Does anyone hate Electronic Arts as much as I do?

[Armo]

http://sports.ign.com/articles/572/572886p1.html

http://www.igda.org/articles/easpouse_qol.php


i REALLLLLLYYYY dispise EA and all their tricks they pull. If you've lived in a hole for the past 10 years ill tell you why i hate them so much. instead of MAKING games, they just go out and buy companies that make games: Maxis ( simcity people) Westwood Studios ( command and Conquer creators) the company that made System Shock, and System Shock 2 fell under the iron fist of this would be giant to turn great games\companies into nothing more than mediocare products they just shove down peoples mouths.

for every game you go out and purchase under the EA logo you can ganuntee there is a slayed company that was bought and ripped apart for it.

[primesuspect]

Sounds familiar (http://www.microsoft.com)......

[TheGr81]

HOLY CRAP! Exclusive rights to the NFL teams, stadiums, and players. I think Madden may become slightly more popular these next few years. :doh:

I like EA. I guess I have been pretty much under the rock as to knowing exactly what they were doing with the company, but I like a LOT of the games that have come out under their name these past few years.

[gtghm]

You don't have to buy their games or work for them if its that bad.

Heck if I could get one of my ideas out there that a big corp would be willing to pay to buy me out then I'd sell out in a heartbeat.

I really don't see the problem... It seems to be a case of freemarket ecomomy and a fact of commerce.

No one will care in a hundread years anyway.

"g"

[RWB]

HEY! I'm trying to get a job with EA when I graduate... would you hate them then? :p

Though I may actually get with a smaller company instead for other reasons. EA also bought Criterion, who made... or whom bought out the original owners of a product called "RenderWare". Which if they are as evil as you think, could be a bad thing. EA now owns a product which is used industry wide in shortening the amount of time it takes to build a new Game. It's bad in that EA can basically say what goes with the product now, IF they choose to licence it out still. Though I am sure they will since it currently costs $300,000 for the bare basic package, and even more money per module such as Sound, extra Effects for various other asepects too that I cannot think of at the moment.

RenderWare really is amazing, and just in case you don't know, it's a "MiddleWare" product that you buy to get a jump start in a game engine, you buy whatever you need, then the programmers adjust it's expencive OpenSource code to their liking adding and taking out whatever they wish. It's been used in many many products like GTA3, and I think BattleField 1942, more than likely BattleField 2 as well.

I got to play with it some for a couple months :D

But I really don't think EA is any more evil than ANY other corporation out there "trying to make a buck". I know there are companies out there that really do care, and others who are just like Microsoft, but not as sucessful. But I'd say most are as evil as they can be.

[JB]

BOOOOOOOO...ESPN football is so much better than Madden, and i was looking forward to ESPN NFL 2K6 :(

[Thrax]

EA also owns the exclusive video game rights to companies like Porsche, Ferarri and Lamborghini, which is why they're never in Gran Turismo. ;)

[TheGr81]

EA also owns the exclusive video game rights to companies like Porsche, Ferarri and Lamborghini, which is why they're never in Gran Turismo. ;)
Hmm... Should've thought about that when I realized teh Need For Speed was the only game I've seen those cars in. :banghead:

[NiGHTS]

I had a Japanese version of GT 1 which managed to slip the Porsche in under the name RUF, always thought that was kind of funny.

[Nomad]

EA is now under lawsuit by their own employees for subjecting them to 80 hour workweeks for months at end and refuse to pay them overtime. Also, their sports games severely lack and are loosing a lot of ground to the ESPN series. So much in fact, that they were forced to lower their prices, although they cited other reasons. :rolleyes:

[Thrax]

I had a Japanese version of GT 1 which managed to slip the Porsche in under the name RUF, always thought that was kind of funny.

It's in the US version of GT2. ;D

[Clutch]

EA is now under lawsuit by their own employees for subjecting them to 80 hour workweeks for months at end and refuse to pay them overtime.

They will think about that when their job is shipped overseas.

[qparadox]

EA Canada is centered in Vancouver and they employ numerous SFU (my university) co-ops and graduates. I have yet to meet a co-op student or regular EA employee who worked reasonable hours. They're well known locally as being a "sweat shop developer" whose employees are expected to work well in excess of 40 hour work weeks. I know this is somewhat expect in high-tech field as work tends to pile up before deadlines, but everything I've heard and seen at EA seems like bad news. While you'd think their co-op postings would have tons of applicants (who doesn't wanna be involved in the games industry), quite often they get far fewer SFU applicants than other big name companies. I'm pretty sure this is simply due to their rep as a inequitable employer. So yes I loathe EA .. but for different reasons. Admittedly the only EA games I own are from the C&C series as I gave up on sports games a looong time ago.

And on the comparison to Microsoft ... well I loathe MS as well, but at least they're known for treating their employees well.

[SimGuy]

EA bailed Maxis out of financial trouble and catapulted some of the best software ideas kicked around by the troubled software developer into the best selling game of all time for the PC: The Sims.

