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Is this a windup? EA in serious trouble.

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  • 21-03-2001 11:51pm
    #1
    Hobbes
    Registered Users Posts: 21,264 ✭✭✭✭


    from lumthemad
    <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">
    From the press release:

    Electronic Arts and Origin Systems have announced a plan that will increase their focus on Ultima Online and halt production of OWO: ORIGIN (UO2). The reason is simple, rather than creating OWO: ORIGIN (UO2) as a parallel world competing with UO, we've decided to put those resources into growing and improving the core offering for Ultima Online's 230,000 loyal subscribers.

    In the near future and with the release next week of Ultima Online: Third Dawn, players will see new lands, new creatures, and a world that is continually evolving within Ultima Online.

    Latest update as of 3:30p: Massive layoffs throughout EA. 85 from OSI alone. Kesmai also gutted (at least 40, Battletech and Air Warrior 4 both cancelled) and 80 elsewhere in EA. Harry Potter cancelled. Jack Heistand (OSI's CEO) gone. Gordon "Tyrant" Walton moved to Sims Online.
    This site, along with the rest of XRGaming is suffering frequent outages today. You can get the latest from our IRC chat room (irc.sorcery.net #lummies).
    Our sincere condolences today to everyone who was hit by this.

    Not a good day, by any measure.
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    Fidelis
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    80 in EA alone ??
    That sounds like a massive portion of a gaming company, how many people does EA employ altogether ?
    Nil Desperandum


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    PHB
    Registered Users Posts: 20,617 ✭✭✭✭PHB


    jesus ****ign christ.
    this is getting badder and badder.
    ALL PPL BUY MORE EA GAMES NOW


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    #4
    Hobbes
    Registered Users Posts: 21,264 ✭✭✭✭Hobbes


    <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Fidelis:
    80 in EA alone ??
    That sounds like a massive portion of a gaming company, how many people does EA employ altogether ?

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    80 in OSI alone. OSI are a deveopment group who made Ultima Online (which happens to be EA's biggest money spinner). I would guess 80 is a large portion of the UO team, and others who aren't being fired have been moved to alternate projects.

    Personally I think them dropping UO2 for continual updates on a 4 year old program with tons of bugs introduced each update is a bad move.


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    #5
    Belisarius
    Closed Accounts Posts: 784 ✭✭✭Belisarius


    Well they Split EA a while back theyre EA sports and EA , Without all those EAsports franchises EA would find it hard to Maintain EA , though I dont see how , thoose MMORPGs are a ripoff

    Shrewgar!


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