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The sale of Electronic Arts has been finalized

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Re: The sale of Electronic Arts has been finalized

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End of an era. Who do we vote as the worst company ever now?

I'm not sure they're even the worst games company. Ubisoft would give them a run for their money but that's a $30 DLC over a $70 base price I refused to pay for.

No, EA earn every criticism and this move to PE will do absolutely nothing to improve their business practices.

Re: The sale of Electronic Arts has been finalized

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post #41
post #7

End of an era. Who do we vote as the worst company ever now?

EA being voted as the worst company has always been funny to me. The world would be a far better place if it was indeed the case.

The gaming community likes to be extremely dramatic.

Re: The sale of Electronic Arts has been finalized

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post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>They're a joke They are known for making games that sell to a mass audience and monetizing them well. It's like calling McDonald's a joke. It doesn't take away that they are a successful business affecting many people in the world.

Yes, and buying McDonald's to influence anything would be a joke too. In fact EA is the McD of gaming, thats a perfect metaphor. If you want influence, there are waaay better value propositions.

actually not. EA is a household name. You can ask every single person with a steam/xbox/psn account if they know ea. i guarantee you, 95% of them heard of EA and id say 80% of those have played an EA game in their lifetime.

That being said, influencing happens by mere exposure. There was a time, when Europeans bought up the kit of a bad mexican football club, just because the jersey was hyped on fifa 14. so if someone is trying to influence them, it will happen.

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