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EA Denies Layoff Rumor

[Apr 16, 2012, 09:17 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

An unconfirmed rumor on Startup Grind states between 500 and 1000 layoffs will hit Electronic Arts as soon as this week. They have a list of factors leading to this, including general business downturns, and specific recent aspects of this like disappointing sales of Battlefield 3 and Star Wars: The Old Republic, and the expensive incremental marketing campaigns attempting to boost both games after launch. There's a follow-up to this on Develop denying this. "There are no lay-offs as such, we always have projects growing and morphing," reads a statement they received from EA, which also adds: "at any given time there are new people coming in and others leaving," but that the company "is growing and hiring, building teams to support the growing demand for digital games and services."

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Re: EA Denies Layoff Rumor

Apr 16, 2012, 19:12

CJ_Parker

Teddy wrote on Apr 16, 2012, 18:44: You mean like in the extensive list of patch change notes that were listed clearly in the launcher when you were downloading and installing the patch? You clearly haven't even played the game. For the patch notes to show up you have to specifically click on a link in the launcher. They aren't just displayed while you download the patch. And I have many better things to do than wade through patch notes. Good customer service = notify the player of really important changes (like a full respec) via an in-game pop-up or broadcast message the first time the player logs in after the change. Simple as that. But hey, feel free to suck up the shitty treatment while paying $15/month for it. In the meantime I'll have some standards.

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Comment [quote="CJ_Parker"Apr 16, 2012, 19:12][quote="Teddy"Apr 16, 2012, 18:44]You mean like in the extensive list of patch change notes that were listed clearly in the launcher when you were downloading and installing the patch?[/quote] You clearly haven't even played the game. For the patch notes to show up you have to specifically click on a link in the launcher. They aren't just displayed while you download the patch. And I have many better things to do than wade through patch notes. Good customer service = notify the player of really important changes (like a full respec) via an in-game pop-up or broadcast message the first time the player logs in after the change. Simple as that. But hey, feel free to suck up the shitty treatment while paying $15/month for it. In the meantime I'll have some standards. [/quote]

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