this just for recent memories. I didn't like the ending of ME3, but I know a few companies who I'd vote for, rather than EA.

[Anti-Fanboyer]

Game Companies such as EA, derive from an income that is fundamentally based on the value of creating something new or innovative to consumers.

They are nothing compared to firm companies such as AIG, GP Morgan, Lehman Brothers, and Goldman Sachs, the biggest players in this economic crisis. These fuckers cashed in on millions of people's loans then crashed the market in 2008 and walked with away with their pockets full. Obama gives them more money, and now they're still doing the same shit over again. Yet people think the worst company in America is a video games publisher? I don't like EA either but this shows how much people in this country pay attention to their economy.

[bobrea]

While I agree that this seems a bit odd that EA would win this poll over a bank, the response that EA offered shows how little they care about their consumers. Being in that poll AT ALL is a bad thing, and to win or be second and then come out with a nice big F-you to your consumers is insulting. The smart thing to do would have been to at least acknowledge that something is wrong if they're in that position and say they're going to try to do something to fix it.

I've been saying it, and I'll keep sayin git. EA are scumbags.

[legionsoup]

EA gave me Mass Effect on my PS3. They are ok in my book.

[Tai_Kaliso]

Actually they didn't. They gave you Mass Effect 2 and 3, which were progressively worse in comparison to the original Mass Effect.

[dboyman]

Its more Microsoft's fault than EA since M$ owns the publishing rights to the first game

[Tai_Kaliso]

EA is definitely the worst publisher, they ruin franchises and quality developers. I don't think they are the worst company in America though.

I've hated EA since they took the rights to be the only company to put out an NFL game. The NFL 2K series was so much better and innovative in my opinion.

Now EA just charges us for day one content that is already on the disk, online passes, Origin, overpriced DLC, repetitive sports games released year after year that are basically the same game and lets not forget how they totally shut off servers for games and force you to buy the newer version of the game.

Suck it EA!

[RockmanII7]

It's a shame, but EA beating BofA really puts the validity of every companies placement into question.

[Megaton]

Pretty funny how angry people are about EA winning. I think Consumerist put it best:

"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."

Bankers gonna bank. You could probably wipe away 90% of the hate towards BofA if people would stop taking out insane loans and gambling with their houses. Personal responsibility has largely flown right out the window when dealing with these guys. Their job is to be predatory ballbags. Your job, as a presumably thinking person, is to avoid them. The other 10% is when they screw up and foreclose on the wrong person or something. That's indefensible.

My personal worst company in America today, Monsanto, wasn't even on the list to begin with.

[Soldierone]

Wasn't BofA the ones that tried to implant debit card fee's? They are also a pretty good example of hidden fee's....

The simple fact they took advantage of handing out loans to screw over people later is just something more to add to their list.

EA is greedy yeah, but they are not literally attempting to ruin your life so they can make an extra buck. Facing facts EA has more customers than BofA, thus they had more votes.

[glennco]

i find this result awesome. maybe EA will ease off on the greed a bit. game series after game series potentially ruined because EA step in and enforce a maximum profit mentality on their developers. non gaming, money hungry executives making all the decisions

[annus]

Yes EA will stop the greed that is giving mass income to the company... EA are just that, a company. They don't care nearly as much about their games as they do money, you don't get to a position where they are without money playing the biggest role of all.

Want to stop EA from making crappy games and dlc? Stop buying. Once they lose mass amounts of money they will be forced to change their ways, or simply stop making games.

People can hate on EA all they want, but their are still people buying Battlefield 3, Mass Effect 3, The Sims, Warhammer, the sports games, the DLC, and all of EAs other titles, otherwise they wouldn't be making them if they weren't profitable...

[dubt72]

Wait, how did Umbrella Corp. not get voted? Those guys are EVIL!!!

[babis1974]

this is so wrong...as those 250000 'people' who vote for this...are the gamers from c.o.d or aliens from mass effect?

[crossplatformgamers]

EA's response, "we going to keep pluggin away!"

[catfrog]

im not going to say ea is a good company for consumers, but there are worse

[ZeroWil]

Clearly EA is the worst company in the U.S. Did they foreclose homes due to loans they knew an individual couldn't pay back? No. Did they cause the 2008 collapse? Nah man, that's child play. Obviously their Project 10 Dollar and Day One DLC (that isn't locked on the disc) is whats destroying America.

[Mcmackers]

EA does have it's faults but really i feel as if it's not about "being the worst company out of all entertainment in the U.S" I remember a time when EA didn't have it's name on just about every title i own. Think about it, they own sports, and basically any game you think of. Monopoly in the works? idk. but thankfully we have companies such as Rockstar and Bethesda that don't need to have association with EA. No one hated the skyrim ending right?

[Kaos_Vll]

well deserved

[morkendo23]

stop liking EA after NFS mostwanted,carbon,prostreets,u ndercover,underground 2,(criterions) HOTPURSUIT came out.

[SnowBlu]

i know there are much worse companies but...hahaha!

serves you right EnormousAssholes

[Silly gameAr]

I like EA. We probably wouldn't have a good deal of the games we have now if it wasn't for EA, like Shadows of the Damned, Bulletstorm, and Kingdoms of Amalur to name a few.

They do make some questionable moves, but that pales to the chances they have taken on unproven IP's, and there already established IP's.

Can't jump on the hater bandwagon for this one.

[grahf]

Worst customer support experince I've EVER encountered was courtesy of EA. They have my vote.

