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EA Blasts Into Finals For Worst Company In America

"In a resounding and unfettered victory over AT&T, Electronic Arts has blasted into the finals as the worst company in America. Congratulations EA, it looks like this might be a clean sweep victory for you this year."

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MultiConsoleGamer5173d ago

EA sucks but the votes were manipulated with an automatic voting script. I saw people talking about it, and I even tried the script for myself.

The same thing happens every year with GameSpot's bullsh*t character polls. They're easy to manipulate if you know how.

vortis5173d ago

Or...potentially...I don't know....maybe....just maybe...

People hate EA?

AtomicGerbil5172d ago

They've certainly gone way down in my estimation over the last few years. Shame, they were starting to redeem themselves.

hano5172d ago

Actually, EA has been Ok. They've even given the go-ahead for Wasteland 2 kickstarter even though they hold the rights. They've also been taking more risks lately. However, I can never forgive them for destroying Bullfrog and Bioware.

The one I really hate with passion is Activision. Not only do they have a scumbag CEO(Bobby thou hast been missed!) They've also ruined Blizzard.

Statix5172d ago

People may hate EA, but they're not the worst FREAKING company in America.

People are just butthurt over the ME3 ending and DLC, so all of a sudden they're the worst company in America now? Idiots just have no perspective whatsoever.

kevnb5172d ago

oh cmon, its not like they are dumping toxic waste everywhere and promoting slavery.

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Lord_Sloth5172d ago (Edited 5172d ago )

Activision's the worst.

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dark-hollow5172d ago (Edited 5172d ago )

Let's see.

Activision:
Rehashing cod every year.
Kicked west and zampela from IW.

EA:
Online passes.
Totally ruined mass effect.
Day one dlcs BS.
Closed pandemic, westood and couple other studios.which led to hundreds of people losing their jobs.
Makes promises but never fulfil them.

Nope, EA is way ahead in douche-o-meter.

Moncole5172d ago

EA also made Origin because they are greedy. People who hate Activion are those people that hate CoD.

killerhog5172d ago (Edited 5172d ago )

Activision closed bizarre down. They also sell over-priced dlc as well as rehashed dlc as new. Can't seem to fix bug/exploits that plagued previous games. Refuses to upgrade their game engine. Makes billions of dollars off of cod but doesn't give anyhthing back to gamers.

Statix5172d ago (Edited 5172d ago )

Activision is the richest game company in the world, publishing the richest game franchise in the world (COD). Yet it's "too expensive" to include dedicated servers in COD?

COD has the same rehashed engine every year, same or worse gameplay mechanics every year, and the same crappy netcode every year. Still no dedicated servers on consoles to this day.

At least EA makes a few games I really like (Battlefield, Mass Effect, Dead Space). I'll play Battlefield 3 over the crapfest that is MW3 any day. I can't even name you ONE Activision game that I enjoyed since COD4 back in 2007.

Other Activision transgressions:

-Milking gamers with overpriced DLC
-Selling old maps
-Milking gamers w/ a worthless service in "COD Elite"
-Crappy games in the Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk, and James Bond IPs

For some reason, many gamers are trying to make out like Activision is a saint, which they clearly aren't. Are they worse or better than EA? It's debatable. What's not debatable is the fact that both companies exhibit their fair share of suckage.

kevnb5172d ago

lol wut? How is activision or ea even remotely as bad Monsanto?

Lord_Sloth5172d ago

Wasn't talking about farming. Was talking about game companies.

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hano5172d ago

Not fair, Activision was not part of this competition :(

Too bad, I was rooting for you Activision. Don't worry, you're still the evilest of them all.

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EA Lays Off Staff Across All Battlefield Studios Following Record-Breaking Battlefield 6 Launch

EA is laying off an unknown number of individuals from across its Battlefield teams, including workers at Criterion, Dice, Ripple Effect, and Motive Studios, IGN understands.

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peppeaccardo83d ago

When logic meets EA it generates anti-matter ..... so try not to apply it in any meaningful way. Entropy is what matters in there !!

badz14983d ago

cue the apologist saying that these are mostly just contractors hired for this specific project bla bla bla

HyperMoused83d ago

TTK for BF employees needs adjusting

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EA makes layoffs at Skate developer Full Circle

The free-to-play reboot topped 15 million players in under three weeks, but EA now claims it needs to reshape the development team.

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Profchaos95d ago

The community warned them this would happen but nope they knew better they continued with the live service push the made the art style cartoonish and this is the result

isarai_lee95d ago

It's always so bizarre when studios announce something super early in development under the suggestion of forming the game to player feedback, and then they push against all feedback heading straight for the cliff while everyone is warning them along the way

badboyz0995d ago (Edited 95d ago )

🤣🤣🤣

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US Lawmakers Urge Review Of EA Sale

The Congressional Labor Caucus sent a letter to the FTC warning the debt-financed, largely PIF-owned deal could be bad news for workers

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Trilithon129d ago

lol ya think? they're sending all that work to the cheaper labor market as soon as possible. and FYI, that labor market has exploded in the last 5-10 years. They have enough people to replace every single job. But honestly, EA is over filled with useless upper management as it is. You could probably trim 25% of their staff with no real loss in production. They aren't gamers, they're business execs. Just look at how many AI related jobs they're already starting to post. Its also hilarious that PIF owns Battle field 6

lodossrage129d ago (Edited 129d ago )

Wait,

The same congress that attacked Lina Khan when she fought the Microsoft Activision purchase.
The same congress that allowed Disney to buy 90% of Fox
The same congress that allowed Liv Golf to buy the PGA
The same congress that sits back while Paramount tries a hostile takeover despite losing the bid for Warner Bros.

NOW, the suddenly cares about doing what's "right" for works? Yeah, right.

thorstein129d ago

No. There were elections and some of the scum were replaced.

TheColbertinator129d ago

Different elections. Different scum. Same results.

rlow1129d ago

i know its a long shot, but i hope this gets shot down.

ZwVw129d ago

EA now owned by The Saudis and Ubisoft to inevitably be owned by China. In hindsight, once EA and Ubisoft started having their financial woes, they should have pulled a Koei Tecmo/Bandai Namco by merging their operations into one.