EA's CEO steps down.

John Riccitiello has resigned from EA, it will become effective on March 30th.  Hopefully the SimCity launch makes the entire company rethink how it does business.

John Riccitiello has resigned from EA, it will become effective on March 30th.  Hopefully the SimCity launch makes the entire company rethink how it does business.

rragnaar

im suprised he wasnt out earlier

Let's just say I'm really glad to see him go. 

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Good news!

Interesting. I wonder who will replace him.Archangel3371

Saw someone suggest Peter Moore. Wouldn't surprise me, but I hope it's not him.

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S0lidSnake

So which is it -- did he step down or was he actually fired?

he didn't leave because of worries about goodwill or consumer happiness. he outright mentions failing to meet financial goals. somehow that doesn't leave me convinced that EA will take greater risks in financing games or that they will back off on stuff like revenue per consumer.

but hey, hopefully they do end up publishing interesting games.

Awesome. 

*Shrugs* I can't get excited. Supposedly this guy is resigning due to poor profitability, but Simcity Sometimes Online and that microtransaction filled IoS racing gaming have both made EA a lot of money, the new guy might be even more worse than the the old one.

I can't hate EA. But I'm also more forgiving than most for buggy launches, mostly because I don't play newly launched games.

Sim City looks like they put some interesting effort into it to make it a neat experience. 

Now, if you want evil, how about Bobby Kotick? Look at what he did to Infinity Ward, just as they finished the masterpiece that is MW2? 

Heh, now it is Activision's turn to rise because Bobby K has been real quiet the last few years. Them and EA just trade off the mantle back and forth through the years; when COD fever was at its peak, a lot of us were championing EA and 2010 was a pretty great year in that regard (Mass Effect 2/Bad Company 2). Maybe Destiny will be Acti's messiah.

Man, if you read the article, the guy didn't seem all that bad. Like, he's an actual fan of gaming, while the other guys seem to be in it for the money alone. Money alone, EA did lose like 2 billion over something like 4 years.

His biggest mistake probably was taking on Bioware and the disaster that is SWTOR. I mean, SWTOR is simply an awful game.

I feel like things are more likely to get worse than anything else, though I hope I'm wrong on that. There was a period where they tried to bring in new IPs back then, so it wasn't all bad. Wonder who will replace him.

Why rethink anything? DS3 and Simcity sold great. The general public has proven time and again that they're willing to buy anything based on hype and name recognition. istuffedsunny

He invested in Mirror's Edge. For that, I can't hate the man. I only hope they find someone better, and not someone who will continue to drag down the company even further.JustPlainLucas

you should be bashing on frank gibeau for those horrendous sequels of esteblished IPs.

Man, if you read the article, the guy didn't seem all that bad. Like, he's an actual fan of gaming, while the other guys seem to be in it for the money alone. Money alone, EA did lose like 2 billion over something like 4 years.

His biggest mistake probably was taking on Bioware and the disaster that is SWTOR. I mean, SWTOR is simply an awful game.

taiwwa

He invested in Mirror's Edge. For that, I can't hate the man. I only hope they find someone better, and not someone who will continue to drag down the company even further.JustPlainLucas

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Man, if you read the article, the guy didn't seem all that bad. Like, he's an actual fan of gaming, while the other guys seem to be in it for the money alone. Money alone, EA did lose like 2 billion over something like 4 years.

His biggest mistake probably was taking on Bioware and the disaster that is SWTOR. I mean, SWTOR is simply an awful game.

The_Last_Ride

I had high hopes for it, but it's just simply not a good game. The original KOTORS were better, and the original WOW is better. Mixing them...just doesn't work IMO

Now he can become a top-level executive at Bank Of America (where he belongs).