This is not just a bashing thread. Just wanted to know why many loathe EA so much. Sure they ruined a lot of franchise lately * cough * Dead Space * cough * but at the same time they trying their best to improve what made the past installments bad hence Dragon Age Inquisition going to look promising and felt like it going back to the old roots of Dragon Age Origins with further changes made.

Not much recently EA donate 

$1.65 million for cancer research

but what do they get ? Nothing but insult and trash talk. Sure a company like EA could donate more than that since they have much more cash in their banks but at least they did a good deeds. 

Just look at this video and you know what i am talking about 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1_zrcwkTaw

Some of them think cancer is not a big deal and it easy to find a cure of it. If it is that easy then many would have not died from cancer. A lot are not sastisfy on what EA doing hence this donation and prefer them fixing Battlefield 4 then doing something like this. So you are saying that they rather have a game fixed than just finding a way to treat or cure cancer ? 

Also one of the most stupidest thing is that EA voted as one of the worst company in america. If worst gaming company maybe i will accept it but worst company in america ? There is much more worse company than EA. Just look at this link : http://finance.yahoo.com/news/the-10-most-hated-companies-in-america-162927740.html

As for their games,i already stated that they trying their best to improve but at the same time they keep making mistake hence many gamer complain about Battlefield 4. Hopefully they learn from their mistake otherwise i lose complete hope in this company.

Oh i forgot to mention to those who think EA is the worst gaming company or publisher then look at another so called company known as LJN.

Obviously not because we still keep buying their games unlike capcom.

Nope, as long as they own bioware they are actually one of my favorites!

As a gamer (No) because we keep buying games from EA. If they fund/buy/produce quality titles we will continue and should continue to buy them until they don't.

EA is the worst for me, everything they touch just turns into a printing press that prints sequels and they milk everything out of any successful series then discard the studios once people tire. Any originality or ideas die with them.

Also dislike the amount of DLC they include in their games, especially launch DLC.

Biggest issue though for me is that I hate how Bioware only does Dragon Age and Mass Effect now, wish they'd do something else for change.

Do you think EA donated that money out of the kindness of their hearts? It was a PR stunt. Now I am happy they did that, regardless of their motives, it's still a great thing to do. But I'm not going to forgive them for all the awful shit they have done over the years. They're not regarded as the worst company in America for nothing.

while they messed up dead space.They also created dead space. Overall, the existence of dead space despite the inferior 3rd game, is quite a plus imo.

They're a videogame company that does a lot of things I don't like. They have destroyed or severly hampered studios they've boughten. They aren't one of the worst companies in America, and imo those poles show how fanatical and out of touch some gamers are (atleast the ones that voted in those poles).

But they do also publish a lot of excellent games, of which I continue to buy.
 
How they are comparatively to other game companies depends on how you weigh certain factors. 
Do I like more EA published games than Sega (or insert other companies)? Definetly. Do I think they do more shady things and introduce more Annoying practices than pretty much any videogame company? Definetely.

Haha EA worst ? You haven't seen what Capcom have been dishing out this couple of years. Nothing but garbage

Hi there. Worst company could mean different things to different people. I mean there are suckers still trying to connect and finish a match in BF4 without complaints. Some dude made an excellent thread at Neogaf regarding EA's awesome accomplishments. I don't know if i am going against the rules by copy pasting it here but i'll link to that thread as i don't claim that these are my words. I do agree with them though. 

Here it goes...

Really, just an all around smash up job by EA and their partners this year. Let's take a quick look at all the stuff they did this year: 

Dead Space 3

Dead Space 3 was released on Xbox 360 and PS3. Hot off the sequel to Dead Space 2, an award winning game that managed to cross the survival horror and action game genres into a unique blend of awesome, Dead Space 3 gets press for being riddled with small microtransactionsand a shift towards action setpieces involving shooting other humans, something that the series has never done before. Despite lower reviews than the previous game, EA stated that, "While we have not announced sales for Dead Space 3, we are proud of the game and the franchise remains an important IP to EA," (EA spokesperson to Eurogamer.) 

