EA wins 'Golden Poo' award

[BangTail]

http://consumerist.com/2012/04/congratulations-ea-you-are-the-worst-company-in-america-for-2012.html

Clearly, a house cleaning is in order.

Discuss :D

[froggyluv]

http://youtu.be/rX7wtNOkuHo



"There have even been numerous accusations that EA and its ilk deliberately hold back game content with the sole intent of charging a fee for it at a later date. It's one thing to support a game with new content that is worth the price. It's another to put out an inferior — and occasionally broken — product with the mindset of "ah, we'll fix it later and make some money for doing so."

Serves em right.

[4 IN 1]

Traditionally, the Poo has been delivered on its little red pillow. But this year, we'll give EA three different color options for its pillow, though in the end it's still the same old Poo.

Can I just LOL ?

[Tonci87]

I LOLed!
They really deserve it.

[Mosh]

Well deserved award!

[VIPER[CWW]]

Would they charge us to hear the acceptance speech?

[Slatts]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X_Ot0k4XJc

[Gabe_Ruckus]

Right, EA deserves it much more than any of the banks that committed actual crimes... :sarcasm:

It's hard for gamers not to look like babies suffering from entitlement syndrome when EA is held in worse regard than the Bank of America. For their DLC, which is clearly a more egregious offense than adding large fees to checking or repossessing cars and houses in a recession while taking 97 billion dollars in bailout money and sitting on it.

[Tonci87]

Well you coild say that the BofA is doing their job like every other bank out there, their customers really should read and understand the contracts they sign. While EA is simply the worst scam in the gaming industry and a prime example for limitless greed, and I think they deserved that award at least once. But yeah maybe they should have given the award to both companys.

[Slatts]

so just cause we dont mention the banks that ruined countries when talkikng about EA means we think EA are worse? seems legit.

[NoRailgunner]

Well as long as people still buying their games or happy with "Here you get some free stuff, now calm down and lets move on!" stuff.... IIRC 80% of those who made a petition against EA's Origin service @<hidden> Steam were playing BF3 1-2 days after release. So much about "double standards" and game addiction. No doubts that this award isn't going to hurt EA and within 2-4 weeks nobody will care about it. Maybe just good for another study about people and their short- and long term memory.

[BangTail]

Right, EA deserves it much more than any of the banks that committed actual crimes... :sarcasm:

It's hard for gamers not to look like babies suffering from entitlement syndrome when EA is held in worse regard than the Bank of America. For their DLC, which is clearly a more egregious offense than adding large fees to checking or repossessing cars and houses in a recession while taking 97 billion dollars in bailout money and sitting on it.

Banks are way worse in many respects but EA's behaviour of late has been particularly egregious.

[Krycek]

I consider EA a plague on gaming,bringing MTV crowd to gaming and dumbing everything down together with other clowns like them(Ubisoft etc).In fact I'm pretty sure gaming will be a lot better if they would go under.Even if another company will step up they would have to try really hard to make things worse than EA.
Still with all of this I think that "prize" should go to other corporations that treat people like crap a lot more,but hey Bank of America was pretty close and maybe next year they'll take top spot.

[Flash Thunder]

Can I just LOL ?

OMG that made my side hurt LMAO!

EA does suck I have disliked them since last gen.

[Max Power]

I consider EA a plague on gaming,bringing MTV crowd to gaming and dumbing everything down together with other clowns like them(Ubisoft etc).In fact I'm pretty sure gaming will be a lot better if they would go under.Even if another company will step up they would have to try really hard to make things worse than EA.
Still with all of this I think that "prize" should go to other corporations that treat people like crap a lot more,but hey Bank of America was pretty close and maybe next year they'll take top spot.

While I certainly understand the criticisms of EA's business practices, how is opening product to a wider market a criticism of a business? Surely that is what businesses DO. This is just market development / product appeal. I think the criticism in there is that it's all marketing appeal, and limited actual substance or value. I don't think that the actual act of marketing games to a wider audience is necessarily the problem.

[Krycek]

While I certainly understand the criticisms of EA's business practices, how is opening product to a wider market a criticism of a business? Surely that is what businesses DO. This is just market development / product appeal. I think the criticism in there is that it's all marketing appeal, and limited actual substance or value. I don't think that the actual act of marketing games to a wider audience is necessarily the problem.

