2008 October 31 2008
Layoffs at Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts, the number one video game company Activision Blizzard if not supersedes, a company that does nothing offered a millionaire by Take Two, now announces a cut of 6 percent of its staff in order to save $ 50 million as a result some disappointing results in the third quarter.
October seems to have been a good month and, as I noted at parties and Activision Xbox earlier in the week, although in principle had not been affected, it seems that game companies are beginning to feel the crisis right in the worst moment in the Christmas season, during which the bill about 70% of video games all year.
It seems that the games that have worked best in the third quarter of the year, in which EA losses have increased significantly, were Madden NFL 09, Spore, Mercenaries 2, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 and and Warhammer Online. Call powerfully attention that does not appear in the list Spore.
The layoffs will begin to communicate now. The hiring will be frozen pending, it will reduce redundancies and some positions will be closed completely. I hope that does not affect much to Spain, although, come to think, just cut into my favorite section ... As we ran out of programs TV AD ! No, not that! Please! Nooooo!!
I sympathize with the people of EA since I, unfortunately, I am in the same situation .
Conclusion: Do not you find it strange that companies with profits have to kick people? It is clearly exploiting the crisis to lose weight and re-hire companies at better prices or cheaper elsewhere. The truth is that not only the financial system is rotten ...
Sources:
- Gamesindustry.biz
- In Gamespot are following the news with constant updates. Highly recommended to follow the news there.
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A couple of comments on one of the paragraphs which I reproduce below:
"It seems that games that have worked best in the third quarter of the year, in which EA losses have increased significantly, were Madden NFL 09, Spore, Mercenaries 2, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 and Warhammer Online. It is very striking that the list does not appear in Spore. "
The first: I think it is a copy paste error: "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 and Warhammer Online," the "and" I think it should be an "and" unless you have a game named "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 and Warhammer Online. "
And the second: Spore is on the list you said, right? or are you talking about another list?
Spinning fine eh?
Indeed, it is a copy paste error. Write all the games again was a pain.
In the list that I, that is to have worked best games, not Spore. I understand that that is clear.
Salu2, Jorge
The other day I was in the eye and told me that was wrong of sight, but Spore had not seen him in the list!
Mea culpa.
Thanks for the comment Neko
No, the paragraph is confusing, so I understand you say that the list of games that have worked best have been: Madden NFL 09, SPORE!, Mercenaries 2, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 and Warhammer Online. And despite being EA games that have worked best have not been profitable and have not yet recovered the money invested (I do not think the losses have increased, probably did not earn the money they expected something that is very different).
It seems that they have not sold as expected. We also have affected the delay of harry folders and some investments in various studies. Watch the news gamespot.