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EA Continues Financial Woes

February 03, 2009 in Industry News comments 9

Man, two years ago, I would have never predicted this. EA takes another financial blow in this sulfuric economy, in its eight straight quarterly loss. This isn't good news for anyone, developers face job cuts, and for gamers...well, games may suffer, through lack of development or loss of money for producing them.

US videogame maker Electronic Arts failed to break its losing streak on Tuesday, reporting a net loss for the eighth quarter in a row.
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    BlackLabel Feb 4, 09
    It would help if they consistently made amazing games... Dead Space is the only internally developed IP in years that was a world class effort. Remove the sports game from the equation and EA would have been out of business by now.
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      chautemoc Feb 4, 09
      I've heard genuinely good things about FIFA 09, so I dont think this is true. I think though EA has kinda soiled its reputation with the sports line so people dont pay attention when they make a genuinely good sports title..

      Also Populous DS but that sorta doesnt count since its not new..cant remember if its a remake or not.
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        BlackLabel Feb 4, 09
        I did say without the sports games EA wouldn't exist right now. The other games they make are really quite bad in comparison to the standards other developers in the industry set.
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          chautemoc Feb 4, 09
          Ooh my eyes went right over that.
          Yeah I browsing their list and there's really nothing notable.
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      GrEyCrEsT Mar 20, 09
      quote BlackLabel
      It would help if they consistently made amazing games... Dead Space is the only internally developed IP in years that was a world class effort. Remove the sports game from the equation and EA would have been out of business by now.


      • dead space was something
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    Stefan Feb 4, 09
    FIFA 09 was the best FiFa in a good decade i reckon.
    they've pulled there thumb out, but yeh they dont exactly expand across the genre's par Dead Space
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    Zeek Feb 4, 09
    I guess their whole plan of taking over Take-Two Interactive flawed lol.
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    Zerpent Feb 4, 09
    Meh, they'll be alright again once they release The Sims 3. It is, after all, nothing more than a cash-cow for them.
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      GrEyCrEsT Mar 20, 09
      quote Zerpent
      Meh, they'll be alright again once they release The Sims 3. It is, after all, nothing more than a cash-cow for them.


      • agreed

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