What's this big fuss with EA?

[retrosportsgamer]

The contempt around the exclusive NFL license is a two way street. The nfl wanted that for marketing and branding reasons also. Now, the quality of games produced with this license is a valid point.

EA's stock has been getting blasted recently so I've seen their name around that as well also.

[retrosportsgamer]

Besides everything else mentioned in this thread, they also used to give their employees extremely long hours but they've cut back on that in the last few years.

That's the nature of the business with any developer. Rockstar, Bethesda , Bioware all do the same. When there are deadlines in any business, this tends to happen.

[insanecow0]

Besides everything else mentioned in this thread, they also used to give their employees extremely long hours but they've cut back on that in the last few years.

That's the nature of the business with any developer. Rockstar, Bethesda , Bioware all do the same. When there are deadlines in any business, this tends to happen.

I realize that, but in EA's case it wasn't just near deadlines.

[jay_red]

The contempt around the exclusive NFL license is a two way street. The nfl wanted that for marketing and branding reasons also. Now, the quality of games produced with this license is a valid point.

EA's stock has been getting blasted recently so I've seen their name around that as well also.

But this happened right after the 2k series came out with a better game and offered it for the budget price of $19.99. So it is hard to look past EA being the ones to blame here, and I dont play sports games, but I have heard enough people talk about the yearly installments offering almost no innovation, so it was bad for the market in general.

[YoshiEgg25]

http://consumerist.com/2012/04/congratu ... -2012.html

[flex wood]

I've been boycotting ea since the dreamcast. They decided not to support sega I decided I never need to buy another one of their games. I wonder how the dreamcast would have faired I'd they had supported it....

[ElkinFencer10]

I hate EA for their war on used games and the way the ruined the Medal of Honor reboot. The one serious chance a franchise had to dethrone Call of Duty, and they screwed the pooch royally.

I hate Activision with a passion, too. They ruined the FPS genre and let Star Trek PC gaming die (I'm a huge Trekkie, so that's a serious gripe point with me).

[Dylan]

http://consumerist.com/2012/04/congratu ... -2012.html

While this is amusing, there's just no way EA should have won against Bank of America. Even besides that I'd have taken Comcast, AT&T, or even Best Buy before EA. Now, if it was a worst video game company in America award, that would have been more justified.

[TEKTORO]

Yea EA killed bioware,Suda went to Warner after Shadows.
And Im looking for all 3 Mass effects & Dead Space 1&2 for under $5 used..

[brunoafh]

Activision are still the worst in my book.

http://brokecritic.com/comics/The_Kotick_Chronicles/1