Last week I made this point --
http://tor-men-tor.blogspot.com/2012/04/ea-profitibility-real-reason-for-free.html.
I do hope Bioware is able to fix this mess before headquarters is forced to tell them to start tightening their belt. The first clue will be if we hear about downsizing in the next few months. It will be especially bad if it is released before the May conference call as that means they are proactively making changes which means internally they know thebattle is over and upper management is working to save their jobs.
A few days later this was posted in the
interwebz -
EA is planning to cut a significant number of jobs, it's been claimed, and 'poor' performance of big budget titles such as Star Wars: The Old Republic and Battlefield 3 are said to be the cause.
According to multiple sources, EA is is planning to layoff between 500 and 1,000 people, which is between 5 - 11% of total company employees.
This is standard damage control for any big company as they are just trying to get through their year end profit call without being told they need to cut back on development. Development is what will help the company grow and the only thing that can save SWTOR at this point. Only time will tell if they are successful. If not you can put a fork in the game.
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