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“A recession is about the impact on sales, and layoffs are a function of profitability. That’s not the fault of the economy, that’s the fault of bad planning.” - Wedbush Morgan analyst, Michael Pachter

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who which devs have cut jobs?



EA is cutting like crazy.



EA was making shit til Dead Space came out >_o



“A recession is about the impact on sales, and layoffs are a function of profitability. That’s not the fault of the economy, that’s the fault of bad planning.” - Wedbush Morgan analyst, Michael Pachter


Of course all that bad planning was based on bad analysis.



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FishyJoe said:
EA is cutting like crazy.

 

EA and SecureRom, cut away.

Hope Sims3 is DRM free, I actually really want to buy it.



Galaki said:
FishyJoe said:
EA is cutting like crazy.

 

EA and SecureRom, cut away.

Hope Sims3 is DRM free, I actually really want to buy it.

which means there is hope that EA wil patch all their games to not have SecuRom installed

 



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Yeah, surprising, there are more than just Sims3 that I could have bought if they didn't have silly DRM on it. Just Sims3 is what I look forward to the most.

I've had my fair share of SecuRom problems and won't buy anything that has it on it.

Come on, EA, do the right thing.



Wait, what? Maybe if the hub of the financial world was based around video game development, you could blame the devs. But since the entire problem is much more macro than electronics companies, I'll go on record and blame the recession itself.

Let me guess, this article probably revolves around something Pachter said.

 

EDIT: Lol...it is a Pachter article. Was this guy really lonely in highschool, or what?



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Tyrannical said:

“A recession is about the impact on sales, and layoffs are a function of profitability. That’s not the fault of the economy, that’s the fault of bad planning.” - Wedbush Morgan analyst, Michael Pachter


Of course all that bad planning was based on bad analysis.

yep

However that sentence is right.

 



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