Why does everyone hate EA?

[De Lupe]

They killed Westwood, and with it the C&C series.

Hell hath no fury as a C&C fan scorned!

[Notos]

I'll hate them forever for Bullfrog and Westwood. Oh let's not forget Bioware.

[Remilia]

In my country, gaming ads are extremely rare, the lasts ones i recall were from nintendo 64, maybe from gamecube when it was released oh... and right now a generic ps3-ps vita ad that's extremely bland and shows no games whatsoever... so actually games in here benefit from the word of mouth, that's how all my friends got to know GTA/DotA/LoL/WoW/Tibia (to quote some "successfull" games in here)

Internet ads do count as ads. Unless they are region based or something.
I'm not saying word of mouth is dead, just less.

i phrased that wrong. i mean they should have NEVER went onto the publicly traded stock market.shareholder are the reason we are where we are right now. shareholders always expecting a boost in revenue every single quarter. a notion i find to be redicolous in and of itself.shareholders are why games are rushed. because the publisher is under pressure from the shareholders to rush the game out for a quick cash grab.(not sure if it's supposed to be shareholders or stockholders.)

Ah, then yeah.

Valve is non publicly traded