EA: We Never Want to Be Named Worst U.S. Company Again

[Siege_TF]

He also addresses another black eye for EA, the launch of the "free-to-play" Dungeon Keeper earlier this year. "As you push the boundaries, things are not always going to go how you like," Wilson said.

The problem was, is, and continues to be that these 'boundaries' are not what the medium can provide, but what the consumers will tolerate.

 

[milijanko]

There definitely have been improvements in the way EA handles things, generally speaking. Origin is a much better service than it used to be. Somehow download speeds are significantly better than on Steam, which I'm still not entirely sure how the limits are determined...

Yeah, about those Origin download speeds... Last time I had Origin installed (and that was a quite some time ago now) download speeds Origin showed on the screen were false. For some reason Origin calculated the download speed based on the uncompressed data and not the actual downloaded data.
E.G. you downloaded 1 MB of data in 1 second. But Origin first uncompressed that data to, lets say, 1.5MB and then showed the download speed as 1.5 MB/s even though the real download speed was 1MB/s.
So did they actually improved the download speeds or is EA still BS-ing us even with something idiotic as that.

Also, is the bug that stops your download every ~30 minutes still there? Because that was the reason I uninstalled Origin last time. WTF am I supposed to do with a digital download service that will not let me to download games...


But when I think about it, EA has not disappointed me once since I stopped giving it money. I may be for the best to keep it that way

 

[Gameguy20100]

Calm Down EA.

It's not like you got anything that bad.

An online poll run by a bunch of whining entitled brats is not going to affect you at all.

Just make your damn games and don't worry about anything else.

 

[BlackJesus]

Then they shouldn't BE the worst company in america again.

 

[Excludos]

And so continues the long lasting tradition from EA of spewing bullshit, apologies and promises of redemption, while continuously doing the exact opposite of what they're telling us. It's so fucking offensive

 

[alj]

Whist i think EA are doing a few things right , for the most part they have a terrible business practice.

They overspend to make inferior products and wonder why people don't buy them.
They kill or abuse beloved franchises and wonder why they don't sell as many as the original or previous installments.
They try to homogenize everything so all the games are basically just a re-skin of each other.

I could go on, but in short they are short sited and abuse there customer and could not work to a realistic budget if there life depended on it.

Now as i said they do a few things right, origin has improved massively, good download speed and you can get refunds of any game oh and you get a free game now and again , usually an up-sell yes but i have had a bit of fun with them. Yes origin is overpriced but that what mexican proxys are for.

 

[lordofpowies]

Wow, is this for real? It is baffling, not to mention pretty insulting, how EA (and most big companies, for that matter) think that they will eventually alter the truth if they say enough blatant falsehoods.

 

[Strazdas]

Somehow download speeds are significantly better than on Steam, which I'm still not entirely sure how the limits are determined.

They are not. Origin lies about download speed. Steam shows your actual download speed and size of actual download. Origin shows you uncompressed files size and speed based on how much uncompressed files take, instead of what your downloading. you actually download at the same speed from both, its just that with steam you see download speed while with Origin you see disk write speed renamed to download speed.

I don't get it, it's not hard to avoid that title ... all you have to do is do read a few forums and see what gamers like and dislike, we literally say "X is shit, we want Y".

I know what the problem is, non-gamers telling gamers what they want. Managers and up are business people, they know how to make money and protect what is theirs ... what they don't know is what gamers want. We will happily pay for quality games but being nickel and dimed pisses us off!

erm, they dont want to give gamers what they want. what the OP quotes states is that they are taking actions to increase their share value.

So they plan to change their name, do they? I wonder what the new company name will be... FU?

In all seriousness, I doubt they have much choice in that. Unless they actually change the way they make games and sell them, I doubt many people will be donning "I <3 EA" shirts anytime soon.

No, the new name change will be very simple and realistic: Early Access, EA for short.

The fact EA was ever named 'worst company' is just stupid. They are far from the worst. That fact a VIDEO GAME COMPANY beat out businesses and banks that are doing real harm to peoples lively hood is just sad.

Of course. the worst company is clearly CapCom.

Still smacks of '1st world problems' to me, not to mention a stunning lack of awareness.

Yes, your post certainly does. You complain about an award from an internet journal and then completely lack awareness of what it represents.

Golden Poo is awareded to the company that is at that moment getting the most readers of Consumerist pissed off. Unlike those companies using african slaves for your ipod, EA pisses people off directly and constantly, making much more people dislike it far more. The award is less worst company and more getting the community most riled up about them.

ok, they showed minor improvements like releasing free games. thats a plus i think a lot here will agree with. i mean dead space, BF3 (kind of obvious but still) peggle and some other titles.

thats pretty much all Origins teams work and they are pretty independent from what one of their people told me.

Not unless they wanna unlock bonus content for Call of Duty. The kinect will actually scans and looks for what you as the player are wearing and will give you bonus content in multiplayer matches, but as soon as you take off your I <3 EA shirt, it locks you out of your session.

will it turn on autoaim if your holding dewritos?

 

[circularlogic88]

Not unless they wanna unlock bonus content for Call of Duty. The kinect will actually scans and looks for what you as the player are wearing and will give you bonus content in multiplayer matches, but as soon as you take off your I <3 EA shirt, it locks you out of your session.

will it turn on autoaim if your holding dewritos?

Anything is possible with the power of Dewritos

In Geoff Keighley we trust, Amen.

 

[Storm Dragon]

I read this article last night before I went to bed, and I had the most wonderful dream. In it, EA followed through on these promises and completely reformed themselves, eventually becoming a much-beloved game company. I know it was only a dream, but maybe just a small part of it can come true.

 

[dalek sec]

Well considering they're holding the Sims series hostage I'm guessing someone's going to win "Worst US Company" again.

And for the people who complain about worse companies not being picked, here's the thing: they don't give a damn at all, yet EA is spazzing out about this like this could actually hurt them in a real way. So yes, there are far worse companies that should be flat out destroyed but EA seems to be the only one who cares about getting this award.

 

[small]

You know, in a way I actually agree. I'm no fan of EA by any stretch of the imagination, but they aren't nearly as repulsive as some other companies out there. Also, there were those free giveaways of The Sims 2 and Wing Commander III on Origin recently. That's a far cry from their "no Steam sale equivalents here!" stance just a year or two ago.

Having said that, I'm not willing to give them the benefit of the doubt just yet. We heard this kind of rhetoric the last time EA got a new boss and things didn't change. No, they're going to have to earn my trust, and a few good deeds in the last year aren't enough to make up for decades of bullshit.

you summed it up well for me. they have done some good with giving away games, heck the sims 2 and all the expansions for one. so yes they are trying.

BUT, they have managed to basically break three separate franchises for fans recently with dungeon keeper, simcity and the sims 4.

all ive heard about sims 4 is that it has some improvements but feels so much smaller and bland