» Wed May 02, 2012 3:51 am
Funny story this month:
EA squared off with Bank of America in the site’s annual March Madness-style “Worst Company in America” tournament and won. By a lot. An estimated 160,000 visitors voted for the game publisher, compared to its opponent’s 90,000 tally.
“After more than 250,000 votes, Consumerist readers ultimately decided that the type of greed exhibited by EA, which is supposed to be making the world a more fun place, is worse than Bank of America’s avarice, which some would argue is the entire point of operating a bank,” wrote the site.
The Consumerist then defended the results: “To those who might sneer at something as ‘non-essential’ as a video game company winning the Worst Company In America vote: It’s that exact kind of attitude that allows people to ignore the complaints as companies like EA to nickel and dime consumers to death.”
EDIT: forgot to add.
Video game company Electronic Arts has been widely criticized for monopolistic business practices, shuttering studios and spearheading a controversial anti-used game online pass program that has quickly become de rigueur for other publishing heavyweights. But does that make it the worst company in America? According to The Consumerist, yes, it does