Is the hate for EA justified?

[Scoobes]

Sal.Paradise said:

Yes it absolutely is justified. They are cancerous. 

A horribly anti-consumer (and anti-employee..) company , and seemingly proud of it.

RIP Westwood and Pandemic.

RIP Bioware and Maxis (they're dead to me).

To be fair, Bioware have been more commercially successful since EA bought them. The problem now is that they're almost too big. They have grown rapidly and now employ 1000 people around the world. Some games and products are going to suffer as a result of mis-communication or put bluntly, some newer teams won't have the same level of talent as the core team(s).