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John Riccitiello steps down as CEO of Electronic Arts. [Resignation/Farewell Letters]
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JakkuFurosu
Member
Ill stay put on my EA hate train till I see something positive.
zerokoolpsx
Member
Wow, damn.
"I'm Sorry for SimCity" is not in that. Why not?
Hehe.
In reality, it makes sense. His position's been in jeopardy pretty much since he's been hired, with rumors peaking a year or two ago that he was about to be let go. EA was making a LOT more money prior to 2006 than they are now (though, come to think of it, that's pretty much the entire generation).
Personally, I think being evil might be catching up to them, but, of course, they're going to blame Riccitello for the poor performance of Dead Space 3, Bulletstorm, Dante's Inferno, The Old Republic, and Syndicate, as well as the poor public reaction to SimCity. Pretty sure they should be blaming Bioware for inventing project $10, DICE for browser-Battlefield, Bulletstorm's marketing/stupid design, and the guy who won't approve online-only games.
Hehe.
In reality, it makes sense. His position's been in jeopardy pretty much since he's been hired, with rumors peaking a year or two ago that he was about to be let go. EA was making a LOT more money prior to 2006 than they are now (though, come to think of it, that's pretty much the entire generation).
Personally, I think being evil might be catching up to them, but, of course, they're going to blame Riccitello for the poor performance of Dead Space 3, Bulletstorm, Dante's Inferno, The Old Republic, and Syndicate, as well as the poor public reaction to SimCity. Pretty sure they should be blaming Bioware for inventing project $10, DICE for browser-Battlefield, Bulletstorm's marketing/stupid design, and the guy who won't approve online-only games.
Banana Kid
Member
Clearly he didn't gather enough war assets.
StevePharma
Member
NullPointer
Member
Not really, especially if you consider <parameter:string>
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
If Peter Moore is taking over then honestly its probably worse.
AHA-Lambda
Member
Voice of Reason
Banned
hahaha
ShockingAlberto
Member
I am sure this is more because of TOR than Sim City but they probably saw benefit in it seeming symbolic.
Buttonbasher
Member
Goodbye John.
razgriz417
Member
I wish there was a gif form of this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J6-3l3hCm0
RedNumberFive
Banned
Time to get that resume ready, and update that Linked In profile!
EA is beyond salvation.
And I have the feeling that the rest of the board is worse than Riticcello, as he was the one who invested in new IP in his first years.
And I have the feeling that the rest of the board is worse than Riticcello, as he was the one who invested in new IP in his first years.
SimCity happened.
lazybones18
Banned
Is this real life?
SteveWinwood
Member
yes please
Poetic.Injustice
Member
ElRenoRaven
Member
Come on Peter Moore. Only you can save gaming EA.
Be assured the board of directors will be looking for a replacement who will push harder on that kind of stuff.
PowderedToast
Junior Member
so how much of this is down to the old republic? must have had his resignation planned for a while.
We need a long list of his many "accomplishments" now.
-Bought and crushed Pandemic and participated in Bioware's downfall
-Started project 10 dollar and other anti-consumer tactics
-SimCity fiasco
-The old republic bombing, perhaps the most expensive bust ever
-Pulled out of Steam and started a competing service that no one wanted and is worse in every way
People can add to it. There are literally too many to list for just me.
-Bought and crushed Pandemic and participated in Bioware's downfall
-Started project 10 dollar and other anti-consumer tactics
-SimCity fiasco
-The old republic bombing, perhaps the most expensive bust ever
-Pulled out of Steam and started a competing service that no one wanted and is worse in every way
People can add to it. There are literally too many to list for just me.
Exactly. This is the direction EA is heading in. He is being fired because of his hefty investments in the beginning that were gamer friendly. Mobile and annual Madden/Battlefield/FIFA is the future of EA. Expect the worse. Riticello was reacting to the deep shit he put EA in.
Leave the memories alone~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Y4-X0WUNN_g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Y4-X0WUNN_g