You have a good point there.All the big budget goes into marketing while games have very low value,even worse chopping content to sell it later(imagine BI cutting the editor out from Arma games just to sell it after release).
Although while in theory(at least in games market) having an wider audience it's good for business it also means that game will become more casual(aka dumbing down).You simply can't keep up the quality by having the game made for everyone.
They also have a reputation of buying talented game studios and bringing them down unless they follow "the great EA vision".
Other extreme practices like you get banned from your game for saying something bad on their forums(banned even from single which is absurd) it's not in their favor either.
This is one of the cases:
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/12/05/ea-origin-bans-update-edition/

[Tonci87]

You have a good point there.All the big budget goes into marketing while games have very low value,even worse chopping content to sell it later(imagine BI cutting the editor out from Arma games just to sell it after release).
Although while in theory(at least in games market) having an wider audience it's good for business it also means that game will become more casual(aka dumbing down).You simply can't keep up the quality by having the game made for everyone.
They also have a reputation of buying talented game studios and bringing them down unless they follow "the great EA vision".
Other extreme practices like you get banned from your game for saying something bad on their forums(banned even from single which is absurd) it's not in their favor either.
This is one of the cases:
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/12/05/ea-origin-bans-update-edition/
That´s scandalous. Someone should really sue the shit out of them

[froggyluv]

“Please be informed that your account not only suspended, But it is also Banned, So you will no longer to play the game in single player."

Swearing on their forums - seems reasonable :rolleyes:

Capitalism at it's lowest.

[JW Custom]

You have a good point there.All the big budget goes into marketing while games have very low value,even worse chopping content to sell it later(imagine BI cutting the editor out from Arma games just to sell it after release).
Although while in theory(at least in games market) having an wider audience it's good for business it also means that game will become more casual(aka dumbing down).You simply can't keep up the quality by having the game made for everyone.
They also have a reputation of buying talented game studios and bringing them down unless they follow "the great EA vision".
Other extreme practices like you get banned from your game for saying something bad on their forums(banned even from single which is absurd) it's not in their favor either.
This is one of the cases:
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/12/05/ea-origin-bans-update-edition/

Funny how they don't ban cheaters but only reset their stats, but when someone is putting out a few bad words on their forum (which he didn't even do) then they have no problems swinging their ban hammer.

[Max Power]

You have a good point there.All the big budget goes into marketing while games have very low value,even worse chopping content to sell it later(imagine BI cutting the editor out from Arma games just to sell it after release).
Although while in theory(at least in games market) having an wider audience it's good for business it also means that game will become more casual(aka dumbing down).You simply can't keep up the quality by having the game made for everyone.

It's an odd thing. You would think that if a product was good, everyone would buy it. Conversely, one would imagine that a good product is one that sells a lot.

[Tonci87]

Well everyone has a different taste...
This stuff made it on memebase btw
http://videogames.memebase.com/2012/04/05/video-game-memes-ea-named-worst-company-in-america/
(Yeah it was me...)

[Flash Thunder]

Being banned on their forums for simply swearing or acting immature can warrant them to disable you from using the product.

That's atrocious.

I could see if they're cheating or hacking files or something but swearing?

FPDR

[Celery]

http://1.asset.soup.io/asset/3043/3697_757b_500.jpeg

[Krycek]

Actually I did Celery.To be honest I see that happening in about two years from now.
Oh you ninja-edit.:p

Btw nice one Tonci,imagine if that logo showed up everytime you fire up an EA game.

[Tonci87]

Or this one?
http://chzvideogames.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/video-game-memes-use-me-and-abuse-me.jpg

[Bee8190]

Being banned on their forums for simply swearing or acting immature can warrant them to disable you from using the product.

That's atrocious.

I could see if they're cheating or hacking files or something but swearing?
FPDR

This seems to be so common. I cant even cook me self a dinner without swearing lol ;) literally.
It appears you can grief or be incompetent piece of crap but as long you dont swear ya alright...pff pathetic really

(experienced this recently on vanilla server :j: )




Good point with those cartoons and I'm very, very glad that the award is heading to EA this time.

[OnlyRazor]

Even worse during games.

"How dare you sick freaks swear into a chatbox nobody even notices in an M-rated game! Even though the characters themselves are going "Fuck me, there's a motherfucking sniper, fuck!", you can't because you'll damage the minds of our youth who shouldn't be playing these games anyway!"

