EA CEO projected PS3 would be biggest, it put EA in a weak position

[heruamon]

stof said:

heruamon said:

 

Talk about scapegoating...As the biggest software caompany at the time, shouldn't you have made sure you could support all 3 platforms?

 

That's not scape-goating. That's admitting you screwed up. Kind of the opposite of scape-goating. They, like many others, bet on the wrong horse and it had a greater effect on the game industry than the recession did.
As for the "you should support all 3" remark... They did. They always supported all three consoles. But has anybody really supported all 3 consoles equally since there's been 3 console generations? Who do you think would have gone out of business first last gen, the company that spent their resources developing PS2 games, or the company that spent their resources developing ps2, gamecube and xbox games? 

In general I agree, but to me, part of their problem has been their buying spree....before they can integrate a company, they buy a new one.  They would been better served to establish solid publishing deals with developers, ala Valve deal, imho.  They paid $800 for Bioware and Pandemic, and closed it 8 months later.