Callum of Paranerds writes: "Yet another person high up has opened his mouth and said something extremely stupid. The last time we properly covered this sort of thing was when Dan Didio declared superheroes did not deserve to be happy. Now we have the head of a major publishing giant stating that a large chunk of the gaming community in general is opposed to all change and progression. Not only that but they are openly holding it back from having the gaming industry as a whole entering a golden age."
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
The free-to-play reboot topped 15 million players in under three weeks, but EA now claims it needs to reshape the development team.
The community warned them this would happen but nope they knew better they continued with the live service push the made the art style cartoonish and this is the result
It's always so bizarre when studios announce something super early in development under the suggestion of forming the game to player feedback, and then they push against all feedback heading straight for the cliff while everyone is warning them along the way
The Congressional Labor Caucus sent a letter to the FTC warning the debt-financed, largely PIF-owned deal could be bad news for workers
lol ya think? they're sending all that work to the cheaper labor market as soon as possible. and FYI, that labor market has exploded in the last 5-10 years. They have enough people to replace every single job. But honestly, EA is over filled with useless upper management as it is. You could probably trim 25% of their staff with no real loss in production. They aren't gamers, they're business execs. Just look at how many AI related jobs they're already starting to post. Its also hilarious that PIF owns Battle field 6
Wait,
The same congress that attacked Lina Khan when she fought the Microsoft Activision purchase.
The same congress that allowed Disney to buy 90% of Fox
The same congress that allowed Liv Golf to buy the PGA
The same congress that sits back while Paramount tries a hostile takeover despite losing the bid for Warner Bros.
NOW, the suddenly cares about doing what's "right" for works? Yeah, right.
EA now owned by The Saudis and Ubisoft to inevitably be owned by China. In hindsight, once EA and Ubisoft started having their financial woes, they should have pulled a Koei Tecmo/Bandai Namco by merging their operations into one.
Super Heroes don't deserve to be happy? Oh Come on...
No gamers hate the nickle and diming approach the industry seems to have adopted over last gen. everything now is a paid DLC or season pass. big established publishers even though with the millions they make would rather rehash old franchises rather than invest in new ips. I understand the recessions took a toll on the industry but this approach will not last long and will soon come crashing down.
No, we just hate your change.
Yet another example of these big companies putting all the blame on us when their plans don't go as smooth as they would like (MS did it with the X1 reveal, too). It's all OUR fault, WE aren't ready, WE don't like change. Nothing is ever wrong with THEIR plans and policies, no no, it's always us.
GTFO of here, EA.
No. They hate *underutilized* power, *simplified* change to reach a *broader audience* and EA because they've come to exemplify both, as well as a compromise of quality for the sake of profit.
I wish I can blame the spoon for being fat and get paid top dollar for it.......