Computim wrote...
harrier25699 wrote...
chmarr wrote...
Darth Suetam wrote...
I never thought I would see a company, especially BW, so NOT interested in getting their customers back, and with renewed trust. And also not interested in catapulting ME3 to the heights it deserved. They could do this. Just work on some real ending. And not just explanation. The "explanation and closure" dlc is not gonna do it. And they know it. What happened???
EA is also in full on dmage control mode due to them losing over $700 MILLION in stock value in 9 days
Good grief is that true?!
Assuming I'm reading this right, and I can never tell with the different indicies.
EA: 331.39 million shares, 5 day range of like 14.87-15.36, it's now 15.07... so not really, EA fluctuates quite a bit, though they're down from their 52 week high of $26.13... which is equivalent to like 3.56 Billion in stock value... this is why I let my investment manager do my math, I just tell him the sectors I like to focus on, and the occassional company and he does the rest haha. 
Also, to contrast other gaming industry companies have lost equal amounts recently.. it's seasonal as much as bad press as much as expectations based off analysts too.
EA's stock price has been in decline for a few years, which seems to be more or less in line with the market as a whole. However this year has seen two significant dips, the first was in Febuary when EA had to release figures showing that The Old Republic wasn't doing as well as they'd predicted. The second, and more recent dip, is probably down to EA having to cut at least 500 jobs due to spending too much on marketing.
Neither appears to be due to the Mass Effect 3 outcry directly, although it is possible that it has resulted (along with winning the title of America's worst company) in investors being wary of the company.
It should be noted that the share price is still higher than most other games companies by a large margin...although if the current trend holds that will not be the case by late fall.