Poll: Worst publisher based on Principles.

[ATRAYA]

It was tough for me to choose between Activision and Electronic Arts. But I've boycotted both publishers, so a forum poll isn't really anything for me to ponder for too long. Thus I picked E.A., simply for how unfathomably RETARDED they are. :/

 

[GAunderrated]

The fact that I sat there and had to think really hard between EA, activision, Ubisoft,capcom, and microsoft shows me just how many publishers screw us over one at a time. I personally wish I could have voted for all of them because as of right now they are all pretty shit in my mind

 

[Chiave]

Interesting thread. I really like the metric being used for people's decision.

That said, I'm not going to vote. The fact that I know every publisher listed here have demonstrated their fucked up priorities, only makes indie developers look more attractive.

 

[Lunar Templar]

Other - NCsoft, not only for shutting down City of Heroes, but for doing so in a way that shows that they really didn't give a damn about it.

This is only the latest in a long line of MMOs they have killed, but is by far the most unexpected, and the vague explanation they've given - "a realignment of company focus" - is not a fitting epitaph for such a long running game.

this.

since there's not been any real reason given other then 'cause we can, now be good little sheep and buy the next shiny thing', not to mention how they just fired the staff working on the game, some 80 people just thrown out with no notice.

so while i wanna say 'EA' for all the stuff they've done, i can't. EA makes virtually nothing i like so i don't buy from them so the bullshit they pull doesn't effect me personally.

NCsoft killing CoH for no reason, does effect me, thus, I'm legitimately pissed

 

[disgruntledgamer]

Interesting thread. I really like the metric being used for people's decision.

That said, I'm not going to vote. The fact that I know every publisher listed here have demonstrated their fucked up priorities, only makes indie developers look more attractive.

Yes but the point is to identify the publisher who is the most %$^&*$ up.

I'm actually Surprised Capcom isn't getting more votes they've actually got less than Valve and they've done a lot more shitty things like On Disc DLC and would be my 2ed place vote.

 

[disgruntledgamer]

Other - NCsoft, not only for shutting down City of Heroes, but for doing so in a way that shows that they really didn't give a damn about it.

This is only the latest in a long line of MMOs they have killed, but is by far the most unexpected, and the vague explanation they've given - "a realignment of company focus" - is not a fitting epitaph for such a long running game.

this.

since there's not been any real reason given other then 'cause we can, now be good little sheep and buy the next shiny thing', not to mention how they just fired the staff working on the game, some 80 people just thrown out with no notice.

so while i wanna say 'EA' for all the stuff they've done, i can't. EA makes virtually nothing i like so i don't buy from them so the bullshit they pull doesn't effect me personally.

NCsoft killing CoH for no reason, does effect me, thus, I'm legitimately pissed

Just because they never gave a reason doesn't mean they don't have one. I don't think any profitable company or service would completely shut down without a reason.

 

[lacktheknack]

In the grand pie-fight betwixt EA and Ubisoft, Ubisoft wins due to EA releasing Mirror's Edge, my favorite game.

Ubisoft is worst.

Funnily enough, Ubisoft won't even be in the riding much longer if they take cues from how they executed the PC release of Rayman: Origins.

 

[lacktheknack]

Did you even need to ask? seriously in this forum here is how it goes down on how much people hate them:
BIG FAT #1 is EA
#2 is Activison
#3 is Ubisoft
#2 and #3 might need to be switched around.

Valve is garnering more votes than Ubisoft.

Explain.

 

[lunavixen]

EA then LucasArts coming in a close second.

EA has just made so many stupid choices lately that it's getting harder and harder to forgive them for it.

LucasArts is too into milking the Star Wars franchise to innovate (The Force Unleashed 2 sucked LucasArts it was way too short)

 

[Lunar Templar]

Other - NCsoft, not only for shutting down City of Heroes, but for doing so in a way that shows that they really didn't give a damn about it.

This is only the latest in a long line of MMOs they have killed, but is by far the most unexpected, and the vague explanation they've given - "a realignment of company focus" - is not a fitting epitaph for such a long running game.

this.

since there's not been any real reason given other then 'cause we can, now be good little sheep and buy the next shiny thing', not to mention how they just fired the staff working on the game, some 80 people just thrown out with no notice.

so while i wanna say 'EA' for all the stuff they've done, i can't. EA makes virtually nothing i like so i don't buy from them so the bullshit they pull doesn't effect me personally.

NCsoft killing CoH for no reason, does effect me, thus, I'm legitimately pissed

Just because they never gave a reason doesn't mean they don't have one. I don't think any profitable company or service would completely shut down without a reason.

other the 'restructuring', there has been no clear explanation as to why the game is being shut down, and expect for a 'good bye' letter from the CoH dev team (which made me cry btw :<) NC soft hasn't even made an announcement CoH has been canned.

oh, its off the web site, but there's nothing as to explain why its gone.

