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GFaceKillah 
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| EA Named Worst Company in America (Posted on 4/6/12 at 8:00 am)
by Consumerist
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In the past EA has been criticized for acquiring smaller development studios in order to take hold of their intellectual property assets, while dramatically changing their games, reported the Escapist.
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It has also been accused of holding back game content to charge for it later or putting out shoddy games, reported The Consumerist.
Thoughts?
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tom
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| re: EA Named Worst Company in America (Posted on 4/6/12 at 8:10 am to GFaceKillah)
Anyone who has played an EA game in the last 10 years already knew this.
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DownshiftAndFloorIt
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| re: EA Named Worst Company in America (Posted on 4/6/12 at 8:12 am to GFaceKillah)
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acquiring smaller development studios in order to take hold of their intellectual property assets, while dramatically changing their games, reported the Escapist.
Good thing we are raping the ag dept at LSU to let them come and play 
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GFaceKillah
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| re: EA Named Worst Company in America (Posted on 4/6/12 at 8:14 am to tom)
I came to this conclusion after BFBC2 would randomly decide to be unplayable due to EA server issues. shite would royally piss me off.
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CNB 
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| re: EA Named Worst Company in America (Posted on 4/6/12 at 8:35 am to GFaceKillah)
Finally. An accolade they have earned.
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Tactical1 
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| re: EA Named Worst Company in America (Posted on 4/6/12 at 9:17 am to CNB)
EA may have questionable business practices but they are hardly the worst company in America and quiet frankly didn't deserve to be in the bracket.
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Scruffy 
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| re: EA Named Worst Company in America (Posted on 4/6/12 at 10:07 am to GFaceKillah)
Worst company in America? No. Worst video game realated company? Without a doubt.
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Jumbeauxlaya
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| re: EA Named Worst Company in America (Posted on 4/6/12 at 10:18 am to Scruffy)
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Worst company in America? No. Worst video game realated company? Without a doubt.
Yes.
Also
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reported the Escapist.
 love the reviews on this site..
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CNB
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| re: EA Named Worst Company in America (Posted on 4/6/12 at 10:28 am to Scruffy)
Oh. I thought it was gaming related. Misread. Worst company? Nah. Nowhere close.
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kballa6
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| re: EA Named Worst Company in America (Posted on 4/6/12 at 11:08 am to Scruffy)
Agree, their sports franchises have really doomed them in the last few years.
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saintsfan92612
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| re: EA Named Worst Company in America (Posted on 4/6/12 at 11:10 am to kballa6)
I used to be a big fan of Madden and Live but looking at how great NFL 2k5 was and how great NBA 2k12 is, it is hard not to imagine what could have been with NFL 2k12
This post was edited on 4/6 at 11:11 am
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geauxtigers87
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| re: EA Named Worst Company in America (Posted on 4/6/12 at 11:10 am to GFaceKillah)
I hate EA as much as the next person, but as long as we keep buying their shitty games they won't change
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saintsfan92612
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| re: EA Named Worst Company in America (Posted on 4/6/12 at 11:11 am to geauxtigers87)
fricking Mass Effect 3 ending, all of Dragon Age II, the last few Maddens and NCAAs
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Scruffy
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| re: EA Named Worst Company in America (Posted on 4/6/12 at 11:15 am to geauxtigers87)
You say they won't change, but they are taking huge hits to their image publicly and their stock has been doing pretty badly for a while.
Who knows? Maybe they will rethink their system of business....
What the hell am I thinking?
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kballa6
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| re: EA Named Worst Company in America (Posted on 4/6/12 at 11:28 am to geauxtigers87)
100% agree. Nothing will change if people keep buying them year after year, Personally I haven't bought Madden since 09 and I didn't buy NCAA 12, but it was given to me as a gift for xmas.
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Tactical1
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| re: EA Named Worst Company in America (Posted on 4/6/12 at 11:28 am to saintsfan92612)
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fricking Mass Effect 3 ending, all of Dragon Age II,
You know EA has nothing to do with that right.
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CNB
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| re: EA Named Worst Company in America (Posted on 4/6/12 at 11:57 am to Tactical1)
They slid it through. frickin Bioware though.
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DMagic 
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| re: EA Named Worst Company in America (Posted on 4/6/12 at 12:42 pm to Tactical1)
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You know EA has nothing to do with that right.
Technically speaking they did have a lot to do with that considering that they own the company.
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Roaad
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| re: EA Named Worst Company in America (Posted on 4/6/12 at 12:45 pm to GFaceKillah)
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Thoughts?
They mad cuz they bad
---NCAA fans
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Roaad
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| re: EA Named Worst Company in America (Posted on 4/6/12 at 12:46 pm to Tactical1)
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You know EA has nothing to do with that right.
EA owns Bioware.
Or is it just coincidence that franchises go to shite post-EA acquisition?
Command and Conquer is another fine example.
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