Yojoe36 Posted 5 April 2012 Posted 5 April 2012 ... in America. But still, they deserve every bit of it. http://consumerist.com/2012/04/congratulations-ea-you-are-the-worst-company-in-america-for-2012.html
MC Prussian Posted 5 April 2012 Posted 5 April 2012 It's all gone downhill for about four to five years now. They used to be quite a fun company to work for, but sadly, the enormous growth has gotten to their heads, as they're virtually sitting on top of a monopoly in most sports games franchises, for instance. The franchise system is flawed, the improvements tend to be on the minor (visual) side each year. The servers can't cope with the demand (see FIFA 11). On top of that, EA have perfected the art of robbing you of your money for countless DLCs. Greedy bastards.
Raw Dykes Posted 5 April 2012 Posted 5 April 2012 It's all gone downhill for about four to five years now. They used to be quite a fun company to work for, but sadly, the enormous growth has gotten to their heads, as they're virtually sitting on top of a monopoly in most sports games franchises, for instance. The franchise system is flawed, the improvements tend to be on the minor (visual) side each year. The servers can't cope with the demand (see FIFA 11). On top of that, EA have perfected the art of robbing you of your money for countless DLCs. Greedy bastards. I've often thought about what a goldmine sports games are. They can just be tweaked a tiny bit each year and sold again at the same price as a completely new game again. Development costs must be relatively low, but there's no difference to the retail value. Plus, if it's not the latest edition, it's completely obsolete and has practically no value on the 2nd hand market.
Manwell Pablo Posted 5 April 2012 Posted 5 April 2012 Day one DLC for Mass Effect was a joke. Although I do think Capcom are still the worst, having put an extra 10 Characters on the latest Street Fighter game disc and then charging £16 to download a key to unlock them :-/.
LCFCCHRIS Posted 5 April 2012 Posted 5 April 2012 An error occurred, you will be taken back to the main menu Freezes in arena Freezes on the team loading screen Disconnected from EA servers And I have good connection
AKCJ Posted 6 April 2012 Posted 6 April 2012 You'd think with all the money they rake in from sales and DLC that they'd be able to invest in some good servers. Activision have it for Call of Duty and I bet they don't make as much as EA do.
Haydos Posted 7 April 2012 Posted 7 April 2012 You'd think with all the money they rake in from sales and DLC that they'd be able to invest in some good servers. Activision have it for Call of Duty and I bet they don't make as much as EA do. They don't need to. Once they sell their product and get huge figures (as companies like EA and Activision are likely to do) they don't need to go back to their customers and improve their experience. It's a waste of money for them and they know enough people will buy the next product in their series anyway.
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