We're not the only ones who spotted Peter Moore's defence of his company as EA made it into the semi-finals for the “Worst Company in America” award, as the Consumerist – the organiser of the contest – caught wind of it too. The site has offered its own response to Moore's response – titled “EA Admits It “Can Do Better” But Blames Worst Company Success On Homophobes And Whiny Madden Fans – in which it systematically picks at each of the COO's points. Here's a brief rundown of some of the reasons the Consumerist believes EA is deserving of the award:
The inclusion of EA last year made no mention of Mass Effect 3 or SOPA (which Moore suggests are the unfair reasons consumers voted , but focused on “EA's history of buying up smaller, successful developers with the intention of milking – and arguably ruining – the intellectual properties that made these acquired companies so attractive.”
On microtransactions, “just because people are allowing you to nickel-and-dime them it doesn't mean you should be doing it.”
EA has “done itself a disservice by trying to pin its own high-profile problems on homophobia and whiny gamers. These people are EA's customers.”
Whether or not Moore's defence of EA was a solid one, it seems the Consumerist will have the last laugh as moments ago it revealed – we can only assume with some glee – that EA has made it into the finals alongside the same rival it faced last year, Bank of America. Do you think we'll see a repeat of last year's result?
