but they have made many great games, and that is what matters the most.
The key word here is 'have'. They've managed piss off their consumers in one way or the other. I'm not saying they are the worst company (They're not by far) but if you manage to piss off everybody who plays your games by loving up the very series they have come know and love, on top of that, possible false reviews (PAID) for their games, then that company deserves at least a little bit of hate and criticism.
Is EA worse than BP, Bank of America, or Wal-Mart, no. Are they still a bad company in many people's eyes, yes.