Videogamer.com then goes on to report that the franchise as a whole was canned by EA following poor sales/reception to Dead Space 3. The site asks EA for any comment, with no response. However after the article was posted, a person by the name of Peter Moore in the comments section of Games Industry has this to say:



Hah, those internet pranksters, right? As if Peter Moore would post in a comments section of a news story.

Oh wait, Eurogamer actually confirmed that was the real Peter Moore in the comments. Ignore requests for comments, only to make them in the comments section? The COO, of all people? That's one way to respond to press!

Simcity

Simcity was released in March, nearly ten years after the last Simcity game, and it's an absolute disaster at launch. Even if you could get past the fundimental changes of design of the game (or as one person puts it, "the most expensive Facebook game ever made"), you still wouldn't be able to play it- the Always Online DRM requirement results in a server overload that prevents thousands from logging in and playing. Cities are routinely wiped from the server, basic modes such as Cheetah speed is disabled for server issues, and the whole idea behind the game being always online (because the game has lots of routines and mathmatical calculations going on in the background that's being sent and received by EA's servers) is debunked just a few days after launch with a user modding the game to be playable offline, indefinitely. 

One of the biggest issues? The extremely small city size, which EA says they'll look at along with many other suggestions for future updates. Later they'll explain that large city sizes probably won't ever happen and introduced a brand new expansion pack, "Cities of Tomorrow" with new building designs set in the future, which is exactly what everyone wanted.

Simcity for Mac was released a few months later in August. Thankfully EA has learned from the PC launch and has gone out of their way to make sure that a smooth, successful launch is ready to go for Mac users...haha just kidding, it was a mess too. 

PopCap

Plants vs Zombies 2 was released on mobile in August, taking what was once a fun and challenging adventure into a free to play microtransaction mess that wins the "Most Disappointing Game" award from Pocket Tactics. Lots of strategy videos pop up for the game, mostly focusing on how to win the game without spending money.

Peggle 2 was also released in December on Xbox One, featuring less levels than the previous version, missing leaderboards and local play, as well as choppy framerates in online play. Popcap says they'll patch in those missing features for free and will get right to work on addressing the issues. Given that this was already delayed from the XB1 launch, I wonder if EA pressured PopCap to release something that wasn't quite finished in time for Christmas? Huh, that doesn't sound like EA...

Titanfall

Long known as an "exclusive" for Xbox console platforms and PC, EA cemented a deal with Microsoft to keep that deal in place forever for Titanfall, ensuring that it will never be on any other platforms. This is business stuff that any other company would have probably taken and shouldn't be counted against EA. There have been plenty of instances before, and certainly after, of companies doing this kind of thing. 

What IS surprising is that the devs of Titanfall didn't even find out until pretty much everyone else.



That kind of great EA Communication™ is why devs are constantly flocking to be a part of the EA Partners division. 

Battlefield 4

I think we all know what's going on here. One of the most bug ridden releases I've ever seen, with EA apologizing one month after release. A week or so later, they state that no work is being done on DLC until the game is fixed. By the way, this statement was made about 35 days after launch. Still no end in sight. Microsoft has even issued refunds to Battlefield Premium members asking for one. 

Hey that reminds me, who's excited for Star Wars: Battlefront?

NBA Live 2014

The second EA apology this year, reviewed poorly including a scathing one star review by Giantbomb. Hey, they have no where to go but up!

Other Notable Releases this Year

FUZE, Crysis 3, Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel, and over 60 mobile releases. None of those 60+ releases on mobile include a fix for Simcity for iPad, which has a water table bug that prevents users from building big cities, and has gone unfixed for years now.

Source: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=734525

Cheers. 

EA was a pretty good and admired company back in the days of Trip Hawkins and the like, until more or less the beginning of the seventh generation. Then it became too huge. And that's a problem because huge companies are usually too damn sure people will keep buying their services and products, and focus on maximizing profits and corporate earnings instead of delivering quality content.

See for instance, ahem, certain companies from Seattle and the Silicon Valley.