Steele Johnson wrote on May 7, 2012, 21:44:
That's what they get for sinking all that money into a dying genre. Do some market research the next time, EA! Doh!
this is how companies do their market research.
<Boss> Okay programmers, we got no projects to keep us floating. We'll need to let some of you go.
<Programmers> *think to themselves: "what can I say to keep my job?" "anything to keep my job!"*
<Programmers> I know! Let's do an MMO. *thinking to himself, it will fail.*
<Boss> What's that?
<Programmers> Money maker. It won't fail. *thinking to himself: "YES, I just bought myself another 3 years of work!*
<Boss> Okay, let's do it!