We haven’t even begun to ask for nominations from readers for the next Worst Company In America tournament, but some are already making the case for once again giving the Golden Poo trophy to reigning two-time WCIA winner Electronic Arts.
In an article published over the weekend, the Motley Fool’s Kevin Noonan makes the argument that even while EA’s growth in recent years has been positive, the way the company treats its customer base may be dooming the video game publisher to another season the WCIA finals.
“With regard to quality control, it would be disingenuous to describe EA’s software output in 2013 in terms more flattering than ‘dismal,’” writes Noonan, citing the monstrous gaffe that was SimCity, a game that required the user to be online, but for which the company provided utterly inadequate server support, leaving many people unable to play.
And in spite of EA’s promise for better products and improved support, the company is currently still being publicly thrashed for the broken release of Battlefield 4, a game that was released with known disastrous glitches that have taken weeks to be resolved, and which has resulted in a lawsuit against the company.
The full article: http://consumerist.com/2013/12/30/is-ea-due-for-a-third-worst-company-in-america-crown/ What can I say? EA did NOTHING right this year.. Fuse was a mediocre borefest of a shooter that wasn't recieved well by critics and gamers and the game BOMBED really hard.. Both PS3 and 360 versions sold less than 100k... SimCity being always online was just awful and the game overall was watered down compared to SimCity 4.. As far as Crashfield 4 goes... The game is an unbalanced mess... It's also full of bugs and crashes....
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