StuBurns said:They are the biggest third party publisher.
EA is the #1 third party publisher on consoles, Activision is the biggest overall.Xamdou said:I thought Activision is currently?
StuBurns said:They are the biggest third party publisher.
EA is the #1 third party publisher on consoles, Activision is the biggest overall.Xamdou said:I thought Activision is currently?
Nirolak said:EA is the #1 third party publisher on consoles, Activision is the biggest overall.
Xamdou said:So COO is like the second in command of the company? Lord protector of the gaming realm?
It can't go too badly as long as they get Jerry Stiller to cater their next event.Massa said:Reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where the bad employee gets promoted so they don't have to deal with him anymore.
The guy is charming and all but his record at EA Sports is pretty bad. How they managed to kill NBA Live is still beyond me.
Is this still true if we factor in PopCap, the iOS and Facebook markets? Seems like EA has more fingers in more pies than ever before.Nirolak said:EA is the #1 third party publisher on consoles, Activision is the biggest overall.
Massa said:Reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where the bad employee gets promoted so they don't have to deal with him anymore.
The guy is charming and all but his record at EA Sports is pretty bad. How they managed to kill NBA Live is still beyond me.
Wow, that's... unexpected.miladesn said:Frank Gibeau is in charge of EA Sports and EA Games now.
Let me get the chart:[Nintex] said:Is this still true if we factor in PopCap, the iOS and Facebook markets? Seems like EA has more fingers in more pies than ever before.
Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/04/peter-moore-now-coo-at-ea-more-execs-change-jobs/Joystiq said:-Peter Moore is now the Chief Operating Officer of the company, a role vacated by John Schappert in April
-Current EA Games label boss Frank Gibeau will serve as President of all the EA labels
-Bioware will become the fourth EA label, joining EA Games (DICE, Visceral, Criterion, EA Partners, etc.), EA Sports (Madden, FIFA, Fight Night) and EA Play (Maxis, The Sims, MySims)
-Barry Cottle moves from executive VP to of EA Interactive to heading the division, which now includes Playfish, Pogo, EA Mobile, EA's partnership with Hasbro, Asian mobile and online games and PopCap
Source: http://www.ea.com/news/riccitiello-changing-and-growingJoystiq said:POSTED BY John Riccitiello ON 08 4, 2011
John Riccitiello: Changing and Growing
Today we announced some changes in EAs organization that reflect how we create and distribute our games, as well as how we nurture the talent of our employees.
This is the first material re-organization since we established EAs label structure in 2007. Our progress since then has been incredible. We executed against three transformational strategies: (1) Fewer, Better, Bigger, (2) Expanding our digital businesses, and (3) Tighter cost management. Our quality has risen dramatically. Weve built an $800m+ digital business while pushing down operating costs. Not all of it was easy but looking back, it was exactly the right structure and priorities for the challenges we faced.
Now, we are switching from defense to offense. Were focusing on building our intellectual properties/franchises into year-round business. Weve established our own platform, Origin, and we continue to grow our digital business.
We are already seeing big returns on our investment in change. Thats why this is precisely the right time to update our organization. A few highlights that were announced today:
-Peter Moore is now our Chief Operating Officer.
-Frank Gibeau will serve as President of the EA Labels.
-Our Label structure is expanding to four EA Games, EA SPORTS, EA Play and BioWare.
-Barry Cottle is heading up EA Interactive which now includes Playfish, Pogo, EA Mobile, our partnership with Hasbro, the online and mobile business in Asia and soon, PopCap.
Two final thoughts on the reorganization:
First, I think its a great reflection on EA that we are able to tap so much world-class leadership from within our own ranks. The depth of talent and leadership in this company is inspiring.
Second, as I look across EA and back on its history, I come to an important realization. The people who succeed here are the ones who map their creative vision over a deep understanding of what our consumers want. Our Label structure reflects that strategy. It creates a close partnership between developers and product marketers that connects the creative process to our consumers.
This is an exciting time. The opportunities are growing exponentially and EA is growing and changing to capture them.
While I agree that he had passion, the Xbox division wasn't far off a disaster under him. Losing endless amount of money, the RROD fiasco and how it was handled, then losing Bungie to independence and Bioware and Bizarre to EA and Activision. As much as I hate the direction Don Mattrick is taking the 360, from a business point of view (and after all, this is a business) he's certainly turned it around.CoachKevin said:From the Dreamcast to the Xbox 360. He gives off the sense that he loves what he does and believes in what he is selling.
StuBurns said:The PC position is surprising to me, I don't know anything they make that's popular other than the Sims. And compared to WoW/StarCraft 2/CoD I can't believe they're outselling Acti.
He's the COO of Zynga.[Nintex] said:So what happened to John Schappert?
Organizational labels, not literal labeling on the box.MaddenNFL64 said:Figured Bioware would get it's own label. So can they get rid of the EA label on their games now?
Moore did reel in Epic Games, a ton of third party support and he expanded Xbox Live quite a bit. He basically set the stage for Mattrick and the others that followed him. I believe that in the end it was Robbie Bach who pushed things too far on the hardware side.Monty Mole said:While I agree that he had passion, the Xbox division wasn't far off a disaster under him. Losing endless amount of money, the RROD fiasco and how it was handled, then losing Bungie to independence and Bioware and Bizarre to EA and Activision. As much as I hate the direction Don Mattrick is taking the 360, from a business point of view (and after all, this is a business) he's certainly turned it around.
They distribute Valve's games, I don't think any of those other games do CoD/WoW numbers, maybe I'm mistaken.GarthVaderUK said:They've got Battlefield and FIFA as well, the Bioware RPGs, and they publish the Crysis games. Don't they publish Valve's games at retail too?
Nirolak said:He's the COO of Zynga.
Organizational labels, not literal labeling on the box.
This is basically a way to promote BioWare executives while still leaving Frank Gibeau overseeing them.
They don't need to, they just need to combine to end up being more.StuBurns said:They distribute Valve's games, I don't think any of those other games do CoD/WoW numbers, maybe I'm mistaken.
Maybe if you add them all up they do?StuBurns said:I don't think any of those other games do CoD/WoW numbers, maybe I'm mistaken.
FIFA sold 15 million and BF:BC 2 sold 9 million according to their latest financial report.StuBurns said:They distribute Valve's games, I don't think any of those other games do CoD/WoW numbers, maybe I'm mistaken.
I don't think they do though. Last year there was BF:BC2, and Mass Effect 2, I'm sure they both did decently, but nothing compared to SC2, CoD:BO and Cataclysm.Nirolak said:They don't need to, they just need to combine to end up being more.
What about on PC which is what we're talking about?anonnumber6 said:FIFA sold 15 million and BF:BC 2 sold 9 million according to their latest financial report.
FIFA in Europe is almost as popular as Call of Duty.
StuBurns said:They distribute Valve's games, I don't think any of those other games do CoD/WoW numbers, maybe I'm mistaken.
If I had to guess, I'd say it's almost entirely due to retail sales in Europe.StuBurns said:I don't think they do though. Last year there was BF:BC2, and Mass Effect 2, I'm sure they both did decently, but nothing compared to SC2, CoD:BO and Cataclysm.
What about on PC which is what we're talking about?
Yep and he was always a big hit at E3. Don Mattrick is a poor substitute.JonCha said:Remember when he was talking about the original Xbox and the X360 launch?