Earnings Breakout (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Electronic Arts (EA) is probably the company dearest to my heart growing up. I had many pleasant childhood memories playing games like One-on-One and Seven Cities of Gold on the Commodore 64 and Populous on the Amiga. They simply made great innovative games then. Somehow however the company lost its way over the years. [...]
El33tonline (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
After worse than expected quarterly financial results, and poor market reception to its original intellectual property (IP) such as Dead Space, Mirror’s Edge and Brütal Legend, EA has revealed their future strategic plans, and it doesn’t look good for original, innovative content. In the wake of the announcement that EA is to cut 1500 jobs across all of it studios, and the revelation...
The Wiire (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Frustrated by lack of support for third parties Nintendo has always been infamous for having trouble rallying quality third party support for their consoles. While Nintendo itself is and has always been able to create widely accepted first party titles, they have always been criticized for not doing more to promote and support third parties on their consoles. Unfortunately, it appears little has changed,...
USA Shopping Online @ 2dayplaza.com (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Need for Speed seems poised for a second Golden Age. The series, which captured the hearts of casual racing interested players with the Porsche based title and then with the cops and robbers mechanics inserted into the Hot Pursuit title, has this year returned to its racing roots, after a couple of disappointing releases focused on the underground scene, with the very aptly titled Shift. Electronic...
Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
EA CEO John Riccitiello voices his frustration over the decline in Nintendo Wii sales.
Cnet (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello expresses some displeasure over the Nintendo Wii and his company's inability to yield a high return on investment for Wii games.
Joystiq (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
EndSights EA's John Riccitiello has got some 'splainin to do. Investors are bound to be frustrated with the video game publisher, which recently reported a net loss of $391 million, spurring a layoffs that affected more than a thousand employees. EA's decision to not be evil has seemingly backfired , with the company forced to focus on "core slate" games that can be iterated over and over...
Dubious Quality (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
JL let me know that Gamasutra's Chris Remo wrote a parody song for the Idle Thumbs Podcast last year titled "The Ballad Of John Riccitiello." It's hilarious, entirely prophetic, and it channels Randy Newman in all the best ways. Have a listen . Here's a second bit of genius. I linked a while back to shitmydadsays , which has this description: I'm 29. I live with my 73-year-old dad. He is...
Edge Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
EA CEO John Riccitiello has expressed his frustration at the weaker than expected performance of Nintendo’s Wii. Speaking during a second quarter earnings call, the executive said that stalled Wii sales during the first half of the business year coincided with EA holding the lion’s share of third party sales for the platform. read more
El33tonline (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
During EA’s earning’s call on Monday, it was announced the publisher is being forced to cut 1500 jobs across all of its studios, which is necessary, says CEO John Riccitiello, to “transform the company.” “EA is performing well, with quality, sales and segment share up so far this year,” said Riccitiello during the call. “We are making tough calls to cut cost...
Destructoid (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Silver-haired king of Electronic Arts, John Riccitiello, has confessed that his company is feeling frustration over the current performance of a "weak" Wii, with Nintendo's smash-hit superconsole not raking in the moolah quite how EA had anticipated. "To be honest with you, I think the Wii platform has been a little weaker than we had certainly anticipated," Riccitiello tells investors...
Kotaku (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Poor EA. They bet heavy on the Wii and, of late, the Wii hasn't been doing so well, contributing at least partly to EA's recent fiscal/employee issues. Think boss John Riccitiello is happy? Well, no,...
Joystiq (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Perhaps detecting a dedicated server-shaped weakness in the competition's defenses, Electronic Arts is beginning to position next year's Battlefield: Bad Company 2 as a legitimate heir to the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare throne. On yesterday's Q2 earnings call, EA Games label prez Frank Gibeau said that, in addition to other things, Bad Company 2's "deep new online play with dedicated server...
The Gamesblog (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Job losses and canned projects as the giant publisher struggles to restore profitability. Amid the Modern Warfare maelstrom, spare a thought for Electronic Arts. The company has recently announced that it will be making 1,500 job cuts before the close of March 2010, after reporting second quarter losses of $391 million. According to Gamesindustry.biz: Although solid details on teams affected have...
1UP (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
In addition to their announcement that they'll be cutting a staggering 1,500 jobs as part of a cost-restructuring plan, Electronic Arts has also announced that they'll be releasing almost 50% fewer games in the next fiscal year compared to the last, with a reemphasis on established, "high profit" contributing titles. EA CEO John Riccitiello explained the new strategy during an investors...
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