Activision-Blizzard |
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21.3% (84) |
EA |
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50.3% (198) |
Ubisoft |
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21.8% (86) |
Other (specify company and reason) |
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6.1% (24) |
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As far as I'm concerned they're both equally to blame. The lead devs of Ninja Theory have as much empathy for the fans of the series as Capcom has - if the interviews are anything to go by. I'm pretty sure Ninja Theory is doing the gameplay. Do you have any sources? And as long as Dante looks like a twat I'll continue to treat him as one! Ha :P | |
Nintendo, because why the hell haven't you localized Mother 3 yet? No amount of greed and incompetence can compete with keeping Mother 3, an amazing and heart wrenching experience superior to anything you've made recently from outside Japan. Other than that they're pretty cool though. | |
EA, I haven't played a Ubisoft game in years. But I know EA with their Origin spyware has been driving people the that hate convention. | |
Valve, and mostly just for Steam. | |
Both EA and Activision. Activision because they're greedy (as that graph shows) and EA because they're greedy and are running my favourite game dev into the ground (its BioWare if you didn't know). | |
I voted for Ubisoft, they are the only publisher out of the three that make me think "its a Ubisoft game, I will give it a miss". Neither EA or Activision have ever provoked that reaction from me. | |
Although the companies listed have their moments, I believe it is Capcom which has displayed the most outright dickishness. | |
other: the US and EU governments. OH ZING BABY ZING!!!! Also, at least EA is bullshitting us like activision with mediocre ass titles. at least they try. | |
Well I haven't seen the interviews just news and some gameplay videos. I swear I read that Capcom was doing the gameplay on several websites but the closest I found was this. http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/112602-Capcom-Infusing-Ninja-Theory-With-Action-Game-Knowhow-For-DmC | |
i actually really like this, and completely agree to it. honestly activision and blizzard don't mull over with me well at all, EA i can deal with mostly, as i don't HATE origin like so many people do with a burning passion, and past that as long as you buy their games legitimately, there isn't much left to complain about. ubisoft can go fuck themselves though on the incompetence scale. | |
Well my feelings on DmC can be summed up with two things. To quote Spoony's FFX-2 review - "I like change, I like innovation but when you change too much it becomes unrecognizable as a game in the series and people get mad. When you go overboard trying to reinvent [here: DMC] it stops being innovation and becomes.. well.. BETRAYAL" I honestly don't mind the way Dante looks in DmC but Dante doesn't fucking smoke, he doesn't need to smoke - he eats pizza, dammit. He doesn't mope on rooftops. He doesn't sneer he smiles; a smile implies you're enjoying yourself. The point is that it doesn't look or act like Dante. Kinda like how the thing in the 2011 The Thing remake wasn't the thing. Not to mention that several times they've said that they want to make Dante more relate-able. But that's a huge problem because Dante isn't relate-able; not unless you get impaled through the chest on a daily basis, you sprout out one-liners like there's no tomorrow and you don't give a fuck how you're dressed because you've got demonic powers. Here's another interview: But you know what DmC could be really, really good. It could even be the best game in the series but it's being handled so poorly by the whining devs and the whining fans (myself included, I know) that it leaves such a bad taste in my mouth. If you want to see a dev team that handles themselves well check out Remedy. <- They don't fuck their fanbases for infamy *gasp*. Edit: Oh and thanks for the links. I could've sworn Ninja Theory was all to blame for the gameplay in DmC - thanks for straightening that out. Granted it looks like Ninja Theory games (the backgrounds and maps). Bright and colorful where past DMC games where dark and gritty but whatevs. TY again | |
Just...fantastic work, that is magnificent. Ubisoft aren't intentionally pricks, they just suck. Activision is greedy and I am indifferent about EA...because they release a lot of titles that I like. | |
Game quality is subjective though... It's all a matter of personal preference. I don't view TF2 or Portal 1 as "quality" games. They're dated and an eyesore, using that same old engine they've used since HL2 (which other "devilish" company did that again...? Oh yea, that's an Activision move.) But I digress. I like the games EA has put out, and online passes don't bug me (takes all of 45 seconds to enter, and I generally buy new anyway.) I'm gonna go with FFHAuthor's philosophy. You can find dirt on every single developer out there if you look hard enough. Fuck the politics, just play what you want and enjoy. | |
Yeah, I'd like to give Ubisoft the benefit of the doubt too. EA and Activision on the other hand aren't so fortunate. I'd almost go as far as to blame both of them for sucking the very life out of the industry. | |
I honestly can't pick one. There isn't a single game company, developer or publisher that has done me some kind of great offense for me to call anyone who works for them a prick. I really don't get the hatred for publishers. EA in particular. They are a buisness. They are in the buisness to make money. Sure, EA has a clone of Call of Duty and their EA Sports franchise. But that makes up about 2% of the games they publish. EA is a massive company that publishes maybe a hundred games a year, possibly more. I'm aware that EA makes most of their money off the Madden games. But then I look at the great things BioWare was able to do in SWTOR with EA's money. Guess Madden paid for my GOTY in 2011. Thanks EA! We're really complaining about Greed in big companies? Greed is the central point of capitalism. You take away greed, and you're not capitalist anymore. Man, Americans love capitalism when it's working well for them. The second it's going badly for them, they turn socialist in a heartbeat. | |
I would actually have to cite Bethesda for that. Seriously they've been using the same engine since Morrowind (and it's definitely noticeable and stale, unlike portal using half Life 2's engine). | |
To me its a tie between Activison and EA, Ubisoft as the graph brilliantly pointed out are just plain stupid...and french. But I voted for EA because they have this in the Origin FAQ: Q: What happens if EA goes out of business? >.> | |
