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- scabbers, on 11/08/2007, -1/+58EA has quality standards?
- chris9902, on 11/07/2007, -0/+46But who will make 'Def Jam Icon: Da Bomb Crunk Juice edition' now?
- Topher06, on 11/07/2007, -5/+50I guess EA Chicago couldn't make Curling 2008 a success.
- TheDreadDiggerD, on 11/07/2007, -0/+28Yes, the quality has to stay below a certain threshold or the programmers are stealing from the company.
- Chompy, on 11/08/2007, -1/+28My heart goes out to anyone who works for EA, the poor bastards.
- Planets, on 11/08/2007, -0/+25Yep. EA Chicago was apparently exceeding those standards, so it had to be shut down.
- BedPost, on 11/07/2007, -7/+30Sucks for the programmers, rocks for the gamers; the less EA games, the better.
- mandarin, on 11/08/2007, -1/+17"Closing EA Chicago is the toughest decision I've made in my career -"
This made me laugh.... - Urusai, on 11/07/2007, -1/+15With the strong Canadian dollar, I can't see how it would lose!
- holl0w, on 11/07/2007, -2/+16Thank God! EA has long been in my eyes, the Mc Donalds of gaming. Cheap rushed products deserve to die. The market has spoken. Rot in hell EA!!!
- madchedar0, on 11/08/2007, -0/+14EA Chicago made the Fight Night series, so those guys were ok with me.
- MrFisty, on 11/07/2007, -0/+13EA Middle Management: "Hmm, Sir, our Chicago unit is showing signs of innovation and independent thought. What do you suggest?"
EA Executive: "Well Dantooine IS too remote to make an effective demonstration..." - kenvsryu, on 11/07/2007, -1/+13EA Chicago can't stick on a 2008 sticker on a box and call it a new game?
- ArchieAndrews, on 11/07/2007, -0/+11They forgot to simulate the drunken after-curling in the lounge. Every Canadian knows that this is the very essence of curling.
- mlerner, on 11/08/2007, -2/+13It should read: EA *insert every division* hasn't been able to meet that standard.
- thebellmaster1x, on 11/07/2007, -0/+10"Within the EA Games Label, we are committed to...responsibility for product quality...."
LOL - EricG, on 11/07/2007, -0/+10I remember a time when EA was good .. they didn't make games back then ..
- konamicode, on 11/07/2007, -0/+8Did anyone even know that EA had a Chicago branch? ....Exactly. My heart goes out to those who have become newly jobless. Maybe this is the danger you face by setting up so many satellite-offices? EA isn't exactly known for their stellar management. (Did I just use 2 outer space references? Weird...)
- Radian, on 11/08/2007, -0/+7Meanwhile, EA announces new Bangalore office to open fall 2007. :-/ Kidding (I think....)
- xOKxWhy, on 11/07/2007, -0/+7One small step for man.
One giant leap for mankind. - amrush4th, on 11/08/2007, -1/+8Was that the team responsible for the other 30fps on the ps3 games?
- inactive, on 11/07/2007, -0/+6I think the boss over quality control is a blind man.
- cello, on 11/08/2007, -0/+6The Def Jam series and part of Fight Night -- they worked with EA Vancouver on Fight Night.
- RoboDonut, on 11/07/2007, -0/+5The only reason for that is because he answered every other question with "Which one makes us more money?"
Developer: There's a serious bug in the map loading code. A custom map could trigger a buffer overrun that could be used to load malicious code onto the client's machine. It'll take us another day to fix.
Business guy: We have another project lined up. We should just release whatever you have done.
King of EA: Which one makes us more money?
Business guy: You heard him. Ship it. - Garbagio, on 11/07/2007, -0/+5Midway.
- Kila, on 11/07/2007, -0/+5#1. I guess EA got the money to acquire Bioware by closing down EA Chicago
#2. Like EA kills the industry they make a good game Fight Nigh Round 2 (then closes down that Studio and breaks up the team)
#3. The Marvel Fighting game they were working on was a disaster EA should just sell or give back rights to Capcom
#4. If the Entire EA company were to disapear over night NO ONE would care or miss them thats how bad its gotten and how poor quality their games are..
I can safely say this now EA 2008= Irrelevant - Christbait, on 11/07/2007, -1/+6EA can suck it.