Maxis & head software architect Will Wright (creator of almost all of the "Sim" games) tried to launch a much earlier version of The Sims (or some type of "electronic dollhouse" application) in the early 90's, and it wasn't well received by the community at all. So much so that the project was scrapped and placed on the back burner while work progressed on other big-selling titles @ the time (SC2K, Sim Tower & Sim Isle).

With the assistance of EA, Maxis was able to get the title working, up to snuff and shipped. The result? The definitive number 1 selling game of all time with countless expansion packs, raking in the dough for EA.

So in essence, EA was a saving grace for Maxis, and in return Maxis has become EA's cash-cow.

Do I hate EA? Not for what they have done for the Simulation gaming industry, but for stagnating other genre's, yes.

[Lincoln]

I would trade any loathing in for an updated version of SimTower :(

[Thrax]

Me too. :( I still play it on dosbox dos emulator.

[madmat]

I personally like EA games, BF42 is killer, I'm dying to play BF Vietnam too. I'm not big on sports games though but that's just me.

[bothered]

I can never understand people complaining about working long hours. It's very simple. Don't work there. The only reason companies can do this is because people are prepared to do it, it's self inflicted. If everybody said NO, and only worked ,say, 40 hours, then everybody would work 40 hours. It's like people here who work for agencys who complain about poor wages, well don't work for agencys. Companies will screw us just as much as we allow them to.

[Geeky1]

I don't hate EA, but I am disappointed with them. I've got the entire "Need For Speed" series, going back to the original DOS game. For the most part, they've always been good games... the best one in the series was Porsche Unleashed tho, and since then, they've gone completely in the other direction. NFS Underground and Underground 2 are arcade games far more than they are simulations. And arcade games suck.

[JChretien]

eh
Gran Turismo 3 -A spec has a couple RUFs in them... RUF is a company that modifies Porsches so much that it doesnt count as a porsche anymore... i think theres a 911 turbo RUF and a boxter RUF and a 911 carerra RUF.. i love most of EAs games but i also hate them for not letting Gran Turismo have porsches/ferarris/lambos -_-

[Nomad]

Clutch, jobs like those at EA aren't very likely to be outsourced. Also, Bothered, the problem arises in getting people to do that enmass. EA controls such a sizeable portion of the gaming market that it is increasingly difficult to not end up working there. I'm suprised EA employees haven't unionized and told the company to go screw yet though. Maybe they have non-Union clauses.

[GnomeWizardd]

in all honesty i dot know how they got sole rights to the Names of players without the players saying that they give them SOLE right to use thier name

[Black Hawk]

I may be wrong but usually If you're in the league, they can use your name. If you're not in the league (retired), they can't use your name or anything unless you're in a hall of fame or veterans association (or something along those lines).

[SimGuy]

I would trade any loathing in for an updated version of SimTower :(

One exists... to an extent... :)

Yoot Saito, creative mastermind behind SimTower, took the idea one step further and expanded the capabilities of SimTower, making it much more customizable and more challenging, but went with SegaPC as the publisher instead of Maxis.

The result? Yoot's Tower.

http://pc.ign.com/articles/161/161789p1.html

[Gobbles]

every EA title I have every bought has had a crash to desktop because of DX sound issue. Every title, sports/fps/rpg...

Thats why I hate buying any EA title

[Lincoln]

One exists... Yoot's Tower.
...and now it's enroute to my mailbox :D Many thanks sir.

[Shivian]

I hate EA cause their tech support is absolutely f***ed. I bought Cricket 2004 (I dare say it wasn't released in the states) and anyway the scoring in the game had bugs. Like it would say your player has scored 2 boundaries when they scored their first for example. I reported the bugs and tech support replies "Do you have the latest graphics drivers?"

Me -> "WTF has that got to do with the problem you retarded monkey?" Well I don't think I exactly put it like that but that was how I was feeling about it at the time. Anyway, mid this year they released the first patch for Cricket 2002 so chances of getting a patch for Cricket 2004 before 2006-07 look slim to none.

If it wasn't for BF1942, there wouldn't be an EA game I proudly own (or want to).

[gtghm]

:eek2: Woah :scratch:
I bought Cricket 2004

Now thats one you don't hear everyday!

:D

[Freemymelody]

EA....did an article for them once...or I think it was a Brochure...

[djstubbs]

I can't really say I hate EA...

They've made my favorite game of all time: Battlefield 1942.

But their follow up (Battlefield Vietnam), was possibly the most purchased WORST release by EA, ever?

Hopefully Battlefield 2 (possibly the most anticipated game by the bf42, dc, and bfv communities), with enough support this game WILL go to summer '05 CPL.

#BF24SUMMER

[Black Hawk]

meh... (http://gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=6016)

[Black Hawk]

I can't really say I hate EA...

They've made my favorite game of all time: Battlefield 1942.

But their follow up (Battlefield Vietnam), was possibly the most purchased WORST release by EA, ever?

Hopefully Battlefield 2 (possibly the most anticipated game by the bf42, dc, and bfv communities), with enough support this game WILL go to summer '05 CPL.

#BF24SUMMER
Technically they didn't make the Battlefield series. They only published it althought that could all change since they want to buy DICE (the makers of BF).

