EA is Up Against Bank of America Again in the Finals for Worst Company in America

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?