Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2010 6:28:35 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Outlook grim for gaming industry
EA lost a lot of money with Spore over the last couple of years. They were
trying to capitalize on the success of the Sims (1,2,3) franchise and turn
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Outlook grim for gaming industry
EA lost a lot of money with Spore over the last couple of years. They were
trying to capitalize on the success of the Sims (1,2,3) franchise and turn
it into aliens/exploration/space travel game. The problem that they made
with the game
http://seekingalpha.com/article/172426-electronic-arts-job-cuts-grim-outlook-for-game-industry
http://www.bruceongames.com/2009/08/05/why-electronics-arts-losses-doubled/
Electronic Arts (EA) have been making so many losses for so long that I am
amazed that nobody has done anything about it.
EA lost a lot of money with Spore over the last couple of years. They were
trying to capitalize on the success of the Sims (1,2,3) franchise and turn
it into aliens/exploration/space travel game. The problem that they made
with the game was that you cannot please everyone with a G rated game when
