The video game industry is riding low expectations in the wake of last week's disappointing earnings and slashed guidance from Zynga (ZNGA -3.65%) and a wider-than expected net loss from Nintendo (NTDOY -0.07%).
Other video game makers are scheduled to report earnings this week, and analysts on average expect to see net losses and declining sales from Electronic Arts (EA -0.80%), Take-Two Interactive (TTWO -2.85%) and THQ (THQI +0.59%). Only Activision Blizzard (ATVI 0.00%) is catching a break, with stronger sales expected to have buoyed its profit.
The head of AI at Take-Two says his time with the company has reportedly 'come to an end.'
The rejection is non-final (and even when such rejections are labeled as “final”, the process is far from over, given that there can be, at minimum, an appeal to the Federal Circuit).
Good, as they should! A game mechanic like that shouldn't be locked behind a patent, and Nintendo didn't invent it either.
Nintendo wants to keep wasting money on bullshit lawsuits, real smart in this economy. They should put that money aside for other game projects. On the other hand, I don't care if they waste it all either, and they are screwed in the future maybe that will teach them a lesson.
EA is laying off an unknown number of individuals from across its Battlefield teams, including workers at Criterion, Dice, Ripple Effect, and Motive Studios, IGN understands.
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When logic meets EA it generates anti-matter ..... so try not to apply it in any meaningful way. Entropy is what matters in there !!
cue the apologist saying that these are mostly just contractors hired for this specific project bla bla bla