I am going to go with Activision mainly because of Bobby Kotick and the whole elite subscription thing for CoD. While I agree that EA and Ubisoft can do pretty silly things they tend to sometimes redeem themselves for a little while before doing something silly again. Activision just seems to dig themselves into an ever deeper hole. | |
I base my decision solely on the amount of enjoyment a company has provided me divided by the amount of distress they have caused me. EA has provided me with probably the most hours of fun of anybody else on that list actually. Using my formula I have decided on Valve. The number of games I've enjoyed from them is zero and the constant praise I hear for their crappy, ultra-dull games makes me displeased. Give me anybody on that list but keep your horrid Valve to yourself. | |
Yeah, that sounds about right. I also still feel betrayed for them having released Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. It may have been inevitable but not that soon after the original. I'm going to take a wild card option here and point the finger at Rocksteady Studios. They only have 3 games under their belt but that's even more a reason to call them pricks. This is because of Arkham City: The hype train was kitted out in cat ears, latex and, cleavage. "Cat Woman will be playable in game!" they said. "Not just in challenge mode either but the actual campaign!" They continued. Then right before launch they revealed that you can only get the apparently plot-crucial character if you buy the game new and input the code online, giving a middle finger to people who buy used and the few who don't/can't connect to the internet using their consoles. Allowing access to Cat Woman if you bought used from Gamestop was a much bigger middle finger to independently owned game retailers. Rocksteady will be one to watch for future acts of dickitry. I guess by extension, this is a vote for Warner Brothers... | |
Shhhh... *looks over shoulder OT: I donīt have anything against Online pass... But to actually need to have internet connection to start your offline games thats BS. But the companies have my games so I am Stuck :( | |
For sure. I can't really decide, but it definitely has to be one of those douchebags that use online passes. Whoever came up with that idea is a complete detriment to society. I have no kind words for them. | |
They do kind of steal your wallet during Steam Sales. In a good way. | |
It's close between EA and Activision - I mean, usually Activision would win because Bobby Kotick dammit - but I'm going to have to go with EA. EA is the biggest prick in the gaming industry solely because of what they did to Bioware, not to mention all the other shit they do.
Is this actually serious? What the hell... | |
My vote is for Rare. If a company wants to make social schlock that is fine by me, but don't take all your franchises into the grave with you. You ******s killed Banjo, Conker, The real Goldeneye, Killer Instinct etc. etc. etc. It's like you hate joy. | |
EA have to win just because they've been dicks for so long now. They've been dicks since way before everyone else started becoming dicks. | |
Depends on what burns your biscuits more: management, business policies, or DRM, as well as your knowledge of recent events (in fact very recent, the games industry has long term memory loss). Personally I see each of the publishers as a big machine with gears that work independently so the mistakes they make are not "this company fails" but "a gear in this company fails." I'm not going to blame the whole company and condemn them all for a mistake when the company is essentially a black box full of variables. As such, I have a hard time working up much long term ire for companies. I do think people tend to hate on EA more in a general sense as that's where people tend to lobe criticism first so I think that that central focus and reactive earns them the award. | |
To me it comes down to EA or Ubisoft. But. EA ruined Mass Effect so I am going to have to pick EA. I still reallllly hate Ubisoft though.
1) HAHAHAHAHA!!! No EA, just no. | |
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defenitly Ea because of their bloody online passes, | |
The MPAA and RIAA. Complete monsters who regularly screw over artists / devs / film-makers, waged war against VCR, and now is waging war against the Internet all out of greed and ignorance. Just go to Wikipedia and look at all the stupid bullsh*t they've been doing for decades now: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_Picture_Association_of_America http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America Sorry to say this, but compared to these *ssholes the Big 3 publishers are angels. | |
I chose EA, they seem to have this tendancy to horde everything, has anyone ever seen a movie tie-in game that wasn't owned by EA? because I haven't consequently has anybody seen a movie tie-in game that was any good since LOTR? because I haven't (I'll just clarify that games based on different parts of a movies universe (such as KOTOR and LOTR online) don't necessarily count) what I mean by movie tie-in game is a game based solely on the story of a movie of course that's just my opinion, also the online passes thing...shame on you EA! also closing down so many smaller studios...you're choking the industry EA....well I can only think of one studio at present (pandemic studios) but I'm sure there are more of them | |
Activision are just businessmen doing what businessmen do. Ubisoft are idiot children who don't know what they're doong. But EA...EA is after your soul. | |
I can't believe it took so long for someone to say this. I bought an Xbox for Kamei, Perfect Dark and Viva Piņata. Now Microsoft are having them make Kinect motherfucking Sports 2? Stay innovative guys! It's all well saying "we want to make VP3/Banjo 4/Killstinct sequel", but why don't you? Kinect Sports is hardly lighting the world on fire. Fuck Microsoft. They take my Ģ40 a year, they wank over a perfectly fine interface annually (dashboard :[[), charge obnoxious amounts of money for Points that you need a spreadsheet to really understand and stifle all creativity in their subsidiaries. | |
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Activision isn't all that bad. Sure they're greedy bastards, but which corporation isn't? They have a few working models and they stick to them. They're not trying to fuck over a lot of people like EA and Ubisoft, and they let Blizzard do their thing, which is nice. Kotick is still a talentless, greedy, good for nothing prick. And virtually anyone [or anything] can do his job even better than he can.
Ubisoft is being run by morons. They make some awesome games but they're so fuckin' stupid with their DRM policy, it's driving me mad sometimes.
EA is fuckin' mental though. They are greedy. Can't make a game worth a fuck. They ruin great studios, they force developers to make shitty DLC all the time, and their PR department is being run by by the criminally insane.