Why do YOU hate EA?

[Oyeve]

So, why do YOU hate EA? Is it their exclusive NFL rights? Is it because of the piracy implementations on their sw that irks you? Is it what they did to BF2 your problem? Are they the Apple of the world gaming industry where you hate them "Just because"? What is your reason?

I for one dont hate them.

 

[RebelCapitalist]

I don't hate them. But then again, I don't waste my life over pointless matters (apple vs m-soft, Android vs Iphone, 360 vs ps3, DRM, and on and on).

 

[maniacalpha1-1]

I'd say them banning people from their Origin accounts over forum infractions is a good reason. That's theft...or something like that, you get the idea.

Have the unfair SW TOR bans started rolling in? I'd be kinda surprised if they can resist the urge to ban for every little thing.

 

[leeland]

no voip in bf3

 

[stahlhart]

I don't hate them. But then again, I don't waste my life over pointless matters (apple vs m-soft, Android vs Iphone, 360 vs ps3, DRM, and on and on).

+1

 

[BD231]

No madden on PC after getting the exclusive NFL contract. It should be illegal what they did, f cking over countless computer users/developers who want a decent football sim but can't get one now because of the legal ramifications put on developers if they do.

F ck u EA, for crippling a platform that's 10 trillion times better than owning a console.

 

[imaheadcase]

I just hate them for making developers rush out games before completion. Seems to be a trend with them..rush game out..has bad launch..devs get fired from company..blame ea with twitter.

 

[KaOTiK]

I hate them because they destroy dev studios. They buy up great devs then run their IP's into the ground doing retarded things to it and then fire the devs and throw the IP's in the closet or put a new studio on it and destroy it some more.

I hate the way they they say one thing and do another. They said if you got banned on their forums you wouldn't get banned from your games in Origin, but you.

 

[CottonRabbit]

EA makes better PC games than Activision or Ubisoft, so no, I don't hate them. Pretty much everything that's hated about EA can be applied to the other large multiplatform publishers.

 

[gothamhunter]

EA makes better PC games than Activision or Ubisoft, so no, I don't hate them. Pretty much everything that's hated about EA can be applied to the other large multiplatform publishers.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Thank you for the laugh.

 

[Malak]

No madden on PC after getting the exclusive NFL contract. It should be illegal what they did, f cking over countless computer users/developers who want a decent football sim but can't get one now because of the legal ramifications put on developers if they do.

F ck u EA, for crippling a platform that's 10 trillion times better than owning a console.

By countless you mean a few thousand? It isn't worth their time or investment over such a niche market.

Personally, I got nothing against EA. It's been a looooooong standing tradition to hate on EA, but half the games I buy are EA...

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

Policy of pissing on customers while destroying many good developers with said policies.

 

[Oyeve]

By countless you mean a few thousand? It isn't worth their time or investment over such a niche market.

Personally, I got nothing against EA. It's been a looooooong standing tradition to hate on EA, but half the games I buy are EA...

This response is pretty much why I ask. I have heard people hating on ea for years yet I bet most ea haters buy ea games regardless of the hate. Other than them rushing out games I have no problems with ea. People say they buy devs out all the time and hate ea for doing so but why not hate the devs? They are the ones who sold to ea.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

I don't hate them. But then again, I don't waste my life over pointless matters (apple vs m-soft, Android vs Iphone, 360 vs ps3, DRM, and on and on).

This.

 

[maniacalpha1-1]

Nearly every publisher/developer has some of their games being quality. You see, the people that make the games, and the people who decide corporate policy, are not usually the same people.

The devs who make the games for example are probably not the ones doing the Origin banning for forum accounts, and so forth.

Praise the games that are good for the sake of the devs who made them, but it doesn't mean people should feel like they can't criticize the administrative/policy decisions their corporate office makes.

 

[CottonRabbit]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Thank you for the laugh.

What part of my statement was laughable? Out of the 3 largest multiplatform publishers, EA has been the most PC friendly. Activision does nothing for PC besides putting out a gimped COD port and Ubisoft uses the worst DRM in the industry.

 

[IGemini]

Some of their studios make good games. Visceral and Bioware come to mind. I'm not so petty as some other people to never buy a game with the brand.

EA as a video game superplayer leaves a lot to be desired, though. Do I hate them? No, but their size dictates a lot of their practices to market to the masses, and it's a concern that'll make a lot of their franchises stale (if they aren't seen that way already, I've burned out on Modern Warfare for example). They aren't as bad as Ubisoft with DRM but I never had a problem with that aspect. Sports video games can collectively suck it, I don't care about those one way or another.

