Bigeyez said:
Why do people hate EA? Because on the internet it's THE thing to do. They write bile all over forums proclaiming them to be evil, unehtical, etc..... and then run to Gamestop and buy EA games on launch day.
Edit: Reading through these comments is pretty funny. It's remarkable how people on the internet think they are actually a majority of gamers. In truth it's the far opposite.
http://investor.ea.com/stockquote.cfm
Yup, EA are doing great and its only a few dissenters that are stirring shit... downward slopes are good right?
For clarification, that link shows EAs share prices from June/2011 to now (June/2012). It shows a steady, but undeniable decline in investors faith with EA in the course of a year.
The value of their shares from last year has been cut in half this year. Not only that, but if you look at the trend from last year you can see the pre-christmas lull (august to october), which then leapt up again for the Christmas season. If a similar trend follows this year we're looking at share values less then $10.
EA is feeling the burn, and now they are lashing out, accusing the so called "minority" of being unreasonable and irrational. Because EA is just a business, and they only do good business as evident by their shares.