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EA named WORST company in the US, beats out BofA for title.
« on: April 05, 2012, 02:21:39 am »
Yup, EA smashes Bank of America for the title of worst company in the USA.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/116653-EA-Wins-Title-of-Worst-Company-in-America
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Re: EA named WORST company in the US, beats out BofA for title.
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2012, 02:33:01 am »
Hmmmmmmmmm. Yep, DLC is definitely worse than buying up toxic loans and contributing to economic crisis.

Glad things are being kept in perspective here.
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Re: EA named WORST company in the US, beats out BofA for title.
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2012, 02:48:25 am »
VIDYA GAEMS >:OOOOO
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Re: EA named WORST company in the US, beats out BofA for title.
« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2012, 02:57:28 am »
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Re: EA named WORST company in the US, beats out BofA for title.
« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2012, 03:00:40 am »
Finally. We need to bring an end to these bastards before they ruin even more lives with their mediocre games.
« Last Edit: April 05, 2012, 03:21:40 am by Kvasir »
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Re: EA named WORST company in the US, beats out BofA for title.
« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2012, 03:36:32 am »
Yeah, this is just a perspective problem.  EA isn't teh worst company in the US.  They're dicks, but you'd have to be seriously narrow-minded to think they'r ethe worst
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Re: EA named WORST company in the US, beats out BofA for title.
« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2012, 03:44:02 am »
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Citizens of the internet have crowned EA "The Worst Company in America" in a Consumerist.com poll.
Not exactly a scientific poll to begin with.

In many ways, though, this shines favorably on EA. People most likely voted them over banks or oil companies because banks and oil companies are abstract dicks which are ruining things on an abstract level, whereas EA is either producing games people really like but are mired in crap they don't, or producing things people know could be really awesome but aren't quite.


They're not The Worst Company In America*, they're The Worst Company In America People Value Enough To Complain About*.
*As determined by random internet goers on a particular website over a given interval
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Re: EA named WORST company in the US, beats out BofA for title.
« Reply #7 on: April 05, 2012, 03:49:41 am »
Wait, what about Bioware? They're pretty goddamn shit.
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Re: EA named WORST company in the US, beats out BofA for title.
« Reply #8 on: April 05, 2012, 03:52:14 am »
Quote from: Supercharazad on April 05, 2012, 03:49:41 am
Wait, what about Bioware? They're pretty goddamn shit.
Most of their problems stem from the fact that they are a fully owned subsidiary of EA now. There is no Bioware, it's just a label on more EA products now.
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« Reply #9 on: April 05, 2012, 03:56:13 am »
Quote from: Tilla on April 05, 2012, 03:52:14 am
Quote from: Supercharazad on April 05, 2012, 03:49:41 am
Wait, what about Bioware? They're pretty goddamn shit.
Most of their problems stem from the fact that they are a fully owned subsidiary of EA now. There is no Bioware, it's just a label on more EA products now.

Well then, I agree with this 100%

Let the bad publicity roll!
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« Reply #10 on: April 05, 2012, 06:13:27 am »
While we can't deny BofA did more damage to US economy than EA, this does prove how bad EA reputation is from market perspective.
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Re: EA named WORST company in the US, beats out BofA for title.
« Reply #11 on: April 05, 2012, 06:44:23 am »
Is North America even a thing?
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Re: EA named WORST company in the US, beats out BofA for title.
« Reply #12 on: April 05, 2012, 07:37:49 am »
"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." - EA

Translation software activate: "We'll cry all the way to the bank while you keep buying the shit we shovel out, lololol!"

I read somewhere that nearly all those companies EA mentioned have all allready won this award, and thus were not eligable to win again? I don't really know much about the consumerist or this poll.
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Re: EA named WORST company in the US, beats out BofA for title.
« Reply #13 on: April 05, 2012, 09:02:24 am »
I think it's funny EA mentions Phillip-Morris. Welcome to 1990.
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Re: EA named WORST company in the US, beats out BofA for title.
« Reply #14 on: April 05, 2012, 02:13:49 pm »
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/04/05/ea-responds-to-hate-campaign-from-homophobes

Worst indeed - seriously how spoiled are gamers that they believe this company of all things is worse than people literally destroying the world.
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