[Tonci87]

EA has commented on their "success"



"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."

Typically EA....

[Krycek]

In other words "we're going to continue making the same crap".
Of course why would they stop when so many people are stuffing their pockets,still that guy is on crack thinking 300 million people actually play their stuff.

[NielsS]

"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."

WTF! They are a shitty publisher. They don't MAKE games, they just turn them into fucking cash-cow's and fool the console gamers into buying all their crap.:mad:

[bonchie]

Is Halliburton still a boogeyman? Thought that had passed.

[ST_Dux]

This doesn't matter. EA is going to continue making a shitload of money because people are going to continue buying their stuff.

[jblackrupert]

WTF! They are a shitty publisher. They don't MAKE games, they just turn them into fucking cash-cow's and fool the console gamers into buying all their crap.:mad:

EA isn't just a publisher, they own many of the studios behind the games they sell. [IE. DICE]

Even the ones they don't own still have to do what EA says because they are the ones holding the purse strings. [IE Crytek]

[Tonci87]

Something nice on DLCs
http://chzvideogames.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/video-game-memes-the-filling-costs-extra.png

[mrcash2009]

Something that I found interesting was EA's move on FIFA12 DLC. They (as of today) are releasing the Euro 2012 event (kits/teams/commentary/gui/modes/all stadiums) via half price DLC 15.99 euros with new modes and integrating it into Fifa12 engine (which from what I have seen is now as good as it should have been), instead of releasing a whole game based on the Euro tournament (the cashcow usual move).

Im no mass fan or anything, although it seemed to be a little more appetising than a usual cashcow based on the cartoon above. Mind you thats only one game out of many.

The politics/affiliations and so on with EA's borderline corporate religion is another "ball game" pun intended :)

[Defunkt]

*nevermind* (already posted)

[Tonci87]

Something that I found interesting was EA's move on FIFA12 DLC. They (as of today) are releasing the Euro 2012 event (kits/teams/commentary/gui/modes/all stadiums) via half price DLC 15.99 euros with new modes and integrating it into Fifa12 engine (which from what I have seen is now as good as it should have been), instead of releasing a whole game based on the Euro tournament (the cashcow usual move).

Im no mass fan or anything, although it seemed to be a little more appetising than a usual cashcow based on the cartoon above. Mind you thats only one game out of many.

The politics/affiliations and so on with EA's borderline corporate religion is another "ball game" pun intended :)

That sounds like an expasion sold as DLC, I´m ok with that. All DLCs should be like this.

[mrcash2009]

Well, seems its all still the same EA standard check this thread for the Fifa Euro DLC and read on:


http://forum.ea.com/uk1/posts/lists/1633929.page (http://http://forum.ea.com/uk1/posts/lists/1633929.page)

Seems that its got allot of modes and game-play parts missing, its as if they have seen a DLC as a reason to not have modes from the main game spillover into the DLC, oh dear. I will now back peddle my previous comments :)

Seems they have taken DLC to its limit, looks like it may have been worth doing the cash cow version of a single game release for Euro2012 based on what they didnt have for the DLC version.

[Hans Ludwig]

Why didn't Codemasters win this award?

[froggyluv]

Why didn't Codemasters win this award?

Sales were too erhm, shitty to warrant Da Poo...

[NielsS]

Because ConsoleMasters are a Brittish companie and this contest was about American companies.

[Max Power]

Also I think it's like, Codemasters is in trouble already. EA, not so much. The Golden Poo is a tool of justice, and CM are already reaping what they sew.

[Tonci87]

http://chzvideogames.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/video-game-memes-the-scores-are-so-high.gif (1562 kB)
I guess this explains some things. By the way, Ea´s income has decreased over 30%

[Themarksman802]

And rightfully so. They are getting out what they put in for sure. SHIT and lots of it.

EA stopped making quality games a long time ago, the last thing they made that i enjoyed was SPORE.

They ruined MOH
They ruined Battlefield
They ABSOLUTELY crushed the command and conquer series..

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I guess this explains some things. By the way, Ea´s income has decreased over 30%
Indeed, That 30% is the only 30% of gamers that are true gamers, We know their games are not worth buying, i have not given them a single dollar since Battlefield 3 came out, which i was greatly disappointed with, Even now it feels no different from the beta. Still the same glitchy laggy crashing game i know and hate.

