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Retooling a team to go from programming real games in real languages to making a flash game is a rather absurd prospect. Are they really going to convince peopl

Retooling a team to go from programming real games in real languages to making a flash game is a rather absurd prospect. Are they really going to convince people to leave teams working in their Sports division, or get anyone to leave one of their major franchises with real experience? If I was working on a new Medal of Honour or Battlefield, or even The Sims, you'd have to shoot me in both kneecaps before I'd consider taking my name off a game that could boost my career. All you're going to get to make these games are either raw flash kiddies, or you have to take over a company with experience in making money on flash games. IMO I'm not surprised one bit, buying a company like Playfish was EA's only move to make.

Tiktaalik 17y ago
That's why I said retool a group from Pogo.com. If you look at that site it's pretty clear that EA's had folks working on casual flash games for ages. It would not be a difficult move over to get folks from that group working on Facebook apps.
- allenp 17y ago
  There is a difference between casual games and social games though, and it is the social know-how that EA is buying.
- jfarmer 17y ago
  It wouldn't be difficult, but I don't think EA really understands the distribution side of social games. Getting that right, IMO, is both harder and more important than having games with high production quality.