EA

Ah, Electronic Arts (often shortened to EA)... yeah, fuck them

Basically, here is a quick history to the monstrous conglomerate we know as EA.

Long, Long ago... in a time now forgotten... EA gave a shit what their customers wanted, in fact they were hailed as one of the greatest groups in the gaming industry, seeing an EA logo meant you would be in for an enjoyable time. Not any more

No one really knows why EA became shit but it is suspected that (like all large companies) they forgot what it was that made them great (I.E. CARING ABOUT THE CUSTOMER). When a company once run by men and women who loved making games and knew how to make them great were bought out by corporate suits who knew how to make pastries and toasters rather than art.

Either way that is the past... what? you wanted more? Too bad, I'm here to rant, not give you a history lesson.

Anyway, EA decided at one point "hey, why should we work hard when we could buy out other successful game producers and slowly drive them into the ground?" and so they did they have, in fact, been doing this for years, as such fans of games that now bear the EA logo have begun to think of it as a slow acting Rock of Doom. The Ultima series, a major pioneer in the RPG genre, is a pretty infamous example where they bought out the developers and killed the series after rushing two games into production.

This has become even more apparent after their acquisition of Bioware, where they have completely fucked it over.

Oh, and no exaggeration, EA has been voted the worst company in America, even beating the previous "winner" of that position, Bank of America, showing that even non-gamers hate them. Seriously, google it. Now they are the worst company twice in a row. They make everything a yearly franchise.

In sum, EA is the GW of /v/.

The main debate these days is whether EA or Activision is worse.