EA is Paying the Price for Mediocrity

Yeah, I stole this from another forum.

Discuss.

EA stock has been downgraded to ‘sell’ according to an analyst.

Link (http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/news/ea-to-lose-market-share-as-questionable-game-quality-persists-says-analyst/18402/)

Some bits from the article:

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Patel added that EA’s game quality is a concern: "Our investment thesis on Electronic Arts remains unchanged in that amidst solid growth industrywide, EA’s game quality remains questionable, which in turn could translate into ongoing market share losses and limit operating margin expansion to historical levels (seen in the previous cycle). In our opinion, the lack of major outperformance on unit volumes among a majority of EA’s titles, especially with a growing fixed R&D expense base, represents the single most important hurdle for the company."

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"Additionally, we highlight that retail pricing for several of the next-gen versions (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii) of the two titles have been already marked down to $30-$40 within 4-6 months of release. We think this could become a more widespread problem considering lackluster product quality, weak sell-through thus far (even on major franchises), and a crowded holiday selling season that should favor a handful of titles (Call of Duty 4, Halo 3, Super Mario, Guitar Hero to name a few)."

I like it when EA is in a pinch. That’s what they get for putting the same shit out every year while others clearly try to improve.

Was never an EA gamer anyway…but then they got exclusive rights to NFL games and look what they did? Nothing. With no competition it seems like there was no need to try and improve.

Sega/2k franchise would have done a much better job with those games.

MVP BASEBALL >>>>>> WHATEVER OTHER JUNK

I AM SAD TO SEE ONLY GOOD GAME EA SPORTS MAN IT IS LIKE MAN CAN’T MAKE AND MAN I AM HEART BROKEN!

As much as I hate EA for their totalitarian like working conditions, and absorbing many of my childhood favourite game developers (Westwood Studios, Maxis, and now BioWare/Pandemic), I really hope that they don’t go under. Or if they do, that BioWare/EA Los Angeles (the remains of Westwood) go independent.

I never liked EA. Its the best example of a company not puting effort in improving its products at the best they can, until their products stop selling.