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Avinash_Tyagi on 25 November 2009
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NJ5 said:
Joelcool7 said:
Lostplanet22 said:
Respect that they will put more time in the blockbusters even if it means having a higher chance of going bankrupt...Respect.

Well I don't mind seeing EA go down because of blindly following Sony and Microsoft. Just leave us UbiSoft and Sega. The rest can all go die making high quality cinematic material if they want. Its their money and I don't buy their products so let em leave. Not sure how many others here buy EAGames. To date the only EA game I own is Blur and I got it for 9.99$ boxing day. EA just doesn't make the kind of games that suit the Wii.

As of October 2008, EA had almost 10000 employees. Since then they laid off 2500, so the company got 25% smaller.

Given that their latest cost reductions are not enough for profitability (they're saving around $100 million a year, but lost $391 million in the last quarter alone), I wouldn't be surprised to see even more layoffs.

More layoffs means less studios, which means less projects, which means more risk from expensive projects.

 

It would be kind of awesome to see EA go under (except for the people losing their jobs), imagine the shockwave that would send through the industry



 

Predictions:Sales of Wii Fit will surpass the combined sales of the Grand Theft Auto franchiseLifetime sales of Wii will surpass the combined sales of the entire Playstation family of consoles by 12/31/2015 Wii hardware sales will surpass the total hardware sales of the PS2 by 12/31/2010 Wii will have 50% marketshare or more by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  It was a little over 48% only)Wii will surpass 45 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  Nintendo Financials showed it fell slightly short of 45 million shipped by end of 2008)Wii will surpass 80 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2009 (I was wrong!! Wii didn't even get to 70 Million)