EA CEO Resigns

[jalaneme]

...source?

good riddance to the bastard, now my only wish is for EA to go completely bankrupt, that way they can't ruin the gaming industry like they already have.

 

[Psionic Roshambo]

I just find it kind of ironic that EA was kind of upset that Nintendo rejected the whole Origin thing and it seems like they can't even handle one game let alone an entire platform. I have to wonder exactly how that would have turned out... Would Origin have fudged up something super popular like Smash Bro's or Mario Kart online?

It is sad that he stepped down from this position but I doubt the guy will be working at a fast food joint to pay rent any time soon. When you hit that level of management you can find job's pretty easy even if it's running some 120K a year pay charity organization or something.

 

[ShadowSoldier]

I just find it kind of ironic that EA was kind of upset that Nintendo rejected the whole Origin thing and it seems like they can't even handle one game let alone an entire platform. I have to wonder exactly how that would have turned out... Would Origin have fudged up something super popular like Smash Bro's or Mario Kart online?

It is sad that he stepped down from this position but I doubt the guy will be working at a fast food joint to pay rent any time soon. When you hit that level of management you can find job's pretty easy even if it's running some 120K a year pay charity organization or something.

Is there a source for this whole EA upset about Origin and Nintendo thing?

Also, why would Origin have anything to do with Mario Kart or Smash Bros online? I think EA just wanted Origin for their games.

 

[the_randomizer]

Is there a source for this whole EA upset about Origin and Nintendo thing?

Also, why would Origin have anything to do with Mario Kart or Smash Bros online? I think EA just wanted Origin for their games.

Why else would EA not port several games to the Wii U?

 

[ShadowSoldier]

Why else would EA not port several games to the Wii U?

But.... they released Madden, FIFA, Mass Effect 3, Need For Speed Most Wanted U (which is the superior version of the home consoles), So that complaint doesn't really fit...

 

[Psionic Roshambo]

Is there a source for this whole EA upset about Origin and Nintendo thing?

Also, why would Origin have anything to do with Mario Kart or Smash Bros online? I think EA just wanted Origin for their games.

Was far too published and too much evidence for anyone even remotely familiar with the industry to have missed it.

No EA didn't publish a public statement saying "Yeah where butthurt that Nintendo rejected our deal to run the entire network!" lol if your looking a brain dead link to tell you that sorry to disappoint.

http://bit.ly/ZWwlpE

But if you can read multiple pages and do a tiny bit of research you can see the writing on the wall pretty easy.

 

[marksteele]

...that way they can't ruin the gaming industry like they already have.

Wait....that...sentence...mind...blown....


Anyway nothing will change till they kill off Frank Gibeau, He's the one who said he won't accept any games that don't feature always online.

 

[Kouen Hasuki]

Next puppet / scape goat please

 

[DiabloStorm]

Next puppet / scape goat please

Jay Wilson leaves Diablo 3 project.

 

[Kouen Hasuki]

Jay Wilson leaves Diablo 3 project.

That is only because they moved everyone from working on WoW and Diablo III to work on the Titan Project

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Sorry couldn't resist typing like the average MMO Champion / WoW Forum user

 

[Guild McCommunist]

good riddance to the bastard, now my only wish is for EA to go completely bankrupt, that way they can't ruin the gaming industry like they already have.

So before I would be able to cough up my first comment to a misunderstanding that your desire for them to lose their jobs meant just the comically evil villainous higher ups who live in a dark castle with the League of Evil CEOs.

But now that you basically clarified saying you wish the whole company goes bankrupt, which would entail a ton of jobs lost of honest, hardworking, middle class people just trying to feed their families, I can now firmly laugh at you and your complete selfishness.

I just find it hilarious that you love to cry profusely over goddamn microtransactions (which aren't even bad for crying out loud) but won't give a shit about bigger fish to fry. Go cry about Nintendo using conflict materials or Apple employing Foxconn, not microtransactions.

God you are the like the funniest person on this forum. Sorry emigre.

 

[Hadrian]

A think it's worth noting that the guy actually was into video games and would talk about them quite frequently. Considering a lot of higherups in gaming companies are usually just businessmen, not gamers, it was refreshing to see a CEO who really knew and cared about the product he was working with.

And that is why this guy is much better than Reggie (Reggie would totally do all kinds of questionable things if Nintendo would allow him to). He can get a job elsewhere, we've seen far greater fuck ups leave a company to better things and I think it was brave for this guy to admit responsibility for recent troubles even though it wasn't all his fault.

