With the SimCity servers now comparatively stable, EA and Maxis must have hoped they would be through the worst, but the chance to play the game properly has revealed a number of more worrying concerns.
EA just hosted its quarterly financial conference call, and its executives have been asked to comment about the recent price hikes for games.
Today, Electronic Arts announced its financial results for the fourth quarter of its fiscal year 2025, alongside the full year.
Split Fiction has sold nearly 4 million copies, and the next battlefield is confirmed for a release by March 2026 with a reveal this Summer.
In addition to the roughly 100 job cuts IGN reported earlier today at Respawn Entertainment, EA has made wider cuts across its organization today, impacting around 300 individuals total including those already reported at Respawn.
Absolutely insane. Man I'm hope they land on their feet EA needs to get the shit together badly....
This is why this industry has slow releases and none compelling games.
Why would anyone willingly work in the VG industry or specifically for one of these globocorp organizations that put you in constant fear of losing your livelihood based on terrible choices made by idiotic management, not the people with talent making the actual games?
I agree with this article on these issues. Offline mode being my most wanted fix for the game. It's not a bad game...when it works.
THIS is what they could have done as an apology. They could have fixed the goddamn game.
And yet instead, what we are going to get is a "free" game that most people would never have bought from their service in the first place, but could still potentially net them a profit from all the ridiculous dlc and microtransactions.
Of course we could also just take their advice and stop having so much fun with their games that we're breaking them.