G-pinions

Calling EA the most evil company in the industry is just silly. If you don't like their games, fine. But evil? Bah. What are the "many, many reasons"? The only two I can glean from your anti-EA pro-Sega anti-Sony rant are that they killed the Dreamcast and that they don't support Microsoft's online service. First off, no matter how good of a system the DC was, it was doomed from the beginning. It had a fairly successful launch, but tapered off from there fairly quickly. The release of the PS2 was just the nail in the coffin. And it wasn't just because of the lack of support from EA. There was no Square. There was little Konami. And there was obviously no Sony or Nintendo. The whole problem that you mentioned with EA (that they have no great franchises - which for the sake of argument I'll agree with) was the same problem that Sega had. Besides Sonic (meh), Sega didn't have any system sellers. Most of their best exclusives were all ported, as you well know, and while there was plenty of innovation on the DC, most of it didn't sell. And if the system and games were as amazing and superior to everything else as you make it seem, it shouldn't have needed support from EA.

And as far as EA supporting X-Box Live, why wouldn't they want to team up with the leader in the marketplace? Besides, I'm sure that before years end you'll see EA games online on the X-box. About those "inferior online games"...what makes them inferior? EA Games are some of the best online games on any system, and most support 56k (not that I need it, but it's nice for everyone) and all of them are always free. And dammit Tom, you don't play any games online, so how can you judge their games and services?

And if competition spurns creativity, wouldn't it be better if EA was exclusive to Sony? Then the XSN sports titles would have to pick up the pace and up their quality too. If EA was on every system, online, what would be the motivation for other companies to make new, more innovative sports franchises? There would be none. That potential monopoly is the only bad thing I can fathom for the future.

And saying that EA games "aren't bad" is doing them a gross injustice. The quality and polish and fun factor in the SSX, NBA Street, LOTR and Sports franchises is astounding, nevermind their countless other titles. If they made bad software, Sega's 2K series would have been able to hold it's own and take over the market, as would the XSN games.

Overall, it just sounds like you hate them for being as good as they are.

P.S. The Bouncer was not 2D, and gamers did not "flock" to it, by any means.