fenrir Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 Just got the new Gameinformer, and yeah. "The economy has been tough, and the strains of missteps is causing EA to take extraordinary measures. After a similar gutting lass than a year ago, the publisher, developer is making cuts in personnel, studios, and projects. The company says it will lay off 1,500 employees by April of next year. Including the closure of 'several facilities,' according to EA CEO John Riccitello. EA's second fiscal quarter results saw a decrease in year-over-year revenues. The closure of Saboteur developer Pandemic Studios highlights company-wide cuts reportedly affecting developers throughout the internal EA system." That's just a small part. Discuss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brushfire Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 Meh. Developers will find other publishers, most likely Activision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenrir Posted December 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 No, some are supposedly getting transferred to new studios or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brushfire Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 Again, it should be no worries. I never cared for EA's Publishing nor their advertising anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chex Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 I don't know if these really proceeds to EA but it should since these are EA published games. They should stop with trying so hard to make the Need for Speed games into a simulated racer game and bring it back to being just a straight out a pursuit game like Need for Speed Carbon (my favorite Need for Speed game) or Need for Speed Most Wanted. If they try to make a simulated racer game, their chances of beating Forza Motorsport 3 and Gran Turismo 5 at that are slim since those 2 games only make simulated racing games (just an opinion). Also, they need to improve on Medal of Honor terribly; MOH Airborne's campaign was straight out boring until the last few intense campaign maps. Army of Two also could be improved drastically, the online play could be better and the campaign just sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 Goodbye Madden. Thanks God. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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