Laying off 200 is definitely a lot. That’s many more than most AAA studios have internally and closer to what AAA publishers usually have. Although EA is known

Laying off 200 is definitely a lot. That’s many more than most AAA studios have internally and closer to what AAA publishers usually have. Although EA is known in the industry to have relatively many QA people and good QA. Their games stand head and shoulders above many other publishers’ in terms of polish at release. I’m not sure about the exact QA figures, but I expect maybe 500? It would be a shame to see EA ruin this well functioning component of their publishing business to chase short term profit with cheapest outsourcers. But it would not be beyond the “smarts” of some game industry executives.