 

[Wyndru]

They restricted Will Wright's creativity, especially on Spore.

 

[gothamhunter]

What part of my statement was laughable? Out of the 3 largest multiplatform publishers, EA has been the most PC friendly. Activision does nothing for PC besides putting out a gimped COD port and Ubisoft uses the worst DRM in the industry.

This part is laughable:

Pretty much everything that's hated about EA can be applied to the other large multiplatform publishers.

I don't care about DRM or get angry about where someone decides to put their games. I DO care about when a company tells their devs to just box up the game and send it out, good or not, because if they get criticized for the game they'll just get rid of that dev and buy another with the money they made, rinse and repeat.

I also care about a company that uses their powers unwisely and, honestly, in a manner that should be against the law, such as banning a person from all purchased licenses to play a game because of something they said or quoted in a forum.

Tell me any other dev that does these two things.

 

[know of fence]

Because their leadership apparently thinks like a typical economy undergrad, that capitalism is about cheating fools out of their money. They get away with it too, catering to an ever naive and young audience as well as the lowest common denominator.

Even despite the initial urge do defend one's decision of having paid for an EA game, some people eventually are magnanimous enough to admit their folly: "I've paid for a half-done product and its half-arsed successor, only to see mistakes repeated and the whole thing getting worse."

 

[Veliko]

I don't hate them, they are just another publisher.

PC games have been released unfinished for decades now so why people are ranting as if this is some EA-inspired philosophy I have no idea.

 

[orbster556]

I hate EA because, in my view, they've ruined BioWare. A developer that would consistently produce superb, sophisticated RPGs are now reduced to putting out GoW-lite clones (Mass Effect 2&3) and a weak attempt at an action-RPG hybrid that suffered from too little development time. It is as if EA has forced BioWare to strip out complexity from their titles lest the 'average' consumer not stick around to puchase DLC which, in many cases, could have shipped with the original game.

Although I would be disappointed that BioWare had chosen to simplify game mechanics, it wouldn't sting as much if the new direction they were pushing their RPGs -- the moral decision model -- was implemented in a meaningful, mature manner. Instead, gamers are left with simplistic, Manichean decisions that fail to reflect the confused and capricious nature of the world.

Additionally, I dislike that I will have to use Origin for all future EA titles. Although I find this annoying, I wouldn't hate them for promoting their platform -- my principal grievance is the baleful influence they seem to be exerting on some of their biggest devs.

 

[Iron Wolf]

Additionally, I dislike that I will have to use Origin for all future EA titles. Although I find this annoying, I wouldn't hate them for promoting their platform -- my principal grievance is the baleful influence they seem to be exerting on some of their biggest devs.

This. I hate them because there is no Madden on PC, and also because their games are not on Steam any more.

 

[mmntech]

DRM and lack of originality. Mind you, they cleaned up their act big time on DRM after the Spore boondoggle. I have nothing against them. Ubisoft is by far the most "evil" publisher.

While I do enjoy Assassin's Creed (except 1, that was garbage), I strongly dislike their anti-PC, anti-gamer attitude. Anybody ever seen the British comedy Black's Books. It's about a book store owner who hates books and hates selling them to his customers more. That's Ubisoft in a nutshell. A company in the game biz that doesn't really want to be.

 

[frozentundra123456]

I hate EA because, in my view, they've ruined BioWare. A developer that would consistently produce superb, sophisticated RPGs are now reduced to putting out GoW-lite clones (Mass Effect 2&3) and a weak attempt at an action-RPG hybrid that suffered from too little development time. It is as if EA has forced BioWare to strip out complexity from their titles lest the 'average' consumer not stick around to puchase DLC which, in many cases, could have shipped with the original game.

Although I would be disappointed that BioWare had chosen to simplify game mechanics, it wouldn't sting as much if the new direction they were pushing their RPGs -- the moral decision model -- was implemented in a meaningful, mature manner. Instead, gamers are left with simplistic, Manichean decisions that fail to reflect the confused and capricious nature of the world.

Additionally, I dislike that I will have to use Origin for all future EA titles. Although I find this annoying, I wouldn't hate them for promoting their platform -- my principal grievance is the baleful influence they seem to be exerting on some of their biggest devs.

Well, I agree that Bioware has gone downhill. But did they really have to sell out to EA, or did they just get greedy? Could they no longer exist as an independent studio, or at least have negotiated some sort of creative control over what they put out?