Most of Origin hate is the fact it bought studios that put out successful games and then EA bought them and it was the end. Westwood was on a pretty good release streak, Bullfrog, and a few others. Almost all of them are now gone, the main people all leaving EA with the same tune "we where left alone at first, but soon EA started pushing deadlines, we didn't like so we left" which is why some (Westwood, had a couple OK games at EA, they made them with no meddling). SO there is some hate for development studios dying. If so many didnt die under the EA banner it might be easier to shrug off, but many of the greats died while in EA hands. There is no doubt some would have died natural deaths, but it does seem strange that almost all do. EA has pioneered the addon to get a full game experience, which the rest of the industry has followed. We used to get almost complete games in a Addon Pack, some didn't even require the original. Now we give you 3 guns, the four after are just $9.99 each.. You can lay that thinking on EA (and us idiots who keep buying it). We used to have 3-4 good NFL simulations, each taking the lead one year or the other being better. EA decided it didn't want to compete , so they just eliminated the competitors, instead of making a better game, just kill the other games.
EA was one of the ORIGINAL digital download people, it made sense, no manuals, no boxes, no 3rd party, all the money was for them, but they made no attempt to make it worth while.Game in store with box and manuals was often cheaper then PURE profit version they had online. basically they felt digital was worthless. Steam came along and built a success, and EA said, money, sales, yes, please I will have some of that!!!!! so they actually put effort in to make a online digital system once somebody else had worked to do it before them.
But the real beef started with Origin games on STEAM, steam requires all patches and content available on STEAM so you don't have to go hunt it down elsewhere. And no that doesn't mean just on STEAM, but it does mean you put the whole game and addons on STEAM, Origin said sure, and signed on the dotted line, then put out games that made you make a EA account to bypass steam for addons, which was against STEAM terms.
If you like to make money get your STOCK in EA, its all they are about. which for a business is great. If you like a dev who sometimes does whats best for the customers even if it means less money, look elsewhere.
Me the pay to play for 30 seconds Dungeon Keeper game EA released and is still brought up as the MOST TRANSPARENT CASH GRAB ever was my breaking point.
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