You got to lay people off to make money, apparently.

EA confirms "routine" job losses.

from gamesindustry.biz
Matt Martin 09:52 (BST) 29/10/2007

Across development, publishing and corporate divisions Electronic Arts has confirmed to GamesIndustry.biz that a number of staff across studios will be losing their jobs, but has stopped short of revealing the exact number of those affected.

The jobs are across the board in development studios, publishing and the company's corporate divisions, with EA putting the reorganization down to the completion of its 2007 games line-up.

"This is a small and somewhat routine event for this time of the year when many of our titles are finished and being shipped," said a spokesperson for the company.

"It includes a small number of roles across studio, publishing and corporate divisions."

I wonder what "small number" actually means. I also wonder if this is going to include people from Bioware/Pandemic Studios. Layoffs are something that isn't uncommon in the corporate world, but if the gaming media makes a big deal out of this it could hurt Electronic Arts. My guess is this will only be a "small" blip on the publics gaming radar.

Being a gamer, and middle class, it's very important to me that a company treats their employees well and keeps them through the slow times. If a game was mediocre, but the developer was a stand up company in employee relations, I would be more inclined to buy that game to help out. This doesn't go for crappy games. They deserve to not make money.

Of course this does insure that EA will be around next year to make even better versions of Madden and the other sports games that they are famous for. My best bet is that none of those departments are losing people. I'm also sure my wife would love another Sims 2 expansion pack (I Love You).

Comments

Kraptakular said…

Does EA flash this picture subliminally when you play their games? ''BUY MADDEN! AGAIN...AGAIN...AGAIN...HAHAHAHAHAHA.

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