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It shouldn't come as a surprise considering the 2013 they have had so far :P

http://wiiudaily.com/2013/04/electronic-arts-voted-worst-company-in-america-second-time-in-a-row/

HA I knew it!

First world problems.
Also, I love that the article is from a god-forsaken console site that is going to drag its company down with it.

A video game company as the worst company is America is beyond stupid.

Never the less i still find it amusing.

I am also amused at a quote from one of the articles that page links to:

In regards to EA refusing to support WiiU

That's because Nintendo made poor decisions with the hardware.

This.

There are plenty of companies in America that are more terrible than EA.

most of the hate on EA is either for things that don't even matter (microtransactions, completely optional so who cares?), or on very specific games (sim city, mass effect 3). the only one i agree with is the always on drm or online passes, but other companies do both of those so EA isn't alone there. as for the whole thing about them being all about money, i'd say activision is much worse for that with the amount they pump out endless sequels until they grind a series into the dust. other than that though hating a company because it makes a lot of money is stupid in general, especially when the people that usually hate companies for that continue to buy from them so their arguments are invalid.

EA has put out some really fun games in the past and that's all that matters to me.

Wait...

...a freakin' producer of video games is the worst corporation on U.S. soil?

Seriously?

You sure this article wasn't cribbed from The Onion or something?

I mean, it is the worst for people who would bother to go out of their way to vote against EA on the internet. Wouldn't be surprised if /v/ had a finger in it.

I don't like EA either and they pull off some nasty stuff. But guess what a lot of what EA does so do most big corps.

How EA wins over something like Bank of America or just any banking company is beyond me. Banks fuck with your money..no big deal but EA makes Madden and makes Sim City online OH THE HUMANITY!!!!!!!!!!

Seriously?! Really?!

Apparently you haven't been to the internet lately. Gaming > Everything

MONSANTO WORST COMPANY IN THE WORLD

It could be more than that.  I don't know if they're still doing this nowadays, but I read a bit of a write-up several years ago written by the ex-wife (one of many) of an EA employee.  As he and a team of several other individuals were working on a game, they would consistently meet deadline after deadline after deadline on a game until it was completed.  Was that enough for EA?  No, even with every deadline a team made, they kept on demanding all employees to keep on working like 60 hour (or more) weeks.  And due to them being in the entertainment industry, technically what they were doing wasn't illegal, as the entertainment industry doesn't have overtime.

And like I said, this was one of many ex-wives, as many marriages ended with husbands being out of the house for so long it became too much of a strain.

Granted, like I said, I don't know if EA still pulls this crap, and it's not mentioned in the article--it's not a real good one anyway, I'll admit--but if they do, it's another reason not to like them at all.

That was a lawsuit from years ago, and the company has taken a lot of effort to correct work-life balance. Mind you, I'm not a good example of it, but most of the year it's 40 hour work weeks, and the company has gone to flex hours when hours ramp up to help prevent work-life balance issues. They also do a lot of company events during these time periods to help ease stress.

Oh, that's good to hear that they improved things then :) I still don't really like the company any more though (happens a lot, like how Activision is totally changed from how they started), which they were one of my favorite publishers during the Genesis years.

This.

If this poll was only taken on the Internet, then I'm not surprised EA coming out on top. Who else bothers to vote for something like this other than self-entitled gamers?

This is more or less a popularity contest anyway. Half the voters probably never heard of half the companies on the list. "But WAIT, I was screwed over by EA on the SimCity launch!!!". That's how EA "wins" this poll.

Granted, EA have been trying pretty hard recently to make themselves look like complete tools with one of the worst video game launches in recent history. All because of those pirates! I bet all the pirates voted EA en masse. :D

PIRATES!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLV08-uhm9Y

While I agree that in no way is EA the worst company even in it's own city, let alone the entire country, there's such a backlash against overreaching anti-piracy measures that it's caused people to go off the deep end a bit.  This poll just coincided with the release of SimCity and the always on DRM that made the game unplayable for a while.  Add on top of that all of the bad publicity EA has gotten over the years and you've definitely got a top notch recipe for First World Problems rage.

I'm almost willing to bet that if this poll was released after the Diablo 3 fiasco, Blizzard would have had the number one spot.

Oh come now, 4chan loves Blizzard in comparison to say, EA and Ubisoft.