Ingresos de EA xDDD

damian83 escribió:Que sigan haciendo juegos para moviles, al menos ahi se notan un poco menos los dientes de sierra

hetu escribió:... joder, les salen dientes de sierra en un movil y seria la ostia ya xDDD

NesT escribió:Ya pregunte en otro post el por que de esa mania a EA....pero nadie contesto....

No e visto sus juegos en PS3....pero desde luego en PS2 tiene unas sagas muy buenas,como Burnout,NFS o juegos como Black o Battlefield....

A ver si contestais aqui...por que puede que no sea la mejor compañia...pero me parece que exagerais un pelin.

NesT escribió:Ya pregunte en otro post el por que de esa mania a EA....pero nadie contesto....

NaN escribió:Supongo que llevaras poco tiempo en el mundillo, pero a EA se le tiene mania porque es un ogro engulle compañias. Y eso no seria un problema sino las engullese y disolviese. Es decir:
-Hay una compañia que hace buenos juegos, pero uno destaca sobre todos los demas, llamesmole el juego X.
-EA se fija en esa compañia y LA COMPRA. Pero disuelve el estudio y lo reparte por sus propios estudios, cargandose a las cabezillas del estudio original con lo que se suelen ir.
-EA saca de esa compañia recien adquirida unica y exclusivamente el juego X en infinidad de versiones y refritos.
-Al final, X ya no tiene tirón y EA lo deja que se muera y busca otra compañia a la que comprar y destrozar.

Es como un cancer para la industria, por eso cuando compro Bioware, es un señor palo, esperemos que s emantengan independientes, pero conociendo a EA, no creo.

Driebes escribió:Estas cifras lo único que indican es que los usuarios de Ps3 por parte de EA no van a poder esperar otra cosa que un port de 360, porque visto esas cifras no les interesa hacer otra cosa distinta.

GXY escribió:
eso es mayormente mentira podrida y lo sabes. Evalua caso por caso y veras que no todo es asi de facil y sencillo.

wikipedia escribió:EA is often criticized for buying smaller development studios primarily for their intellectual property assets, and then making the developers produce mediocre games on these same franchises. For example, Origin-produced Ultima VIII: Pagan and Ultima IX: Ascension were developed quickly under EA's ownership, over the protests of Ultima creator Richard Garriott,[8] and these two are considered by many[9] as not up to the standard of the rest of the series.[10][11]

EA is also criticized for shutting down its acquired studios after a poorly performing game.[12] [13][14] The historical pattern of poor sales and ratings of the first game shipped after acquisition suggests EA's control and direction as being primarily responsible for the game's failure rather than the studio. Magic Carpet 2 was rushed to completion over the objections of designer Peter Molyneux and it shipped during the holiday season with several major bugs. Studios such as Origin, Westwood Studios, and Bullfrog had previously produced games attracting a significant fanbase, and when they were closed down many top designers and programmers refused to stay with EA and formed rival studios. Many fans also became annoyed that their favourite developers were closed down, but some developers, for example the EALA studio, have stated that they try to carry on the legacy of the old studio, in this case Westwood Studios. EA has also received harsh fire from labor groups for its dismissals of large groups of employees during the closure of a studio (see below). Such was the case with the game GoldenEye: Rogue Agent.[15]

After releasing many products, the lack of support is notable in many games, assured by the fact that EA declared openly that it would no longer support relatively new but still buggy titles, like Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Need for Speed: Underground and some of the latest Command & Conquer[16] games.

EA has also been criticized for other aggressive business methods like the acquisition of 19.9 percent of shares of its competitor Ubisoft in what was called a "hostile act" by Ubisoft CEO, Yves Guillemot.[17] However, this has not materialized into anything hostile and Guillemot later indicated that a merger with EA was a possibility.[18]

[edit] Criticism for server shutdowns

EA has also received criticism for shutting down their servers for many of their games. Games like Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06, older games from the Madden NFL series, and Burnout Revenge for both the original Xbox and Playstation 2 (The Xbox 360 version of Burnout Revenge is unaffected) have all had their servers shut down both in 2006 and again in 2007.[19][20]

It is notable to point out that some of EA's older games, for example Burnout 3: Takedown, for the original Xbox, have not had its Xbox Live server(s) shutdown, even though this game is over three years old. This is most likely due to its popularity online and its frequent use of the servers.

[edit] Employment policy

Electronic Arts has been criticized for employees working extraordinarily long hours—up to 80 hours per week— and not just at "crunch" times leading up to the scheduled releases of products. The publication of the EA Spouse blog, with criticisms such as "The current mandatory hours are 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.—seven days a week—with the occasional Saturday evening off for good behaviour (at 6:30 p.m.)".[21] The company has since settled a class action lawsuit brought by game artists to compensate for "unpaid overtime".[22] The class was awarded $15.6 million. As a result, many of the lower-level developers (artists, programmers, producers, and designers) are now working at an hourly rate. A similar suit brought by programmers was settled for $14.9 million.[23]