Publisher You Hate the Most?

So, of the publishers above, which one do you hate the most!?

I never had much against any of them, but EA is really starting to get on my nerves. I've bought two Origin-enabled games on disc now and both ended up downloading rather than installing from the disc. If EA want their own content protection...fine, but at least test your software properly!

It shouldn't be difficult to code in a condition to install from a disc...

I never had much against any of them, but EA is really starting to get on my nerves. I've bought two Origin-enabled games on disc now and both ended up downloading rather than installing from the disc. If EA want their own content protection...fine, but at least test your software properly!

It shouldn't be difficult to code in a condition to install from a disc...

LordRork

Activision for Call of Booty(meaning that i don't like COB and some of Activision). EA is fine. Ubisoft kicks ass. Microsoft is great... Nuff' said

Edit: Sega is one of my publishers i hate... Sorry fanbois :(

I dislike EA for cancelling Dungeon Keeper 3. Dude...come on.

Activision, for Bobby Kotick. He trumps anything bad about the others.

EA for canceling hockey on pc and a close 2nd to ubisoft for retarded drm which only hurts people who buy the game not the pirates.

Hate em all ... some reasons:

Activision - screwed up CoD and more !

EA - Origin and even more !

Ubisoft - hated em before, just dislike them now - good job Ubi !

Microsoft - dunno ... meh, put em on the hate list ... becouse why not !

Atari because they're terrible at their job and they make things extremely hard for developers.

I never had much against any of them, but EA is really starting to get on my nerves. I've bought two Origin-enabled games on disc now and both ended up downloading rather than installing from the disc. If EA want their own content protection...fine, but at least test your software properly!

It shouldn't be difficult to code in a condition to install from a disc...

LordRork

EA for ruining Bioware.

Atari because they're terrible at their job and they make things extremely hard for developers.

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I never had much against any of them, but EA is really starting to get on my nerves. I've bought two Origin-enabled games on disc now and both ended up downloading rather than installing from the disc. If EA want their own content protection...fine, but at least test your software properly!

It shouldn't be difficult to code in a condition to install from a disc...

DanielDust

I don't hate any publishers. I know that they have a duty and obligation to keep their company afloat and profitable. There are so many business operations that must be done. My responsibility isn't to whine and point the finger at a publisher. My responsibility as a consumer is to NOT buy what I don't like. I just hope that people aren't hypocrites by buying products they continually complain about. Elann2008

Then there's the other dilemma I have, which is... I've had an unpleasant experience w/ a dev so I ignored many of their games... but then there's just that one awesome looking game by that dev which is on sale at -80%.:x

activision milked this life and the other out of call of duty (and i can't blame them if i was a publisher and see the same dumb people buying the same game year after year id do it too) but they don't come near to ruining the game industry at the level EA has.

Ubisoft by a mile. The fact that they have really FUBARed their games and are now trying to make them accessible to everyone along with that really screwed up 24/7 DRM known as OSP. I paid for all my games and I own some $600 worth of their games and in some instances, two of some games andI hate being treated like I am the pirate. They can kissmy rear and they will not get another penny from me.

EA and ubisoft were once cool.. even microsoft during their zoo tycoon and age of empires era (idc about gears of wars or halo)

No need to say anything about activision. They all worsen with time but my most "hated" publisher atm is ubisoft, for destroying splinter cell and their indifference towards pc gaming.

EA for their stance in general on PC gamers as a whole. I hate that they force Origin upon us with claim that it "ensures" better service, when truth be told I've had nothing but lack luster service from Origin. I also hate that they took the Madden franchise off of PC. I'm a big football fan and wouldn't mind being able to play madden. I also hate how they're making you pay for online activations if you purchase a used EA game on a console(not sure how it works with PC). Plus, their customer service is down right abominable.

I also hate Ubisoft second to EA.

Pay a minimum amount of attention to what you're doing and you will install from the disc.

DanielDust

Err, I put the disc in and pressed install. I even tried it a 2nd time. So yes, I was paying attention.

Activision-You greedy b@s+@rds; milking franchises to death, having obscure prices for very small content ($20 map packs?), and just overpricing everything (Call of Duty Eliete $100? Why?).

EA-They too are turning down the path of Activision as they continually kill Bioware off and other developers; not to mention they do things their own way like making a completely ridiculous, pointless, and bad downloadable service that even in time just can't stand up to Steam (not even in one thousand years will Origin ever reach Steam and their services), and effing stupid ideas (Online Pass? Really?).

Ubisoft-The least of the hated bunch but they are growing on me in a bad way due to their treatment of PC users and what we get from them (Assassin's Creed 2 DRM...need I say more?)

Microsoft-Greedy as the others and just @#$% their Games for Windows Live $#!+. Seriously, it RUINED Batman: Arkham Asylum for me.

Out of the four the most hated is EA because Bioware is...welll...was a great developer that now their running them into the ground and their online passes are just stupid beyound belief and their greedyness exceeds even Activision with Origins and god knows WHAT else. :x

Activision :?

EA without a doubt. They take all of the horrible practices from other publishers and combine them to form the most vile collection of capitalist wizardry in the industry. They even got away with charging a $5 fee for preordering SWTOR. Think about that for a minute, and despair.

Wheres the Valve choice?

Ubisoft.

King of DRM stupidity and inability to understand their customer base.

Completely took the uniqueness and greatness of the Tom Clancy rights and buried them into mediocracy.

Wheres the Valve choice?

Prexxus

EA due to the horrid Origin service. Also, I don't necessarily hate them but throw Microsoft in there as well for messing with RARE.

Ubisoft, because I am extremely unimpressed by what they have to offer, all capped off with some funny DRM ideas.

Though I am liking EA less and less with each passing release, the little things add up, and they have some pretty sh*tty business practices under their belts. As for Activision, because I've stopped playing Call of Duty, they are essentially irrelevant to me. If we don't include Activision-Blizzard, it really doesn't have a franchise to die for.

Why would I hate a publisher? What's the reasoning?

Activision. The way they do business is simply put a disease for gaming.

Same goes for Ubisoft, it's absolutely amazing that I just can't find anything good come out of Ubisoft. It looks like they actually WANT to make people hate them. It's not like they make good games anymore either :|

Easily Ubisoft. Yes, Activision and EA have some messed up policies, but at least their PR has better things to do than constantly insulting an entire community of fans.

I guess it's EA for supporting SOPA :|. I'm about to uninstall all their **** and never buy any thing else from them.

EA for their monopoly on the Madden series, taking it away from us on the PC, and not letting another company make an NFL game in its place.

Furthermore, after snuffing out any chance for competition, they sell a $60 roster update once a year.

All 3 of them. Activision for only releasing rehashes and pricey DLC, EA for absorbing development studios and killing them (Bullfrog, Westwood), Uibisoft for treating us PC gamers like pirates. Miroku32

Wheres the Valve choice?

Prexxus

Activision, for Bobby Kotick. He trumps anything bad about the others.

Esoteric

Normally I would say Activision, but I hate Ubisoft the most because I actually want to play their games but they make it damn clear they don't want my money with thier horrible DRM BS.

EA for their stance in general on PC gamers as a whole. I hate that they force Origin upon us with claim that it "ensures" better service, when truth be told I've had nothing but lack luster service from Origin. I also hate that they took the Madden franchise off of PC. I'm a big football fan and wouldn't mind being able to play madden. I also hate how they're making you pay for online activations if you purchase a used EA game on a console(not sure how it works with PC). Plus, their customer service is down right abominable.

I also hate Ubisoft second to EA.

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