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EA was voted the "absolute worst company in America" in The Consumerist's 2012 poll, defeating Bank of America with 64 percent of the vote. EA and Bank of America fought through four bracket rounds against companies such as Sony, Apple, Walmart, PayPal, Comcast, GameStop and others from a wide range of industries to make the final round. The CEOs of both companies must be thrilled.

EA provided Joystiq with a statement on its solid win: "We're sure that bank presidents, oil, tobacco and weapons companies are all relieved they weren't on the list this year. We're going to continue making award-winning games and services played by more than 300 million people worldwide."

This is Bank of America's second loss in the final round, following last year's battle against BP. Perhaps if Bank of America was also discovered as the main investor in Soylent Green, rather than a major player behind America's housing crisis that left thousands of people homeless and in poverty for flimsy legal reasons, it would have won the title this year or last. As it stands, EA's win suggests online voters find poor customer service a more egregious sin than destroying lives.

250,000 votes were cast in The Consumerist's poll and the people online have spoken. The people in reality, however, may disagree.

[Thanks, Andy.]

JoystiqEA is The Consumerist's 'Worst Company in America,' wins Golden Poo originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>bank-of-americaEAElectronic-Artsgolden-poomicrosoftmobilepcplaystationps3the-consumeristWorst-Company-in-AmericaxboxWed, 04 Apr 2012 17:00:00 EST<![CDATA[EA still in running for The Consumerist's Worst Company in America]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/27/ea-still-in-running-for-the-consumerists-worst-company-in-ameri/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/27/ea-still-in-running-for-the-consumerists-worst-company-in-ameri/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/27/ea-still-in-running-for-the-consumerists-worst-company-in-ameri/#comments Two weeks ago, The Consumerist launched the "Worst Company in America 2012" challenge, featuring 32 businesses from a variety of industries, including gaming, which this year threw three companies into the running: EA, Sony and GameStop.

EA and Sony battled it out in the first round, with EA fighting for its consistently high prices, DLC blitzes, poor reputation and quiet support of SOPA, and Sony for the major hack and subsequent change to its PSN terms of service that disallowed class-action lawsuits. EA won with 81 percent of the vote. EA has since beaten Best Buy with 66 percent of the vote and is in the final eight, facing Comcast tomorrow at noon ET.

GameStop, playing on its link to high, stagnant prices, poor customer service and the industry-wide pre-order exclusive maze, beat Netflix in the first round with 71 percent of the vote, but later lost to Wal-Mart with 46 percent. Voting on the remaining eight companies (including EA) runs today and tomorrow, and the final four will be announced Thursday.

Go team?

JoystiqEA still in running for The Consumerist's Worst Company in America originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The latest Spore controversy comes courtesy of some false information printed in the game's manual. The Consumerist reports that despite the game's manual stating purchasers "may have multiple Spore accounts for each installation of the game," they only have one. An EA forum rep stated that the information was a "misprint and will be corrected in future printings of the manual."

Spore has been lambasted in Amazon.com's user review section for its "draconian DRM" measures. There's no clear indication whether Spore was originally meant to allow for more than one account -- did DRM measures put the kibosh on that plan?

[Via GamePolitics]

JoystiqDespite manual's claim, Spore only allows one account per copy originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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