Electronic Arts

[smerf]

Well I always said it and never did like them, but Electronic Arts was voted the worst company in America for the 2nd year running.

I totally agree with this since back when I they first started making games for the Amiga I bought Arctic Fox, which ran really great as long as I was running Kickstart 1.0, but when Kickstart was upgraded to 1.1 Arctic Fox never ran again on my Amiga 1000, I wrote EA and never received an answer. I tried calling them and never could get through.

I believe that their copy protection helped with the downfall of the Amiga.

Well that being said just think Electronic Arts holds first place for something:

Worst Company in America beating out:

Bank of America , Comcast, Wal-Mart, and Carnival Cruise Lines

EA wins ‘Worst Company in America’ award two years running

EA has taken out The Consumerist’s ‘Worst Company in America’ award for the second year in a row — the first time any company has done so in the history of the poll.

Worst think is I totally agree

smerf

[Rob]

I believe that their copy protection helped with the downfall of the Amiga.

While not specifically an EA problem I agree with that sentiment.

Copy protection never stopped piracy but it stopped gamers getting hard drives, ram boards and CPU boards, so by the time Doom came around a typical Amiga was behind the curve as a games machine.

[motrucker]

I hated EA long before I had an Amiga. They were awful in the C-64 days. I think I was avoiding EA games by 1983!

[vince_6]

I hate US Gold!!! for making crap games...
Also E.A cause they ruin everything, example :

I wouldn't go back, we all know the past.
Present game BF3 from DICE (Digital Illusion) sucks because EA is in charge and changed everything.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

I hate EA for never bringing Legacy of the Ancients, Mail order Monsters, Deathlord, or Wasteland to the Amiga (four of my favorite C64 games).  But other than that, like this article puts into perspective: "Unlike the Internet, video games are a luxury good, not a basic necessity of modern life."  :p

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/10/electronic-arts-worst-company-consumerist_n_3052000.html

[kamelito]

I hated EA long before I had an Amiga. They were awful in the C-64 days. I think I was avoiding EA games by 1983!

 Sure, Archon, Archon II, Seven cities of Gold, Racing destruction set, Bard's Tale I II III, Marble Madness, Mule, Neuromancer, One on One, Pinball Construction Set, Skyfox...  Kamelito

[nicholas]

I think the only EA product I've ever personally owned was Deluxe Paint II.

Though I've paid for many of their FIFA games on GameCube, Wii and PS3 for my eldest son and he's never complained about them.