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Is it possible that EA is finally (belatedly) learning to listen to their customers? Could this be the point that they turn around as a company and become play

Is it possible that EA is finally (belatedly) learning to listen to their customers? Could this be the point that they turn around as a company and become player centric? Or am I naive and reading way too much into this?

benologist 13y ago
They probably want to fire 80% of staff working on the servers.
- kabdib 13y ago
  Right. EA has determined 1. No way to milk this year-by-year (John Madden's SimCity 2014...) 2. So, might as well see if there's a long tail. My wife bought this game, and was really mad at how EA bungled it. It's probably the last SimCity game she'll buy. So from this single data point, yeah, EA might as well give up :-/
justinhj 13y ago
Let's not pretend that the reason EA made this game online online wasn't primarily an anti-piracy strategy. The reason they may be considering an official offline mode now is that a) it's been cracked anyway and b ) the majority of game sales happen in the first few months.
yelnatz 13y ago
They did install a new CEO recently. Maybe he's the one leading the new EA. I do remember everyone being confused when EA did the humble bundle where proceeds went to charity. http://www.ea.com/news/humble-origin-bundle-results http://www.ea.com/news/humble-origin-bundle-results
- ChikkaChiChi 13y ago
  To me, its like the new Pope. Things might seem like they are going the right direction, but it might all be a part of a long con. This will be a fascinating study as to how companies can (not) win back the trust of their customer base.