[OnlyRazor]

Indeed, That 30% is the only 30% of gamers that are true gamers, We know their games are not worth buying, i have not given them a single dollar since Battlefield 3 came out, which i was greatly disappointed with, Even now it feels no different from the beta. Still the same glitchy laggy crashing game i know and hate.

There are a lot of things I'm able to tolerate over the internet, but this is out of line. Just because you buy titles associated with a company does not make you a "fake" gamer. Nor does playing System Shock 2, Thief 1 or Deus Ex. Sure, I mean, disagreeing with a crooked bussiness practice like EA's and voting with your wallet is obviously commendable, but looking down on those who don't is plain ignorant.

Anyways, it's nice to see EA suffer for their mistakes. I mean, they probably won't change at all, but they could learn from this.

They won't.

[Tonci87]

They have to learn, their finacial year has just started and they are already expecting a loss of over 100 million dollars at the end of it.

[Krycek]

Anyways, it's nice to see EA suffer for their mistakes. I mean, they probably won't change at all, but they could learn from this.


If they're hit in their balls aka piggy bank hard enough they'll change.It's actually the only way corps like EA change.

[Cozza]

They will have to win back the fans

Quick
Release Madden 2013 (Look.........we done nothing to the game but add a few new players. Its a new game :p )

[No0dle]

Well deserved, EA, well deserved :D

[Tonci87]

Well I guess this is more true for Ubisoft but can be applied on EA as well

http://chzvideogames.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/video-game-memes-the-drm-cycle.jpg

[VIPER[CWW]]

Bit OT, but tonci87... do you spend most of your time at memebase.com? :p

[Tonci87]

;2171547']Bit OT, but tonci87... do you spend most of your time at memebase.com? :p

From time to time :p , I´m still on Rehab because of my traffic accident that almost killed me last year so I have plenty of spare time.

[Tonci87]

http://www.gamestar.de/spiele/battlefield-play4free/news/ea,46483,2569582.html
EA Boss John Riccitiello thinking about implementing a pay for Ammo system in Free2play games like Battlefield Play4Free.
The Idea is to let the player invest some hours "10, 20, 30, 50" into the game to build up addiction and then start charging money for pretty much anything.

[OnlyRazor]

http://www.gamestar.de/spiele/battlefield-play4free/news/ea,46483,2569582.html
EA Boss John Riccitiello thinking about implementing a pay for Ammo system in Free2play games like Battlefield Play4Free.
The Idea is to let the player invest some hours "10, 20, 30, 50" into the game to build up addiction and then start charging money for pretty much anything.

Seems fitting, since Crytek is moving to F2P. What happened to games where you only pay once?

[Krycek]

http://www.gamestar.de/spiele/battlefield-play4free/news/ea,46483,2569582.html
EA Boss John Riccitiello thinking about implementing a pay for Ammo system in Free2play games like Battlefield Play4Free.
The Idea is to let the player invest some hours "10, 20, 30, 50" into the game to build up addiction and then start charging money for pretty much anything.

John Riccitiello would have an outstanding career in crack business.Maybe some of his advisors are from that domain.

[nettrucker]

Seems fitting, since Crytek is moving to F2P. What happened to games where you only pay once?

These games are history.LOL.

[[APS]Gnat]

John Riccitiello would have an outstanding career in crack business.Maybe some of his advisors are from that domain.
LOL ... yep, sounds about right.

[Kilroy the Nerd]

Right, EA deserves it much more than any of the banks that committed actual crimes... :sarcasm:

It's hard for gamers not to look like babies suffering from entitlement syndrome when EA is held in worse regard than the Bank of America. For their DLC, which is clearly a more egregious offense than adding large fees to checking or repossessing cars and houses in a recession while taking 97 billion dollars in bailout money and sitting on it.
It's because we like gaming, I'm almost sure. It'd be like if when you grew up and were attached to something like a toy car (in this case, gaming) and someone just ruined all your memories of it by crushing it (buying out companies and making their games expensive, then selling ridiculous content packs all the time), your emotions might take over any kind of brains.

Besides, it's not like you HAVE to have BoA. You can choose any other bank. But EA has a tendency to buy out a bunch of other really good companies and ruin them.

[metalcraze]

If you think that's bad - Battlefront wants you to pay for bugfixes.