I hope those poor developers find a better company who will take them in and harness their talents so they can develop actual games - not just products commandeered by EA. - Murdats, on 11/07/2007, -0/+4'chillax'
wow do you fail at life, I mean combined with the somehow seperated doublepost and all - Asianwaste, on 11/07/2007, -0/+3Midway is still in the area. I'm sure they'd be more than willing to take some of the talent away from EA.
- benitojuarez, on 11/07/2007, -1/+4I wasnt even aware of an EA chicago, what were they responsible for?
- Crath, on 11/07/2007, -0/+3chillax, my browser tweaked
- kuragami, on 11/07/2007, -0/+2This has nothing to do with what he was talking about. What he was talking about is an excuse. The same excuse they use to fire newspaper employees from the best newspapers/newsmagazine's in the world.
So why?
Profit. Making 20 cents on the dollar is nice but it doesn't move a stock if it doesn't keep going up. Stocks are primarily based on where the company is headed and not where it is. If things stay as they are and the place is profitable but doesn't go up they are actually breaking the law. They are lawfully bound to make profit for their shareholders and this can be used against CEOs to fire them if they don't perform. Typically profitable companies that fire employees and close outlets do it to boost stock. This is done especially when they wish to offload it. The LA Times is a good example as well. Not sure about the BBC but I think they are in the same boat right now and they are doing the unthinkable. Imagine if tomorrow you found out PBS was firing the entire staff of Frontline and will close shop within 2 years. That's what the BBC is doing.
I just thought everyone should understand this. It's the basics that 99% of people have no concept of. - Chongo, on 11/07/2007, -0/+2A friend of mine works there. I wonder whats going to happen with the new house he just bought.
- astrotrain, on 11/07/2007, -0/+2The last good game from EA was Battlefield 1942.... before that Mail Order Monsters :)
- jsully, on 11/07/2007, -0/+2While the corporation may be evil it's not fair to project that image onto the people that worked in the Chicago office. They are people like you and me, people with families and kids to feed and put through school. Surviving in the gaming industry is hard enough. What does it say when EA can't even make an office in Chicago viable?
- Rapter09, on 11/07/2007, -0/+2Standards?
What standards?
By that statement the whole damn company should be closing. - Asianwaste, on 11/07/2007, -0/+1Yea who's making money and who's not
- Jerim, on 11/07/2007, -0/+1That is what bugs me the most. The stock market, rather than being a way to loan a company money with a flucuating return rate, has become the way of turning a quick buck. Used to be, you would invest in a company to help fund a project. Your return was contingent on how the company did. If they did great, you could make some good money. If they did poorly, you might lose it all. It was a risk and everyone knew it. Today, the stock market has been turned into a cash cow where by every company must always be going up. Companies don't need that money for any particular purpose, other than to the line the pockets of investors. It is disgusting that a method of raising capital has become a profit generator.
- Asianwaste, on 11/07/2007, -0/+1Not if it's at the smith for repairs. Quit asking that.
- taraba, on 11/07/2007, -0/+1Thumbup for Mail Order Monsters. I rocked that game on my C64 back in the day.
- HBNDonut, on 11/07/2007, -0/+1Pepsi... ALL over my screen and keyboard. My boss was not amused.
- drakenlot, on 11/07/2007, -0/+1Do I have to pay this troll to continue?
- zjordan04, on 11/07/2007, -0/+1Oh look, it's a troll.
- p0ltergeist, on 11/07/2007, -1/+2I'm gonna stick up for EA by pointing out they have the superior NHL games. Not really anything else, but they deserve credit for at least that much.
- Saiing, on 11/07/2007, -1/+2When the ***** are they going to close down the studio that made the disgrace that is Tiger Woods '08? That's not just a bad game. It's bare-faced theft. If I were Tiger, I'd be terminating my contract pretty damn quickly to avoid having my good name damaged any further.
- Asianwaste, on 11/07/2007, -0/+1Evil ASSosciation? No I don't think I will.
- Philbert, on 11/07/2007, -0/+1That's a shame I was talking to them about working there for a while, they haven't even been open that long.
- Naryuu, on 11/07/2007, -1/+2it does my heart good to see this. dugg
- mustbepatient, on 11/07/2007, -0/+1I take it you've never had to fire somebody? *Nobody* is unaffected by having to make such a decision.
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