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[frylock23]

cynicalsaint1 wrote...

*Sighs*
Really people?

One company directly contributed to tanking the US economy, and then got your tax dollars as a bail-out.

The other **** out DLC for video games.

If you voted for EA on this you are no longer entitled to have an opinion on anything.

Again, I have to say that you have to remove the outside consequences from the equation. You need to strictly evaluate business practices, and they are both very, very bad. If we also evaluated them based on the effect of the bad business practices them a lot of bad companies would forever skate by under the radar because, like EA, people would say "well they just sell X,Y,Z, but this company, this company, RAWR!!!!" when in reality, both companies have equally abhorrent practices and deserve to be called on them and highlighted as bad seeds.

That's not to make light of BofA and how they handled things at all. Their crappy business practices almost cost my family our house due to confusing customer service and an inability to get two customer service reps who could agree on anything or give accurate information. However, be honest, isn't EA's customer service just as bad?

In the end though, no one forced us to do business with either EA or BofA, and now that we've learned our lesson, we know better than to willingly do so in the future.

[KingNothing125]

I gotta say I agree with EA's representative.

AIG, Bank of America (any Wall Street bank, really), BP, Exxon, Haliburton, Philip-Morris, Monsanto, etc. are way, way worse.

[BarrelDrago]

The way i see thing am not a americain, so that the bank of america take t citizen money and built themself a golden cup of poop dosen shock me, on the other hand EA directly atk my favorite franchise.

[Gerudan]

KingNothing125 wrote...

I gotta say I agree with EA's representative.

AIG, Bank of America (any Wall Street bank, really), BP, Exxon, Haliburton, Philip-Morris, Monsanto, etc. are way, way worse.

But everyone knows they are. 

[Jenonax]

Its a sad state of affairs we find ourselves in.

Should BoA have won? Of course. They are doing far worse damage than EA ever could. But EA are part of the economy too.

EA are cut throat, show no mercy type of organization. They do not care about their customers. They do not care about the games. They do not care about the companies they buy and destroy. The Sims is destroyed as a franchise, Fifa is a stagnant joke. You'd better believe EA is having PR problems on those fronts as well. We are not the only fanbase unhappy with them at the moment. It wasn't just us who voted them the worst company.

I remember well the warnings that were directed to Bioware when EA bought them out. A lot of people saw this coming. I won't pretend to be one of them but I wished they'd listened.

[Apathy1989]

IAmZim1 wrote...

Wow. Get your priorities straight guys. EA made a bad game ending, Bank of America has destroyed people's lives.

Pretty much. The results are hilarious.

At end of the day though, people sitting on the forums, posting and playing video games are more likely to be middle class an less affected by BoA.

[Catroi]

cynicalsaint1 wrote...

*Sighs*
Really people?

One company directly contributed to tanking the US economy, and then got your tax dollars as a bail-out.

The other **** out DLC for video games.

If you voted for EA on this you are no longer entitled to have an opinion on anything.

meh I don't care about your BoA, I'm not American

On the other hand EA ruined my favorite Company of all time and destroyed my favorite franchise of all time in a matter of what? Two years?
So yeah I hate them more than a bank I didn't even now existed before reading this thread

[Kamuchi]

Catroi wrote...

cynicalsaint1 wrote...

*Sighs*
Really people?

One company directly contributed to tanking the US economy, and then got your tax dollars as a bail-out.

The other **** out DLC for video games.

If you voted for EA on this you are no longer entitled to have an opinion on anything.

meh I don't care about your BoA, I'm not American

On the other hand EA ruined my favorite Company of all time and destroyed my favorite franchise of all time in a matter of what? Two years?
So yeah I hate them more than a bank I didn't even now existed before reading this thread

You mean 5 minutes

[Chaoswind]

Dragoonlordz wrote...

ZtalkerRM wrote...

TommyServo wrote...

Bank of America *is* worse. This is ridiculous.

EA - a video game publisher - beat out a bank that really does destroy lives because Mass Effect 3 had a crap ending (and let's face it, it's only because of ME3's ending).

This whole reaction went from embarrassing to something far, far beyond that. I don't even know.

You forget the day 1 DLC, use of stock photo's from internet, Dragon Age 2, Dragon age 2 DLC, Sims, kicking out Wright because you want to mil the Sims, charging insane amounts of money for some digital furniture in the Sims, should I go on? Just the first things that come to mind.

