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[Dave of Canada]

Press Release wrote...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)— Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) today announced that John Riccitiello will step down as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board of Directors, effective March 30. The Board has appointed Larry Probst as Executive Chairman to ensure a smooth transition and to lead EA's executive team while the Board conducts a search for a permanent CEO. The Board will consider internal and external candidates with the assistance of a leading executive search firm.

Mr. Probst has played a leadership role at EA since 1991. In addition to serving as Chairman of the Board since 1994, he previously served as the Company's CEO from 1991 to 2007. As CEO, Probst successfully grew the Company's annual revenues from $175 million to approximately $3 billion, led EA into new platforms such as mobile, online and other emerging markets and expanded its international presence to more than 75 countries.

"We thank John for his contributions to EA since he was appointed CEO in 2007, especially the passion, dedication and energy he brought to the Company every single day," said Mr. Probst. "John has worked hard to lead the Company through challenging transitions in our industry, and was instrumental in driving our very significant growth in digital revenues. We appreciate John's leadership and the many important strategic initiatives he has driven for the Company. We have mutually agreed that this is the right time for a leadership transition."

On behalf of the Board, Lead Director Richard A. Simonson stated, "As we begin the CEO search, we are fortunate that Larry, who has a proven track record with our employees, partners and customers, has agreed to assume a day-to-day leadership role as Executive Chairman. He has 16 years of experience as CEO of EA and a deep understanding of the Company's strategy, management team, business potential and industry trends."

Mr. Riccitiello stated, "EA is an outstanding company with creative and talented employees, and it has been an honor to serve as the Company's CEO. I am proud of what we have accomplished together, and after six years I feel it is the right time for me pass the baton and let new leadership take the Company into its next phase of innovation and growth. I remain very optimistic about EA's future - there is a world class team driving the Company's transition to the next generation of game consoles."

It's hard to think of the recent EA issues and not see this as related.

Let's try to keep the thread away from EA bashing for a few pages at least.

Modifié par Dave of Canada, 18 mars 2013 - 08:16 .

[Allan Schumacher]

Arcian and RedBadger, let this tangent die please.

[Allan Schumacher]

There is not a single more anti-consumer company in the videogame industry, and that doesn't even get into how they treat their own employees.

Just how do they treat their employees?

(Rhetorical question, since you couldn't possibly know. It's also leading to this thread being closed).

Let it be known that people coming onto an EA message board to tell me how poorly EA treats me as an employee is starting to wear very thin. I will start enacting punishments if I continue to see it happen.


As for how awful EA treats me:

Here's what happened when I had a concussion playing sports and was out for 2 weeks and on 2 weeks half days with serious post concussion symptoms: "Don't worry about finances or anything. Just focus on getting better and don't come in to work until you're ready. Keep us posted and get better."

EA offers a gaming rebate their employees. I used my gaming rebate to pay for my Kickstarter contributions. So EA reimbursed me for giving money to competing developers that have eschewed the publisher model (Obsidian and inXile).

I'm very comfortably compensated, even for a "lowly" QA worker.

My boss has sent me home because he felt I was working too much (voluntary) overtime, because he wanted to make sure I didn't burn myself out. My boss' boss has also done the same thing.

As a "lowly" QA, I routinely interact with my project's executive producer and creative director because I may see something interesting on the forums here, or just have an idea. I have been able to do this since my first days as a contract employee.

I could go on and on with the benefits that I receive that aren't typically a part of standard benefits packages because my employer encourages me to stay fit and healthy, and acknowledges that playing any and all types of video games helps make me a better game developer.

Oh please, EA's crimes against consumer interests goes way beyond Day 1 DLC and some stupid ME3 ending. EA would never be off of that list if I had my way.

If a video game company is the worst company in America for you, life must be pretty good for you. First world problems and all I guess. On the plus side, for all the crimes against consumers we commit, any one of you can stop buying our products cold turkey and have your lives pretty much unaffected by it, so I guess there's that.

Modifié par Allan Schumacher, 21 mars 2013 - 05:29 .