[citation][nom]matchboxmatt[/nom]Wait wait wait, since when did EA make crappy games? If the past 5 years have been any indication, their games are continually pushing the bar.I mean, seriously, did we all forget about Bioshock, Battlefield, and Mass Effect that fast? Where did all this hate come from?[/citation]
Um Bioshock was not EA. It was 2K Games. Mass Effect had EA as a publisher for the PC version only much like how the retail versions of the OB, L4D/L4D2 are published by EA only. They have no input into it besides marketing. Battlefield just isn't as good as it once was when only Dice was involved. BF2 was just BF1942 DC and BF2 wasn't that great.
I think the most hate for EA is because they screw everything up. I remember the OB port that EA did without VALVes permision to the PS3. Was crappy and even Gabe Newell, Head of VALVe, took the blame for it even though he didn't want to publish the OB for the PS3.
I just don't trust EA anymore either. They tend to buy up companies that start on the PC and then push them to be console mainly, PC second. It lowers the quality of the games and then the ports to the PC are just bad.
This does sadden me though. I have been enjoying Angry Birds on my Ally for free.