Oh yeah, Fifa 12. An unfinished product with the worst physics engine ever. Same for your Madden, I guess.

They fully deserve this, based on their consumer strategy of the last years. At a certain point, the people will snap, like what is happening in WOW right now. Losing millions of players.

I find it strange James Cameron didn't see John Riccitiello when he went down with his submarine. I mean...has EA sunken even lower then that?

No, grow up.

BoA screws you over you lose your home, EA screws you over you have hissy fit about a video game which is a hobby.

BoA screws you over if you allow them, EA screws you because they demand it.

again BoA is just one bank and they are as guilty of the whole economic collapse as any other bank.

[Messi Kossmann]

Catroi wrote...

cynicalsaint1 wrote...

*Sighs*
Really people?

One company directly contributed to tanking the US economy, and then got your tax dollars as a bail-out.

The other **** out DLC for video games.

If you voted for EA on this you are no longer entitled to have an opinion on anything.

meh I don't care about your BoA, I'm not American

On the other hand EA ruined my favorite Company of all time and destroyed my favorite franchise of all time in a matter of what? Two years?
So yeah I hate them more than a bank I didn't even now existed before reading this thread

I am not American too. I am Brazilian. But the crisis caused by the CofA has affected the whole world!If you do not know it, I recommend leaving the forums and read more newspapers!

Obs:
I do not know if the world is getting dumber or selfish ... ¬¬

[FemmeShep]

Might as well say BioWare won the award too.

[Benrosan]

EA just responded to this dubious honor with the following quote:

"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."

Clearly they misinterpreted the results. It's safe to say EA isn't as morally bankrupt as Halliburton or AIG. but they would do well to heed what this award is really telling them: they are incredibly unpopular with their own consumer base.

[FemmeShep]

cynicalsaint1 wrote...

*Sighs*
Really people?

One company directly contributed to tanking the US economy, and then got your tax dollars as a bail-out.

The other **** out DLC for video games.

If you voted for EA on this you are no longer entitled to have an opinion on anything.

While I agree BoA is much worse, the point of this site is to focus on how businesses run their companies, and that realtion to the consumer. To belittle EA winning by saying: well, it's just video games and DLC, is missing the entire point of the site and the competition.

EA by all accounts is a terrible company, and consumers are fed up with it. It's true, EA does not do damage to the world like BoA. So what.

You want to get real technical, why aren't we focusing on the Gov? How about the Fed Reserve who keeps printing money and devaluing our currency. How about you know, the people that actually bailed the banks out...

If you want to start pointing fingers on a technicality, I think this goes beyond BoA anyways.

Modifié par FemmeShep, 04 avril 2012 - 05:56 .

[Keldaurz]

frylock23 wrote...

cynicalsaint1 wrote...

*Sighs*
Really people?

One company directly contributed to tanking the US economy, and then got your tax dollars as a bail-out.

The other **** out DLC for video games.

If you voted for EA on this you are no longer entitled to have an opinion on anything.

Again, I have to say that you have to remove the outside consequences from the equation. You need to strictly evaluate business practices, and they are both very, very bad. If we also evaluated them based on the effect of the bad business practices them a lot of bad companies would forever skate by under the radar because, like EA, people would say "well they just sell X,Y,Z, but this company, this company, RAWR!!!!" when in reality, both companies have equally abhorrent practices and deserve to be called on them and highlighted as bad seeds.

That's not to make light of BofA and how they handled things at all. Their crappy business practices almost cost my family our house due to confusing customer service and an inability to get two customer service reps who could agree on anything or give accurate information. However, be honest, isn't EA's customer service just as bad?

In the end though, no one forced us to do business with either EA or BofA, and now that we've learned our lesson, we know better than to willingly do so in the future.

[Smiley556]

Benrosan wrote...

EA just responded to this dubious honor with the following quote:

"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."

Clearly they misinterpreted the results. It's safe to say EA isn't as morally bankrupt as Halliburton or AIG. but they would do well to heed what this award is really telling them: they are incredibly unpopular with their own consumer base.

"But were making more money than all the other companies, doesnt that make us the best? No? What do you mean its not all about making money?"

