The 'EA Image' Tarnished · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by Zonk on Friday December 1, 2006 @05:43AM from the it-was-really-great-to-begin-with dept.

Gamespot reports that Pacific Crest Securities analyst Evan Wilson has gone on record saying that EA is wrecking its good name, with questionable business decisions and dropping game quality. From the article: "'Reviews of all of EA's annualized titles, its primary source of profit, have declined over the past two years,' Wilson noted. 'Although market share has not declined dramatically to date, in years such as 2007, which promises to have tremendous competition, it seems likely if quality does not improve. EA's aggregate review has also declined significantly in the past two years.'" 1up has the word that, in support of this, EA is still very proud of their 'paying for cheat codes' policy with Need for Speed.

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Wasn't it tarnished before? by amuro98 · 2006-12-01 05:49 · Score: 5, Insightful

So...the huge employee-driven lawsuit against EA for its draconian work environment, unpaid overtime, etc. didn't tarnish their image?

Lackluster re-releases of (American) football games after EA secured exclusive right to all things "NFL" didn't tarnish their image?