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EA Japan is just gone now
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I'm gonna say using a gif of a guy that seemingly retired from MMA due to currently outstanding sexual assault allegations is not the look you think it is.
On topic, I'm curious how EA intends to do their business in Japan and Russia now.
I'm well aware he's a tosser, but look at that dopey walk.
Only rivaled by Vincent Kennedy McMahon.
If I posted a Thanos gif would you accuse me of advocating genocide?
This is a business thing.. when goals aren't met, a workforce reduction or reorganization follows. Bad decisions were made and this is the consequence.
Endo, outo.I guess they're going to partner with someone like Square-Enix to release their games in Japan going forward? Activision does it too.
It's good that you're aware. I just personally don't see as much humor in it relative to current events.
Indeed, that's why I began my reply by saying I agree that AAA is not inherently unsustainable. But whether or not there's competition and whether or not there's revenue coming in do not indicate by themselves that it IS sustainable.
Broad brush stroke doesn't serve anyone. There are publishers that aren't making money and certainly not in every segment. You don't have to care, but let's not trivialize that.
Try again with something less pedantic, less unoriginal and less condescending next time you want to defend a corporation from which you probably didn't even buy their last games
According to the Verge, EA Russia is gone too.
https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/27/...ployee-layoffs-ceo-andrew-wilson-japan-russia
https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/27/...ployee-layoffs-ceo-andrew-wilson-japan-russia
This is not a defense of EA, but the fact that they specifically shuttered EA Japan and EA Russia suggests that those markets hadn't been doing well for them. Or at the very least, not well enough to justify operating in those territories in that capacity.
The indication might not be that the market is not doing well for them but rather that those locations are not cost-efficient in performing the role they need to. In the case of Japan, the response given to the press is that EA is assisting all staff affected in either finding new positions within the company outside of Japan, or getting recommendations and reemployment within the Japanese industry. They reaffirm that the Japanese market is important to EA and that they will continue to release games and provide customer support for the region. So while them partnering with another publisher is a possibility, another possibility is that EA Singapore as the Asia Pacific head office will take over.
yeah, except it's the grunts who feel the consequences, not the higher ups usually.
Yup. I had to see too many layoffs. It was a predictable cycle, combined with other BS, so I got out of the games industry. Not worth it for me as an unmarried person with no kids, so it must be extra rough for others.
to think that i almost wanted to join it in my younger years. i think I dodged a bullet.
I see that the thing already began. Guys, companies shutting down will happen. Yes, even in the case of a union, which at best will make better conditions for such situations. This case here is the entire company not existing anymore so it's very different than a layoff in the sense that there's no work there. EA probably saw that they could make more money using a third party business instead of having a publishing company. Here in Brazil for example, if I'm not mistaken, their games are distributed by Warner since EA don't have a company here.
And also, this same thing happened with Sony, Sega and so many companies out there closing subsidiaries around the world and I don't remember such reaction for it in none of those times. I wonder if it was Sony again, let's say, closing a company in the same situation, people would see it in the same way.
But even then, a company can never shut down another company/division that is part of them? That's impossible, it'll always happens even in the best employment situations.
Don't be delusional. Even if that hypothesis holds true, EA still is very large and will continue to be only behind ATVI. People thinking that EA will be shutting down or demolished from their position when even before FUT or Star Wars they already were on it need to wake up.
And also, this same thing happened with Sony, Sega and so many companies out there closing subsidiaries around the world and I don't remember such reaction for it in none of those times. I wonder if it was Sony again, let's say, closing a company in the same situation, people would see it in the same way.
But even then, a company can never shut down another company/division that is part of them? That's impossible, it'll always happens even in the best employment situations.
Don't be delusional. Even if that hypothesis holds true, EA still is very large and will continue to be only behind ATVI. People thinking that EA will be shutting down or demolished from their position when even before FUT or Star Wars they already were on it need to wake up.
I'm not saying that EA is on the verge of a total implosion. I'm saying that their most reliable money-maker has some issues that may only become more troublesome with time. If anything, it means that they'll just shift their business strategy at a point and will continue on. And if they do lose the Star Wars license exclusivity, that would probably be better for them in the long run, anyway since it's not like they need it and they can focus more teams on projects that don't require answering to Lucasfilm over everything.
The EA that exists in a few years will be in a different position, not necessarily for the worse.
It's very clearly sustainable, see ubisoft/nintendo/sony. You just have EA/Activision investing deeply into marketing and esports, with none of it paying off.
Another terrible headline. Hopefully they land on their feet and I guess this means SE is publishing their games there again?
Ubisoft has spent a decade perfecting it. EA was poorly managed and poorly diversified. Activision was close to falling into the same trap, relying too heavily on their yearly releases.