EA are making another round of layoffs as they seek "to better meet fans’ changing needs", according to reports

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/ea-are-making-another-round-of-layoffs-as-they-seek-to-better-meet-fans-changing-needs-according-to-reports

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CMDR_Horn@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 79d

I only have two needs and they've been the same for a long time. Stop killing games and stop forcing origin on me.

st3ph3n@midwest.social · 24 pts · 78d

EA doesn't give a single fuck about their "fans", or any of their employees.

Supamanc@sopuli.xyz · 17 pts · 78d (2 replies)

EA are making another round of layoffs as they seek "to better meet fan shareholders changing needs ever static need for profit", according to reports

Fixed it for you!

wraithcoop@programming.dev · 2 pts · 78d (1 reply)

oh the need is not static, it is always only increasing

Supamanc@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 78d

Good point!

Sharkticon@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 78d

Does this include the EA Sports brand? Cuz admittedly they're not doing much to begin with.

kalapala@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 78d

EA Sports - it's the same game.

Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip · 4 pts · 78d

How about instead of layoffs we just train the teams in charge of Origin Launcher, denuvo integration, and microtransactions to do something useful for a change?

Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 78d (1 reply)

If they truly wanted to meet the changing needs of gamers, they'd just shutter EA entirely. It'd be easier to burn it all down and start over than to fix the endless cascade of problems with how they do business.

Liome@pawb.social · 3 pts · 78d

They never said gamers. They sad fans. And EA has no fans among gamers, they are notoriously hated among that group.
When they say "fans" they mean shareholders, and laying off people seems to align with wants of those.

M137@lemmy.today · 0 pts · 77d

What "changing needs"? People just want good games. The industry does bad shit, it goes bad so they backtrack a bit but then slowly bring that same thing back and repeat, that's how we ended up here, the needs of the players never changed.