[Run_bare]

I think EA as a distribution company is better than Activision.

[iliimaster]

ill always hate EA simply taking the coward way out and buying exclusive rights to everything NFL when NFL 2k series was blowing them away with great gameplay better graphics and well better everything instead of just stepping up and making a better game they took the easy way out and because of their decision studios got shut down people lost their jobs just so they can change the year of the cover and deliver the same game over and over and over

[Omnislash]

Im REALLY surprised it wasn't Capcom....

[zero_cool]

@Captain Qwark 9 also they forgot about bethesda which is known for putting out not well thought out broken games.

Cheers Gamers & Happy Gaming!

[Unlimax]

I smell some .. i mean ALOT of Activi$ion Fanboyism's in this poll !

[Nunchez]

Where the hell is Activison? The stuff they've done is nothing compared to EA.

[level 360]

I'd like to see N4G or any of the gaming websites around to interview the various artists' involved in the making of these games and get their opinions on how good or bad they are being treated by the big gaming companies. Because I'm sure they are the first-in-line to be affected.

[ufo8mycat]

Poll is based on the whole ME3 ending fiasco. If that didn't happen and ME3 had a nice closure, people wouldn't be hating on EA, but praising them.

The award obviously goes to Activision.

[jason2444]

Shut up.

Activisions only crime is rehashing the hell out of games.

EA goes OUT OF THEIR WAY to destroy good games and companies.

[T3MPL3TON]

Those of use who voted for EA will continue to speak up, until EA gets it. They are a sh*tty company and the fact that most of you are acting like as if they've done no wrong is kind of sad.

The last company to piss people off this much was Sony and we all know what happened with that. Pirating their games didn't give them a hint. It's all ready being discussed that, from now on every game that they make will be leaked and the story will be exposed.

I have no problem with that happening. Sometimes you have to slap somebody before they get the picture.

[srusli]

I actually think that Crapcom and Napco are a lot worse, their DLC policy and prices are way more ridiculous!!!

[DJLB2115]

They are the worst company in america because they allow you to be gay in their games. its already hard enough to deal w TV, movies, music, and everything trying to convince me that being gay or transvestite/transexual/transg ender WTFever is cool, but its not. ive been a gamer since the first time i played super mario bros on the NES, so to see people trying to force this stuff on my beloved video games is disturbing to me x1000000. i hope to god that this does not catch on w other companies. would u want to play as nathan drake or kratos if u knew they liked to take in the keester???

[madcow60]

Uncharted 4 : drake's ass unfortunate
God of war 4 : hole of chaos
Infamous 3: it still hurts
Resistance 4 : fall in a Greek shower
Mass effect 4 dlc : chobot licks an Antec P192 full tower

Who wants to order? ;)

[gazgriff2k12]

EA r the biggest bully's in the games industry follow closely by microsoft and sony

[jason2444]

I don't know what's better.

EA getting butthurt, or you white knighting faggots getting butthurt

CANT DECIDE!

[DJLB2115]

activision for sure deserves a spot on that list tho!

[portugamer]

I won't defend ea or any other company, after all, they don't make games because they care about our joy and happiness, but because the gaming business represents big billions, and they all want to grab a big part of the 'cake'.

While I highly condemn their greedy behaviours with their online passes, content on disc dlcs,etc, these greedy 'bastards' keep entertaining us, again and again, with new titles, sequels,etc, always striving to make bigger,better, and more beautiful games.

We,I, everybody, we are used to easily whine, criticize, bash, everything, everytime,everywhere. Sometimes with, sometimes without reason.

Sure, everyday, we see news restrictions and ideas being created, with only a goal :
Make us pay more, more, and more. Of course, we can't be indifferent to those practices. But if we stop 5 minutes and think, we will realize:
- we get great AAA titles, every year.
- we get many 8-9/10 games, each new month
- we can have fun online, easily joining or creating a session, with low lag, few disconnections
- even if we pay them, we have the choice to extend our game's life, with extensions, dlcs, packs, customizations,etc-
- studios always work hard to make better engines, so sequels get even better(cough Activision cough)
- offen, studios listen to users feedback, and try to correct things
- many many studios don't just sit down and wait: naughty dog could have used the first engine, and not change it, for uc2 and 3, but they worked hard to max out the ps3
- we can still play multiplayer games, several years after release.they keep te servers up, even if only a few guys play
- we can buy platinum versions, a few months after the release, for half the price
- most important: we can play games, many games, with very good quality, 10 hours a day, if we want. In other words, we have the chance to have a passion, a quite expensive one, I agree, but we can live our passion.

I don't know what future will bring to us, but we can expect hundreds new ways so we pay more, for gaming, and so the companies make more and more profit.
Maybe these day one dlcs are NOTHING, compared to what we may/will get, with the next consoles.

Sometimes, when I think about these companies, I feel like shouting 'THIEVES, GO TO HELL'. But nevertheless, I'm playing a game, a great game, with enough health, with some comfort, food, under a roof, and I still have a few $ left. And then I say 'SHIT, HOW LUCKY I AM'.

sometimes, we'd better shut up a little... and enjoy

[ilovemyps3]

At the end, we can have fun, playing games. And many, have the EA logo.
Well said, man.

[stumpa]

Obviously they are not as bad as tabacco companies bank of america the murdoch group etc but they have achieved an un enviable position with this accolade the amazing thing is they are not takking any notice and will continue along the same path even making light hearted jokes of the situation.Which proves their total ignorance and contempt for their customers