Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts was voted “Worst Company in America” by Consumerist readers two years running, a rare consumer backlash. The studio perfected loot box exploitation in FIFA Ultimate Team, generating over $1.6 billion annually from microtransactions. It also killed beloved studios like Visceral and Maxis, and delivered the most downvoted Reddit comment in history defending Battlefront II’s pay-to-win mechanics, with 667,000 downvotes. This outrage surpasses #3 Konami’s legacy-destroying decisions, as EA’s monetization strategies directly impacted player wallets, not just nostalgia.