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

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DMeisterJ said:
I just found this article:

http://www.gamecyte.com/eas-fiscal-2009-update-sales-down-cuts-imminent

Apparently, the Wii is part of the problem because 2/3 of the sales on the Wii are first-party, something that hasn't happened since pre-PS1 days. Nintendo has Wii software sales on a stranglehold. Their own.

 

 Ah ha ha ha. That's so awesome. SO AWESOME. By almost any measure possible, EA's titles with the highest production values and most investment are as follows:

Rock Band 2
Mirror's Edge
Dead Space
Left 4 Dead
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning

Is anyone going to contest that list? I would say it's almost unquestionable that these are EA's "big games" for this holiday. Let me know if I left one out or something. Of these five, four aren't even releasing for the Wii at all, and the fifth (Rock Band 2) is releasing late on the Wii and won't be out until the Christmas shopping period is essentially over.

And somehow, the Wii is to blame? Oh god, I love it.