EA ser som bekant ut att för andra året i rad sno hem den inte helt eftertraktade utmärkelsen Golden Poo som delas ut till det sämsta företaget i USA. Något ingen lyckats med tidigare. Nu har nye EA-bossen Peter Moore kommenterat saken på sin blogg där han självkritiskt konstaterar att det faktiskt finns saker man kan göra bättre.
"Let me cut to the chase: it appears EA is going to "win." Like the Yankees, Lakers and Manchester United, EA is one of those organizations that is defined by both a legacy of success, and a legion of critics (especially me regarding all three of those teams)", skriver Moore.
Han fortsätter: "Are we really the "Worst Company in America?" I'll be the first to admit that we've made plenty of mistakes. These include server shut downs too early, games that didn't meet expectations, missteps on new pricing models and most recently, severely fumbling the launch of SimCity. We owe gamers better performance than this."
Moore konstaterar dock att en del av de kampanjer som drivits mot EA för att få folk att rösta på dem saknar all vettig grund och tar som exempel:
"We've seen mailing lists that direct people to vote for EA because they disagree with the choice of the cover athlete on Madden NFL. Yes, really...
Ett till exempel är: "In the past year, we have received thousands of emails and postcards protesting against EA for allowing players to create LGBT characters in our games. This week, we're seeing posts on conservative web sites urging people to protest our LGBT policy by voting EA the Worst Company in America.
Moore avslutar: "So here's my response to this poll: We can do better. We will do better. But I am damn proud of this company, the people around the globe who work at EA, the games we create and the people that play them."
Vad säger Gamereactors läsare om Moores uttalande? Är EA USA:s sämsta företag och tror ni han kommer att hålla sitt ord och försöka börja visa spelare mer hänsyn?
