Vapourware LOL ELECTRONIC ARTS: The EA Thread

[kris]

Fun to watch: http://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:EA

Floating at -4%/ -5% off their yesterday value, behold the stock value collapse. So far, in 24 hours, EA lost a dollar off its stock value.

Even funnier if you switch to 5 year view.

Yeah, or ten. Though I have to say that EA staying afloat and strong as long as it has so far with its general quality and game lineup has always baffled me.

Sports games. Never underestimate the buying power of bros.

dont' need much in buying power. People who buy these only buy like 3 games per year. A game is still just the price of a fancy dinner.

 

[Volourn]

" I mean getting bioware to design an MMO was a pretty darn retarded move, they had never made one before and there was 0 reason to believe they had any particular competence at MMOs. Yet they pumped millions into the game."

the actual problem is BIO didn't actually make KOTOR MMO. At least not the BIO people love and/or hate. I doubt BIO EDM had anything substantial to do with it. I mean, FFS, it was developed in a different country. You can slap the logo or name on something.. just ask the PST2 guys. R00fles!@


P.S. Thank the murderous god that that piece of shit was shitcanned. If anyone led BIO to EA it was him. He's also the reason why the docs are no longer at BIO, and the company is no longer theirs.

 

[Brotherman Bill]

So it was old mythic that did it? The one that was described in the EA louse?


(Btw, I find it really cool that so much of what EA louse said turned out to be true. Gives the rest of his claims a lot of credibility.)

 

[Angthoron]

http://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...ics-arts-stock-falls-20130319,0,1335491.story

Our hope is that the board will focus on hiring a new CEO that will reduce costs while focusing on just a few high-potential franchises and new [intellectual property]," wrote Schachter.

EA, EA never changes.

 

[Dhralei]

http://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...ics-arts-stock-falls-20130319,0,1335491.story

Our hope is that the board will focus on hiring a new CEO that will reduce costs while focusing on just a few high-potential franchises and new [intellectual property]," wrote Schachter.

EA, EA never changes.

I don't expect it ever will. The need for more cash always seems to win out despite any good intentions to the contrary.

 

[Black]

http://mobile.theverge.com/2013/3/1...rability-ea-origin-hackers-overtake-gamer-pcs

http://techland.time.com/2013/03/19...law-could-expose-tens-of-millions-of-players/

It seems EA’s Origin gaming service may place tens of millions of players (the service has around 40 million members total) at risk thanks to a design flaw that allows a hacker to execute malicious code on a targeted user’s system remotely. EA Origin is EA’s digital distribution platform as well as anti-piracy mechanism, operating as a sort of relay between players and EA’s game servers similar to Valve’s older, more popular Steam service. EA games like DICE’s Battlefield 3 or EA Maxis’ SimCity require the EA Origin client to run, and it’s an exploitable flaw in that process on Windows PCs, whereby the Origin client employs web-like addresses to access games, that’s at issue.
http://www.noshitshurlock.com/huge-security-leak-in-origin/

 

[Infinitron]

http://mobile.theverge.com/2013/3/1...rability-ea-origin-hackers-overtake-gamer-pcs

http://techland.time.com/2013/03/19...law-could-expose-tens-of-millions-of-players/

It seems EA’s Origin gaming service may place tens of millions of players (the service has around 40 million members total) at risk thanks to a design flaw that allows a hacker to execute malicious code on a targeted user’s system remotely. EA Origin is EA’s digital distribution platform as well as anti-piracy mechanism, operating as a sort of relay between players and EA’s game servers similar to Valve’s older, more popular Steam service. EA games like DICE’s Battlefield 3 or EA Maxis’ SimCity require the EA Origin client to run, and it’s an exploitable flaw in that process on Windows PCs, whereby the Origin client employs web-like addresses to access games, that’s at issue.
http://www.noshitshurlock.com/huge-security-leak-in-origin/

Yeah, I posted that earlier. That URI bullshit isn't really a "huge security flaw", though. Steam had it too and so do a bunch of other apps probably.