Wonder what the impact of someone more high-profile like Iwata stepped down..

To be honest...maybe it's something that is needed and I can see it coming if the Wii U doesn't buck up. I love the guy, he has a lot of warmth and being a ex game designer himself he is more than just a businessman but the launches of Wii U & 3DS didn't exactly go down as smoothly and the 3DS took it's sweet time to become a platform worth owning. I hope the Wii U doesn't take as long, it has greater competition. If he does step down I would like to see Satoru Shibata take over, he has done some great things for Nintendo Europe lately and he's a good character too.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

But.... they released Madden, FIFA, Mass Effect 3, Need For Speed Most Wanted U (which is the superior version of the home consoles), So that complaint doesn't really fit...

To be fair I thought FIFA/Madden/both got really shit Wii U ports, I could be wrong though.

Still it's not like denying Origin was good at all for Nintendo, it just means less games for their platform and less sales for them. They missed out on Crysis 3 (which was said to be running on the Wii U) and Dead Space 3. Not sure if Origin was the central cause of that but building a relationship with EA could have helped this. If it misses Battlefield 4 then that'd suck as well.

Even if you're not into these games they do sell well and it'd help the Wii U a little bit more. Everyone wins.

 

[emigre]

God you are the like the funniest person on this forum. Sorry emigre.

How I feel now:

EDIT: To stay on topic, Fuck you EA or something...

 

[SuzieJoeBob]

Even though he chose to resign, no one made him quit. Whether pressure got the best of him or not remains to be seen, but he had his reasons.

They could have "convinced" him to quit. It happens everywhere else with a loadsamoney, so why not EA???

 

[geoflcl]

Because I always hope that people lose their jobs in a tough job market. Fuck families that need to be fed and bills that need to be paid, they are using microtransactions. WAH.

Seriously, get a grip.

I agree! Although I'm pretty sure Jalaneme's posts are simply a classic case of impersonal, not-terribly-sincere "Internet-hate". Lots of folks like to "crank it to eleven" on forums without thinking, simply for the sake of emphasis.

For instance, something like:
"Roughly translates to: "Gosh, I can't say I was terribly fond of EA's business ideals. They really took microtransactions to the extreme."

can easily turn into:

good riddance to the bastard, now my only wish is for EA to go completely bankrupt, that way they can't ruin the gaming industry like they already have.

Jalaneme, your dislike of EA is certainly understandable to some extent, but... The whole company? Come now, you really don't mean that. There are certainly more pressing issues to be so impassioned about!

(That was all sort of off-topic, sorry. :'D)

Anyway, goodness. It certainly can't be easy to be the CEO of something as huge and sprawling as Electronic Arts. There's a ton to keep tabs on. Heck, I'd say he's a pretty hardy fellow for sticking with it since 2007!

Regardless of your feelings toward EA, one has to admire someone for carrying out a job with so much responsibility and pressure tied to it. Certainly not everyone is up to the task!

 

[Dr. Ivo Robotnik]

I can't say I didn't expect this - EA has managed to pull a few spectacular gaffes in the recent past. These kinds of consequences are inevitable. Yes, he said it was his own choice to leave, but (note: internet statistic coming up) I suspect about 80-90% of people who 'leave of their own accord' while their company is losing its reputation and beginning to become hated by the masses are... well, 'subtly hinted to leave'.

Couple that with the fact that Riccitiello came out with a few statements I'm moderately unfond of (among others the whole 'bullets for cash' thing), my thoughts are 'eh, deserved.'

I'm unfond of the whole over-focus on microtransactions. They've got their place, but the focus is resting on them far too much of late. Oh well, we'll see how this pans out, I s'ppose.

 

[BORTZ]

Poking fun at EA's unfortunate situation.
This is a sneak peak into the hiring process for a new CEO of EA.

 

[retKHAAAN]

But of course this will be overshadowed by the "boohoo ea is worse than hitler" shit.

Oh, Guild...
If you'd have just waited another page or so, I'm sure Jalaneme would have invoked Godwin's Law all on her(?) own...

 

[emigre]

In fairness to Hitler, I don't believe he ever forced the Jewish community, Romany gypsies and his political opponents to anything like online passes and microtransactions. At least that's what my history teacher taught me.