PlanetXbox360: "With October only a few weeks away, DICE's highly anticipated military shooter Battlefield 3 is nearly upon us. Launching just two weeks ahead of the titan that is Modern Warfare 3, there's no doubt that being the first to retail is a huge win for Electronic Arts, but will it be enough for this underdog to find some much needed success?
There are a number of awesome things that Battlefield 3 has going for it, namely a beautiful graphics engine sporting gorgeous lighting effects, unparalleled levels of destructibility and superb animation. But despite these advantages, there are a number of things holding the franchise back from putting its competitor in their "rightful place"."
EA senior staff has been investigated for sexual misconduct involving female coworkers, and these said people have been named publicly.
Aye just call Phil, i mean he somehow made Bobby Kotick's scandal disappear and gave him a few million dollar high five on the way out.
Microsoft did, Phil Spencer played a minor part. He instigated the buyout that led to Kotick escaping all his controversies while getting a golden handshake.
Someone on Twitter calculated that the people hired in Tango and Arkane Austin could get a decent salary for roughly 17 years for the money Kotick was paid.
Yeah some thing tells me Kotics $ was already guaranteed before MS made the deal. As for the studios... Let's be honest here... none of those studios made system sellers.
EA about to go down like Activision and then Phil saves the day saying.this is good for the industry and consolidation will help create competition. /s.
Then they shutdown Codemasters and studio behind Jedi Survivor.
Atleast they could hardly do much damage that EA hadn't allready done. EA has shut down most of their studios by now.
What's up with all these horny creeps. You gon be horny, fine. Just not at work take care of that shit before you go in. Rub one out if you have to. Don't be a creep at all. ESPECIALLY at work. But don't be one AT ALL.
You think deviants care where they are? Work sometimes makes it an even better situation for them because they can abuse their power.
"it seems that according to EA, given the events transpired outside of work between two adults, and the fact that once investigation has started that the alleged perpetrators didn’t do it again, the investigation is considered closed. [...] The victim still has to work with the people that harassed her."
Yep, EA is disgusting.
I mean the fact stuff happened outside of work puts EA in quite a difficult position legally. These women don't seem to have reported the matter to the police which kinda ties EA's hands on what they can do. If they don't file reports of the crimes then yeah from EA's perspective it is stuff that happened outside of work. The only exception is the guy that apparently referenced things in the slack channel for work, spending on what he said proving it may be very hard and he may well be able to get away with plausible deniability. I don't like EA and I think these people need to be dismissed but without any legal action being taken, EA can't really do much without risk of being sued themselves for unfair dismissal etc.
EA has announced it will engage in a shareholder-pleasing share buyback program just a couple of months after mass layoffs at the studio.
The developers have provided a little band-aid while PlayStation players attempt to get back into MW3.
Only 3 'things?'
Marketing is number one - which comes down to money and retailer power, Activision has a lot, so does EA but guess where Modern Warfare 3 will be sitting in 90% of stores?
MW will definitely win the sales, but Battlefield probably is a much better game in every aspect. MW is just like the Fifa games, something everyone buys every year because all their friends do the same.
It will sell well but not as good as MW3, it may score better though...
only 1, the fanbase.