 

[Average Manatee]

http://mobile.theverge.com/2013/3/1...rability-ea-origin-hackers-overtake-gamer-pcs

http://techland.time.com/2013/03/19...law-could-expose-tens-of-millions-of-players/

It seems EA’s Origin gaming service may place tens of millions of players (the service has around 40 million members total) at risk thanks to a design flaw that allows a hacker to execute malicious code on a targeted user’s system remotely. EA Origin is EA’s digital distribution platform as well as anti-piracy mechanism, operating as a sort of relay between players and EA’s game servers similar to Valve’s older, more popular Steam service. EA games like DICE’s Battlefield 3 or EA Maxis’ SimCity require the EA Origin client to run, and it’s an exploitable flaw in that process on Windows PCs, whereby the Origin client employs web-like addresses to access games, that’s at issue.
http://www.noshitshurlock.com/huge-security-leak-in-origin/

Yeah, I posted that earlier. That URI bullshit isn't really a "huge security flaw", though. Steam had it too and so do a bunch of other apps probably.

It's a huge security flaw depending on how it's handled. If the attacker site can give instructions to upload the user's credit card details, thats a problem. If it can start up steam/origin with a specific set of command line options to boot a game or go to a game webpage at most, that's not a problem.

 

[Angthoron]

Oh, so their next CEO might be former COO of SEYYYGAAAH of KWA. Great, someone with a SEEEEEYGAAAH background is just what EA needs.

 

[Average Manatee]

If he brings with him the same history of success that Sega has had them I'm sure were all in for a treat.

 

[Major_Blackhart]

Either way, it's gonna be a slam dunk!

 

[Toffeli]

John Riccitiello is the best EA release of the year.

 

[Lancehead]

Oh, so their next CEO might be former COO of SEYYYGAAAH of KWA. Great, someone with a SEEEEEYGAAAH background is just what EA needs.

Haven't Sega been quite profitable since they slimmed down? EA might do that too, focussing on a few core franchises.

 

[Xavier0889]

Oh, so their next CEO might be former COO of SEYYYGAAAH of KWA. Great, someone with a SEEEEEYGAAAH background is just what EA needs.

Haven't Sega been quite profitable since they slimmed down? EA might do that too, focussing on a few core franchises.

Maybe, but

 

[Major_Blackhart]

Bah, they'll never slim down. It'll be too painful for investors in the short term, and EA has proven that, if anything, they barely have the foresight to see the short term, let alone the long.

 

[Delterius]

http://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...ics-arts-stock-falls-20130319,0,1335491.story

Our hope is that the board will focus on hiring a new CEO that will reduce costs while focusing on just a few high-potential franchises and new [intellectual property]," wrote Schachter.

EA, EA never changes.

So, they want to hire Kotick. Problem is that not only does Activision shits golden franchises out of the Ether, they seem to at least try and not tamper much with their client state's corporate culture. Sure, Blizzard eventually got where they did, but that took them years. And considering the WoW's success, you'd think they'd be much more evil by now. Compare that to EA, I just don't think they can do something like that.

 

[DalekFlay]

Haven't Sega been quite profitable since they slimmed down? EA might do that too, focussing on a few core franchises.

That takes intelligence, being humble and telling investors there is no billion dollar payday at the end of the rainbow.

 

[Tzaero]

 

[kris]

" I mean getting bioware to design an MMO was a pretty darn retarded move, they had never made one before and there was 0 reason to believe they had any particular competence at MMOs. Yet they pumped millions into the game."

the actual problem is BIO didn't actually make KOTOR MMO. At least not the BIO people love and/or hate. I doubt BIO EDM had anything substantial to do with it. I mean, FFS, it was developed in a different country. You can slap the logo or name on something.. just ask the PST2 guys.

They did write the story for the game.

 

[Gerrard]

lol EA

 

[Commissar Draco]

 

[Capitalism]

Colin McComb brings justice!

 

[Angthoron]

lol EA

What, EA retires in-game cars?

 

[DraQ]

THEIR

 

[Angthoron]

THEIR

They're they're, man, calm down.