[romeoblue]

Having purchased every Madden game since 1993, my hatred towards EA has gone back to when they won the rights to NFL video games. Basically it gave them license to slightly tweek the every year, and not offer anything new or groundbreaking. The only real change from year to year has been the rosters and slightly improved animations.

[Japkap79]

The problem is the people who hate bank of america dont have a place to vote compared to the computer users with ea problems, the people who hate bank of america are the ones who are living either with there own parents again or living in the streets or homeless shelters, so yeah US gamers had the biggest voice this time.

I really dont care who is the baddest company of them all, EA gives you the choice pay for the DLC or dont pay and you cant have that content, Bank of america says why yes you are secure in trusting us with your money we will keep it safe and boom 2 months later they knock on your door with an eviction notice that seems worse then not getting my DLC.

[Smiley556]

romeoblue wrote...

Having purchased every Madden game since 1993, my hatred towards EA has gone back to when they won the rights to NFL video games. Basically it gave them license to slightly tweek the every year, and not offer anything new or groundbreaking. The only real change from year to year has been the rosters and slightly improved animations.

Or any other sports game for this matter.

Really people this award isnt only for the ME3 endings. ME3 was just the last straw, EA had this a long time coming.

[Tranter88]

Will this award go up on the main page with their other 75 perfect scores?

Modifié par Tranter88, 04 avril 2012 - 06:02 .

[Smiley556]

Japkap79 wrote...

The problem is the people who hate bank of america dont have a place to vote compared to the computer users with ea problems, the people who hate bank of america are the ones who are living either with there own parents again or living in the streets or homeless shelters, so yeah US gamers had the biggest voice this time.

I really dont care who is the baddest company of them all, EA gives you the choice pay for the DLC or dont pay and you cant have that content, Bank of america says why yes you are secure in trusting us with your money we will keep it safe and boom 2 months later they knock on your door with an eviction notice that seems worse then not getting my DLC.

I thought the people who hate the bank of america are all facebook lurking hipsters with apple's? You'd think they know how to vote.

[Rhazesx]

Grats EA.

[MakeMineMako]

DJBare wrote...

Messi Kossmann wrote...

That is nothing short of pathetic. A video game company is now considered worse than an overgrown, evil financial company who came this close to crashing the entire world economy. Wow!

The votes are from around the world, why should they care about Americas internal problems?

Because if America's internal problems bring about America's economic collaspe, it will send shockwaves in a lot of other countries.

Many Europeans tend to forget that the United States tends to be too generous in handing out foreign aid. Some nations wouldn't survive without U.S. monetary hand outs. Some are heavily dependent on our armed forces for extra security. If we become insolvent, a lot of people around the world will be hurting.

Back on topic....

One bank isn't responsible for the current economic troubles. A variety of factors have led to this mess we are in now. And not just the banking industry or Wall Street.

That being said, Bank of America isn't exactly known for it's sane business practices. But where Electronic Arts gets it's infamy from is the fact that it's becoming the Microsoft of the gaming industry. It's big enough where it can run with business models that many question, and at the same time, get away with it.

That's why it deserves to be on any list with Comcast or Bank of America.

[SuperZombieChow]

cynicalsaint1 wrote...

*Sighs*
Really people?

One company directly contributed to tanking the US economy, and then got your tax dollars as a bail-out.

The other **** out DLC for video games.

If you voted for EA on this you are no longer entitled to have an opinion on anything.

I hate to admit it, but this guy is right.

The ending to Mass Effect sucked. The DLC practices employed by EA are thinly veiled attempts at gouging their consumer base for even more money. But Bank of America screwed the entire country over. It's not just video game practices you don't like, it's the fact that you have no house (and thus no outlets to plug your video game systems).

[Vanguard Of Destruction]

Tranter88 wrote...

Will this award go up on the main page with their other 75 perfect scores?

Most likely the award will be dismissed as "not being artistic enough"

[Valikdu]

cynicalsaint1 wrote...

*Sighs*
Really people?

One company directly contributed to tanking the US economy, and then got your tax dollars as a bail-out.

The other **** out DLC for video games.

If you voted for EA on this you are no longer entitled to have an opinion on anything.

Heh. Problem, American?

Modifié par Valikdu, 04 avril 2012 - 06:07 .