On the company’s official blog, EA COO Peter Moore has addressed the “Worst Company in America” poll. While polls like this may not hold much weight, Moore took the opportunity to promise that EA is striving to do better for gamers and fans of its products.
“Are we really the ‘Worst Company in America?’ I’ll be the first to admit that we’ve made plenty of mistakes. These include server shut downs too early, games that didn’t meet expectations, missteps on new pricing models and most recently, severely fumbling the launch of SimCity. We owe gamers better performance than this,” Moore admitted.
“So here’s my response to this poll: We can do better. We will do better. But I am damn proud of this company, the people around the globe who work at EA, the games we create and the people that play them,” he continued. “The tallest trees catch the most wind. At EA we remain proud and unbowed.”
While some conservative voices in America may be upset with EA about its stance on LGBT content in games, and that may have affected the poll as well, Moore reiterated that EA won’t stand down when it comes to LGBT issues.
“In the past year, we have received thousands of emails and postcards protesting against EA for allowing players to create LGBT characters in our games. This week, we’re seeing posts on conservative web sites urging people to protest our LGBT policy by voting EA the Worst Company in America. That last one is particularly telling. If that’s what makes us the worst company, bring it on. Because we’re not caving on that,” Moore said.
