EA cutting more jobs, issues warnings of lower sales and profit

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Khuutra said:

Groucho said:
I wonder if EA, and other 3rd party publishers, could "force" HD console owners into purchasing Wiis and Wii titles, by simply not producing HD titles any longer. Would they benefit from lighter development costs, even though their demographics would initially be not-so-easily targetted?

Would enough of the existing gaming populace be willing to ditch their HD consoles, for a future of Wii-grade developments, due to declining profit margins and rising development costs?

If the developers all jumped ship, the consumer would have to follow or they wouldn't have any games to play.

Yeah... I mean they'd... just have to.

They won't though. Reason being... companies are inherently greedy and rarely conservative even in hard times.

Many would much rather swing for a giant blockbuster a 5 times and risk failing then make 10-20 good games with postivie margins.

The best method would seem to be to cut the HD Consoles games to only your "BIG" franchise blockbusters while putting out a lot more mid level stuff out on the Wii to fund the big franchise games and cushion yourself if they fail.