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John Riccitiello steps down as CEO of Electronic Arts. [Resignation/Farewell Letters]
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Kill Your Masters
Member
If this is for the better or worse is to be seen.
I hope we won't be looking back at the 'better days when John was around'.
I hope we won't be looking back at the 'better days when John was around'.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Let me be CEO of EA I'll turn every studio into a Mass Effect studio then we'll see who is the best publisher in the industry you'll all see YOU'LL ALL SEE
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
Long time coming.
Dead Space, Mirror's Edge, Brutal Legend, BioWare purchase. All investments that EA needed a return on.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Promote Peter!
onlyindreams
Banned
Obviously a joke
I don't know if you've heard, but ol Petey loves him some microtransactions.
He slept with too many of NeoGAF's waifus.
If EA wants to stay relevant, this is the only option.
When people are saying SWTOR is the culprit, are they referring to the fact that it went F2P to make money? Or is swtor just the least successful mmo on the market now or something. I'm currently playing it and having a lot of fun and was under the impression that going F2P actually made it money.
VeryGooster
Banned
BolognaSoup
Member
Please DON'T ensure a smooth transition EA. We want nothing to go well by your standards.
Also, don't lie to your customers.
Also, don't lie to your customers.
FullMetalx117
Member
To anyone saying SimCity caused this you are wrong. The game is a success after 2 weeks
I would totally take the fall on my Origin account and purchase history if it would mean 100% move to Steam. I don't even need the games, I'd buy them again on the Winter Sale.
Fuck it, take the service offline for all I care.
MikeE21286
Member
WOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWW!
Really? What has Origin's presence done for gamers? All it has done is pull EA games off of Steam as Steam continues to do what it was doing before Origin and Uplay and anything else existed. Which is constantly add progressive features that generally improve the quality of the service and people's happiness with it.
What did Origin do? Add the ability to not play SimCity with their servers? Hold some games' collector's editions on Origin only for $80+?
ComputerMKII
Banned
Glorious day.
The Grim Heaper
Member
This is pretty nuts.
Jibbajabbawockky
Member
Hmmm.... on one hand, this could be good? On the other, is Peter Moore or Frank Gibeau a better CEO?
Its a bit of the devil you know versus the devil you don't know...
Its a bit of the devil you know versus the devil you don't know...
Smiles and Cries
Member
this is big now drop the megaton Reggie leaves NOA to take this job muhahahahaha
ZING!
Raitosaito
Member
Whoa
This is my favorite comment.
can you even imagine
Hahahaha. Likely but I'm just hoping for some Wii u support now
His Galaxy Readiness was subpar...
Hot Coldman
Banned
They probably got a return on that BioWare investment if I had to guess. Dead Space too probably. Anyway, you think investors give a shit about those when there's a giant, George Lucas-shaped elephant in the room bleeding all over the floor?
IdreamofHIME
Member
Just according to Peter Moore's keikaku
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
I don't know if I'd really call it a prediction. He said Riccitello told him himself that he thought he was going to get the axe due to their stock falling.
You know whenever someone says that it ALWAYS ends up worse. But this is just the beginning flare up of EA's woes. I imagine their next CEO will be completely mobile/browser focused with the exception of their 3 or so annual games.
Mark my words EA will probably end up on the trash heap come next generation along with THQ.