Electronic Arts: The worst company in America?
32 badly behaving businesses. A March Madness-style bracket. More than 250,000 votes. One "Golden Poo" award for the worst company in America. After nearly a month of voting, Consumer Reports subsidiary the Consumerist has crowned video game maker Electronic Arts, or EA, as the winner of its rakish (and popular) annual competition. Other supposed stinkers such as Google, Apple, Netflix, Sony and Spirit Airlines were knocked out in the first two rounds. Here are the rest.
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The worst company in America? Consumerist says it's Electronic Arts( Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times / April 4, 2012 )
The video game maker has made a habit of sniffing out some of the best smaller video game companies, which are then acquired for their intellectual properties or to remove a competitor from the marketplace, according to Consumerist. Redwood City-based EA uses its monopoly on sports offerings, including Madden NFL, to set high prices and also charges for exclusive and add-on content in what Consumerist refers to as a ploy to squeeze more money out of already expensive games. Here, EA President Frank Gibeau.
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