Gabriel Cavalcanti writes: "Though they've made dubious decisions, shut down a number of promising studios, and perpetuated unlikable business trends, the company isn't inherently evil. It's not as if EA is funneling its money towards the creation of a new Death Star—no pun intended."
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.
What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.
We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.
If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."
Today, Koei Tecmo announced its financial results for the full fiscal year 2025, related to the period between April 2025 and March 2026.
I've had issues with EA for years. I don't really buy their games and if I do it's pre owned. Mostly sports titles for one of my sons.
I loved Mass Effect and if you had asked me in 2007 if the series would turn into what Andromeda was I would've said you are crazy but that's exactly what happened.
When Deadspace hit I was blown away and shocked EA was involved but I didn't question it I just enjoyed this rare gem from an otherwise by the numbers company. Fast forward to part 3 and again they destroyed another game that had so much potential.
They love to force multi player modes into games that don't need them. They buy up companies and then gut them.
The amount of money they waste is astonishing. It's like they are in a contest to see how bloated a budget can get. The waste blows my mind and then they try to guilt customers by saying games are so expensive to make and that's why there's season passes, day one DLC, loot crates/boxes etc.
I say if they can't make fun engaging games and make a profit like so many others do then maybe they should try something else.
I've been done with them for years but it seems now with all the fallout from the disaster Battlefront 2 was many more are starting to see them for what they are!
What if Konami isn’t evil? What if Konami & EA just needed a hug? 😂
Sympathy for the Devil? EA make even the devil look good in comparison.
What if websites started writing real articles that weren't clickbait?
EA confused their ways. They forgot that such industry is about fun and client satisfaction. Their intention to monetize and get quick gains got them out of touch with the gaming community.
EA politics will ruin them on the long run of they don't change their politics and their policies. EA continues to destroy great ideas such as Battlefront 2. They abandoned Mass Effect franchise and now they probably will do the same with Anthem.
What sympathy could anyone have for a company that devours great talent, wastes a lot of money on the wrong direction and exploits the player with gambling through loot boxes?
EA directive must be changed and reevaluated from the ground up. Their greed and ambition are murdering great projects and development teams. The attitude they have is not redeemable at all. They try to weasel out the exploitation of their customers who pays them their salary. Each year they harvest gripe, hate and disdain with their decisions.
Instead of delivering fun they try to force profits through a process that hurts the game, developers and the gaming community. Their toxic business strategies must change or these will end up destroying the whole company. I'm glad that many is calling them out for their fiasco.
The gaming community is starting to be aware of these companies adopting one voice against gambling, pay to win, pay walls, grinding, fractured DLCs and unfair prices of incomplete unpolished products. EA took the first beating and if they don't stop the gaming community will boycott them. Take 2, Activision and Ubisoft got away with that long time ago, if these companies doesn't soften up with their policies, the gaming community will continue getting stronger with their boycotts.
We don't sympathize with the devil, with EA's greed, with these companies' ploys, scams, racketeering and their frauds. Many of us are not going to sympathize with companies who takes advantages of kids, enthusiasts and fans. EA must understand that.
As an example to be mentioned Guerrilla Games proved to be the exact opposite providing a great game at a fair price, endless support and a satisfying DLC. Companies who cares for the player, provides a fair treatment and delivers quility must be the ones staying in the business. They earned their place unlike those other companies who tries to grab money in a desperate manner without a fair amount of delivery.
SImple.