Poll: Most "evil" video game publisher?
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The shitty working conditions has been named by every studio under every developer under every publisher the last few years. Or did you miss out on LA Noire and Homefront? Along with many others!Greatjusticeman said:
I hope you don't use Steam then or you're a horrible hypocrite.
Battlefield 1943 is going to PS3 users.
I'd say EA because of their malicious business practices (Project Ten Dollar, insulting competition) and their brain-dead marketing department.
Activision in my opinion is not evil. They're just not very creative. They need to do more than run every series they've ever succeeded with into the ground.
Activision in my opinion is not evil. They're just not very creative. They need to do more than run every series they've ever succeeded with into the ground.
That's quite a tough one now that I come to think of it. But when all is said and done, it's a toss-up between EA, Activision and Ubisoft. They all treat their customers like dirt and are massive dickheads about it, too.
EA has it's crazy online passes and it's insane greed and avarice.
Activision has Bobby Kotick, stagnation of the CoD series as well as greed and avarice.
Ubisoft treats all gamers like they were all thieves.
But if I had to choose one, I'd say it were Activision. Once the respectable publishers of the Mechwarrior series, now turned into a corporate juggernaut whose greed knows no bounds by milking it's Band/Guitar Hero and CoD franchises for everything they're worth. Their crappy and overpriced DLC and let's not forget CoD: Elite.
***Rage mode: on*** If they got rid of Bobby Kotick, it'd go some way to redeeming them in my eyes. A greedy swine like him deserves to dipped in molten gold.
EA has it's crazy online passes and it's insane greed and avarice.
Activision has Bobby Kotick, stagnation of the CoD series as well as greed and avarice.
Ubisoft treats all gamers like they were all thieves.
But if I had to choose one, I'd say it were Activision. Once the respectable publishers of the Mechwarrior series, now turned into a corporate juggernaut whose greed knows no bounds by milking it's Band/Guitar Hero and CoD franchises for everything they're worth. Their crappy and overpriced DLC and let's not forget CoD: Elite.
***Rage mode: on*** If they got rid of Bobby Kotick, it'd go some way to redeeming them in my eyes. A greedy swine like him deserves to dipped in molten gold.
i vote tryarch, even though it aint on the list, for raping the "zombie killing" idea. anyone else remember the original call of duty with zombies besides me?
I'm actually going to go with Ubi. Why? Well, EA and Activision have done some pretty shady things, but they at least have a logic to it. Generally, they do things that makes customers feel like an exploitable resource rather then foster a community of goodwill. When they do something wrong, you can see the logic to it. It all can be summed up by, "Well, we want to make good games, but lets make sure we suck every cent we can from those gamers" It's short-sighted, but also buisness.
Ubi, however, has actually expressed unrepentant HATE for there consumers. Just recently, they have called all PC gamers thief's and pirates who they actively dislike. They could have easily just given the PR-spin of suchandsuch not being a priority at the time, and you know what, I'm fine with that. If they don't like the business model that's their choice. But literally trolling from a CEO? Thats just wrong.
Also, didn't Ubi pioneer the always on DRM that led to a surge in Piracy? Yeah, not cool.
Ubi, however, has actually expressed unrepentant HATE for there consumers. Just recently, they have called all PC gamers thief's and pirates who they actively dislike. They could have easily just given the PR-spin of suchandsuch not being a priority at the time, and you know what, I'm fine with that. If they don't like the business model that's their choice. But literally trolling from a CEO? Thats just wrong.
Also, didn't Ubi pioneer the always on DRM that led to a surge in Piracy? Yeah, not cool.
I'd normally say Activision but EA have really upped their game in evilness this year. Online passes, Origin, bad marketing, bad customer service and after re-introducing myself to Star Wars Battlefront 2 I'm pissed about Pandemic aswell.
And can someone provide a link that shows they are in support SOPA? I want to throw peanuts at something and shout "Booooooo!" at it.
And can someone provide a link that shows they are in support SOPA? I want to throw peanuts at something and shout "Booooooo!" at it.
I stand corrected, but they'll need to do allot more than that to get back my respect.The Woolly One said:
right here...natster43 said:
http://www.shacknews.com/article/71167/nintendo-sony-ea-support-stop-online-piracy-act
Nintendo and Sony jumped on the bandwagon too, I wont be buying any of their stuff new for a while either.
I was talking about EA, not other studios. I'm aware of bad working conditions - and I don't think they are okay at all. But once more we were talking about EA here. Just because other studios have had similar claims it does not mean that it's okay for EA.Frostbite3789 said:
Really? All I've is that a lawsuit is being filed against EA. Where is the article that states EA said sorry for deceiving people and is putting out Battlefield 1943 for download?
EA, Evil Arts, for it's stupid online passes, it's borderline spyware Origin system, it's strangling of BioWare sequels and the biggest rip-off in sports games, Madden NFL.
Wait, why would apple be on their? They don't publish games. The only games they published that I know, were the ones for the Bandai Apple Pippin. I don't know any other games they publish. I think everyone who publishes games on the App store just needs to have an apple account and put then on their or something. (I don't remember. I know I looked it up, but that was a long time ago.)The_root_of_all_evil said:
They aren't a publishing company, though. They are developers. The poll specifically says video game publishers. Treyarch makes the games, Activision publishes and funds them.Darkblade121 said:
Extra Credits did a video on that.pwnatornr1 said:
http://penny-arcade.com/patv/episode/working-conditions
Well...Their influence carries far... [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/113986-Apple-Voted-Largest-Influence-On-Gaming-Industry]Mr. Sparzy said:
