EA Co-Hosts LGBT Event

[Squiddles]

As a member of the LGBT community I usually like dicks, but sorry EA, you're still just a bit too much for me.

Heh, seriously though, I'm always happy to hear about large company support for the community at the end of the day.

 

[MeChaNiZ3D]

Remember, anything good EA does is a PR stunt and anything bad they do is irredeemable, and you'll be fine. No long-held opinions under siege here!

Seriously though. EA still does horrible things to games, and that's what they spend most of their time on.

 

[Rednog]

Can this sweep the SimCity problems under the rug? Can EA generate enough good PR to keep doing the two things they love most? Find out on the next episode of 'Corporate Damage Control 101'!

God I hate those corporate pigs too, I can't believe they even went to such lengths as to travel back in time to support they LGBT community in February just so they could mitigate the fallout from SimCity in March! Even worse they went further back in time and won the award ?Best Places To Work For LGBT Equality? in 2012 by The Human Rights Campaign, those fiends!!!

 

[f1r2a3n4k5]

This may not be just PR. EA is a large company. As a result, they are naturally going to have a more diverse workforce. If I had to guess, there are LGBT workers at EA.

The diverse members of the workforce are naturally going to want to work on projects that interest them. And will naturally have more insight to bring to those projects.

Additionally, LGBT is a dramatically under-served market in video gaming (indeed, most instances of LGBT representation come from EA studios such as Bioware and Maxis). There is always money to be made in catering to under-served demographics.

Few things are entirely altruistic. But this is mutually beneficial news and should be welcome.