NC softs main page [http://us.ncsoft.com/en/?__utma=79285963.591186691.1335471779.1347321325.1347596126.100&__utmb=79285963.5.9.1347596133592&__utmc=79285963&__utmx=-&__utmz=79285963.1346608306.96.4.utmcsr=escapistmagazine.com|utmccn=%28referral%29|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/news/view/119398-NCsoft-Shuts-Down-City-of-Heroes&__utmv=-&__utmk=22072445] the only news about CoH, is the announcement that I23 is live

the good bye letter [http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/news/news_archive/thank_you.php] case your interested

anyway, they've managed to piss me off to the point i've black listed them entirely. After CoH goes dark, I'll have no more to do with them (course, I'm also hopping the save City of Heroes campaigns work as well the other super hero MMOs SUCK)

 

[Allthingsspectacular]

Zynga.

When it comes to EA, I used to have a name for what they do when it comes to their games. Which is "Copy with -a gimmick-." This, while rather droll and distasteful, is still better than Zynga. Who just takes the gimmick part out and leaves "copy."

EA may also be money grubbing douches, but they do have some room for creativity. Not only that, they try everything to keep their company alive.

Zynga set themselves up to fail so that their owners can receive inflated paychecks. Leaving many, MANY out of work.

 

[disgruntledgamer]

Zynga.

When it comes to EA, I used to have a name for what they do when it comes to their games. Which is "Copy with -a gimmick-." This, while rather droll and distasteful, is still better than Zynga. Who just takes the gimmick part out and leaves "copy."

EA may also be money grubbing douches, but they do have some room for creativity. Not only that, they try everything to keep their company alive.

Zynga set themselves up to fail so that their owners can receive inflated paychecks. Leaving many, MANY out of work.

Social network publishers were omitted as clearly emphasized in the initial post so NO Zynga. They could really be the devil but to core gamers they're irrelevant.

 

[Allthingsspectacular]

Zynga.

When it comes to EA, I used to have a name for what they do when it comes to their games. Which is "Copy with -a gimmick-." This, while rather droll and distasteful, is still better than Zynga. Who just takes the gimmick part out and leaves "copy."

EA may also be money grubbing douches, but they do have some room for creativity. Not only that, they try everything to keep their company alive.

Zynga set themselves up to fail so that their owners can receive inflated paychecks. Leaving many, MANY out of work.

Social network publishers were omitted as clearly emphasized in the initial post so NO Zynga. They could really be the devil but to core gamers they're irrelevant.

I'm sorry, I forgot to include the part where I don't care. Zynga deserves every bit of bile they get.

 

[Nihilism_Is_Bliss]

I voted EA because...duh.

Now I'm just scrolling thought the comments laughing at the valve fanboys raging that valve's votes aren't at 0%.
Valve isn't evil like Activision or EA, but it's hardly the messiah.

 

[Aeonknight]

Did you even need to ask? seriously in this forum here is how it goes down on how much people hate them:
BIG FAT #1 is EA
#2 is Activison
#3 is Ubisoft
#2 and #3 might need to be switched around.

Valve is garnering more votes than Ubisoft.

Explain.

Simple.

Valve is not the perfect developer people like to think they are.

Half Life was good, but honestly the series is close to being forgotten. It's quickly being left behind and the release for HL3 is way past due. Past due to the point where if they were to announce it tomorrow, 0 fucks would be given from me.

Hated TF2. the only redeeming thing about that game was the "Meet the X" videos. Entertaining, but not enough to make me wanna play that game. Also: Micro transactions ahoy!

Portal was cool. Really short though.

And their other games such as DoD, CS, and L4D are pretty much just mods of half life with a gimmick or 2 added. They're fun sure, but let's not pretend they're some revolutionary games.

Recently the whole "holding your game library hostage to agree to new ToS" thing does not set a good precedent. EA did it before it was cool, people raged, Valve saw this, and did it anyway. This does not sound like a developer that listens to the consumers and has their interests in mind.

An overall lack of innovation, they've made nothing but FPS's and refuse to alter the formula in any way. I played Counter-Strike GO on release, and was greeted by not only an ungodly lag that reminded me of my 56k days, but a familiar gimmicky playstyle that I had long since abandoned to (imo) superior FPS gameplay delivered by BF3 or even CoD.

But you know what the worst thing about Valve is (besides Gary's mod... the YTP's are still rage inducingly stupid to this day)? The fans. That alone earns them a vote from me just out of spite.


But really, alot of the above is just nitpicking or can be attributed to spite, anti-fanboyism, or above all else: opinion. I don't particularly hate any one developer. If they make a good game then that's really all I need to be satisfied. Still playing BF3 to this day, enjoying the "hellspawn's" creation. Still waiting for HL3. etc. etc.

Who seriously pledges loyalty to one developer?

 

[disgruntledgamer]

EA is the easy answer here, but fuck Blizzard, and fuck them hard. They have been scraping the bottom of the barrel for quite a while here, and the reason this concerns principle is because they, first, don't give a shit about their games anymore (or make it super obvious), and two, they target the lowest possible denominator with their games, from gameplay to everything else.

You do know Blizzard is just Activision right.

 

[Wolfhowl the shadow lurker]

Activision has done shit yeah, we all know that but EA is the only one that is so smug about it, almost like it wants to be full of shit

"some publishers.... some publishers just want to watch the world burn"