Rumor: EA Guts Workforce After Big Playfish Buyout

tdrules - 45 days 1 hour ago

STFU
do not joke about job layoffs for a second you dimwit

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K1W1 - 45 days ago

Very talented people will probably be let go during this round of layoffs.

I'm sure they will all find work with other developers.

I personally hope one or two new independent studios come out of this.

Still can't help but feel bad for those effected.

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Feral Gamer - 45 days ago

I said nothing about layoffs, just my dislike about EA. Get over it. The IT industry is always unstable, people should know that before getting into it. Layoffs suck but working for an evil company sucks even more. Funny thing is, all these smaller companies would have less costs if they weren't bought out. Maybe EA would only have to lay off a few dozen but no, they have to buy up more and more people/companies so they have to cut more. Business sucks, but it's the way the industry works.

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woolley - 45 days ago

EA isn't as bad as they were. They have improved a lot imo.

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Noctis Aftermath - 44 days 23 hours ago

evil company? dude your stuck in 2006

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SixTwoTwo - 44 days 23 hours ago

This is terrible news. Mainly for all the people who lost their jobs but also because EA has been putting out some great games over the past year like Dead Space, Brutal Legend, and Dragon Age.

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sikbeta - 44 days 22 hours ago

Come on Guy!!!! WTF!!! we are talking about families here, not just a bunch of fired guys, layoffs are bad in every way possible

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ReviewsArePolitics - 44 days 22 hours ago

They've always had competition and now they have more competition than ever; they grew a lot because they knew what games to make and who to get allied with. If you want evil, go to Microsoft and Nintendo. Those two were monopolies at least once in their lifetime, and Microsoft still is. Sony also has intentions on monopolizing formats too, so it's not like any company is all good.

Anyway, I see EA has made great strides at least in terms of PR. 3-4 years ago the internet boards were filled with hate against EA, glad Activision is the new target lulz.

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Ratchet_Co - 44 days 22 hours ago

Dude, not cool.

It's a bit sad to see layoffs in Blackbox (devs of NFS). I heard Shift was really good.

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primordialmeme - 44 days 17 hours ago

"Anyway, I see EA has made great strides at least in terms of PR. 3-4 years ago the internet boards were filled with hate against EA, glad Activision is the new target lulz."

You said it. EA has done a lot of PR thats why they've reformed their image. They do pay professional people to praise them on the web including on N4G. But Mirrors Edge was underfunded, Dead Space is not original despite the propaganda they've fed you, and what else is there to praise about them? It is the same old EA. Oh thats so 2006? Your opinion is influenced by marketers. Not that most other big game companies are any better.

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DarkArcani - 44 days 23 hours ago

That's more than enough to start 4 good indie companies. If they have a good core team who works well together, and can make awesome fun games, then MS or Sony should support them and let them do their own thing. None of this stupid movie game crap that gets churned out by EA.

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DRUDOG - 44 days 18 hours ago

Jeez, you both would have huge companies. 100 man teams could do a lot of work. Naughty Dog only employees approx. 100 workers. You could have 15 companies at that rate.

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ReviewsArePolitics - 44 days 22 hours ago

They usually do until reality hits them in their ugly pimple faces.

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