[Camman]

I like EA Games, I own a bunch of them, although I have heard some stories about how they operate.

But honestly, you shouldn't be mad at EA for "consuming" these companies, if you're going to be mad at anybody, be mad at the obviously greedy owners of these companies who couldn't resist the bottomless bank account of an entertainment giant like Electronic Arts. These companies aren't on the receiving end of a hostile take over, they're run by owners who just can't resist a big check and therefore sellout (key word here) and take the cash, they don't care about you, I, or any other gamer, they care about making the payments on that new Ferrari and that new townhouse.

Personally, I know that's the way it works so I continue to happily buy games and software from these companies because it brings me personal enjoyment, just like I bought Command and Conquer games before Westwood sold out to EA; I bought Generals which was released under the EA name because it was a sweet ass game

I heard that the Command and Conquer franchise has now been discontinued as EA shutdown Westwood Studios HQ, A DIRECT RESULT of Westwood selling out. Sure, EA is "technically" to blame because they pulled the plug, but, had they remained an independent company, and with the success of C&C: Generals, do you think they would have just randomly closed their offices? I think not.

[Rustynuts]

I just noticed another company went to the dark side today, Ubisoft!

[yagga]

I LOVED Command & Conquer and hate EA sports games (Midway rules that spot in my mind, and most of my friends') so I 100% despise them, and if there are people out there that don't I will 200% despise them if I need to.

[Gamersagainsteagames]

Seems like people are getting very frustrated with ea games. We have a new site to blow off steam at ea games. With members support the gamers voices will be heard for once.

http://www.gamersagainsteagames.com/

This new website will have a story posted at iwnation.com (which gets 2000 hits a day from gamers) as well as teamwarfare.com (one of the biggest multiplayer ladders on the web today). Ea will take notice after all of the shoes we will step on to let the gamers put there 2 cents in and then some.

Please show your support......

[primesuspect]

Please don't be offended by this. I support what you are trying to do. However, you may find that people will take you more seriously if you use proper grammar on your site. Especially corporate types from EA Games.

In many places on the site, you use the word "there" instead of "their". I noticed it in the opening paragraph on the home page as well as the poll.

There are also other minor things like "alot" instead of "a lot" or, preferably, "many".

I would suggest having someone go through the text with a fine toothed comb and check grammar and punctuation, as well as proper capitalization.

Normally, this would be nothing, but if you are trying to organize a movement, you have to be taken as seriously as possible.

Good luck! :thumbsup:

[Gamersagainsteagames]

No offence taken. Thank you for taking the time to look over the website. The corrections have been made. Like i said above, This is a website for the gamers so all suggestions will be looked at and corrected if needed. Since you took the time to proof read the website, can you please email me at admin@gamersagainsteagames.com . Again thank you

[=MBG= De Sniper]

I like them and i like how they do their games and graphix

[RWB]

Holy thread revival! Though I must say my opinion has changed since my post here like 2 FREAKIN YEARS AGO! rotf

[FatFunkey]

who just necroed this thread O_o

[Sledgehammer70]

For the record.. I don't hate EA :) and CnC3 looks kick ass :)

[Leonardo]

I can never understand people complaining about working long hours. It's very simple. Don't work there. I agree with you, but that's not what the EA employees' lawsuit is centered on. The employees, according to the suit, were not compensated by EA for overtime work, but were told to work the extra hours at normal pay or be fired. In other words, the workers were allegedly coerced into making a decision between leaving their jobs or accepting illegally low wages (no overtime pay).

[ladyinmo321]

I completely agree. I had to submit my question 10 times. One of there "updates" for the EA Link program corrupted my data and they kept asking me...did I update my drivers...I am like yes....did you not read what I wrote in my question....geesh. They really need to get somebody that can read and has a clue.

I hate EA cause their tech support is absolutely f***ed. I bought Cricket 2004 (I dare say it wasn't released in the states) and anyway the scoring in the game had bugs. Like it would say your player has scored 2 boundaries when they scored their first for example. I reported the bugs and tech support replies "Do you have the latest graphics drivers?"

Me -> "WTF has that got to do with the problem you retarded monkey?" Well I don't think I exactly put it like that but that was how I was feeling about it at the time. Anyway, mid this year they released the first patch for Cricket 2002 so chances of getting a patch for Cricket 2004 before 2006-07 look slim to none.

If it wasn't for BF1942, there wouldn't be an EA game I proudly own (or want to).

[Riptide]

I would trade any loathing in for an updated version of SimTower :(

That was such a great game!

[=MBG= De Sniper]

The NFS series from EA is a very good series. Im proud to own those and BF42 and Vietnam, and freedom fighters. havnt tried BF2 yet cause my puter is too slow and my graphics card sucks.

[littlehippiedude]

Ya that does bother me. Not that I hate EA, but I can't really like any company that buys out other companies just to make a profit. I am happy to say that I currently own one games released by EA, so I'm not give them too much of my money, but now that I know they do that I don't think I'll ever but another game from them again. Thank you (no I'm not being sarcastic)