Electronic Arts Named the Worst Company in America

From the Consumerist:

Following last year’s surprise Worst Company In America victory by Electronic Arts, there was hope that the video game giant would get the message: Stop treating your customers like human piggy banks, and don’t put out so many incomplete and/or broken games with the intent of getting your customers to pay extra for what they should have received in the first place. And yet, here we are again, with EA becoming the first company to ever win a second Golden Poo from Consumerist readers.

After an astounding number of votes, Consumerist readers once again chose EA over Bank of America, with the video game company taking nearly 78% of the vote.

What did EA do (or not do) that it managed to achieve what none of the previous WCIA champs — Comcast, AIG, BP, Halliburton, RIAA, Countrywide — have ever been able to?
Like many other competitors in the WCIA bracket, EA has repeatedly failed at three core requirements of running a consumer-friendly business:

1. Provide a Product People Want and Like

2. Sell Your Product at a Reasonable Price

3. Support the Products You Sell

 

It's all kind of hilarious. EA hasn't committed any possible human rights abuses. It hasn't defrauded its customers. Dudes are just pissed off by its handling of Simcity and that controversial ending in Mass Effect 3.

Never make gamers angry. Lesson of the day.