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Peter Moore of EA: Our Games Will be Delayed Because of Pokemon Go

Peter Moore, the COO of EA Sports, took to Twitter today to joke that Pokemon GO will cause game delays for the company due to the fact that all of its developers are playing the game instead of working.

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BrandanT3263d ago

Okay! Now this game is just something else.
I keep hearing lots of unexpected things about this game.

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Shubhendu_Singh3263d ago

Obviously it was a casual joke.
I remember many devs saying their own games development is hampered when BloodBorne was released.

Don't read too much into it. PGO is still a fun thing though (though my area has nothing in the map!)

BrandanT3263d ago

I know that. It just goes to show how popular that game is. It's no different than saying, "you're wasting your life away playing it."
Everyday you just hear more news of how it merits Pokemon Go's popularity.

UltimateMaster3262d ago

Minimum salary. Minimum effort. Pokemon is now more important than work.
Makes me think of World of WarCraft back in the day.

Timesplitter143263d ago (Edited 3262d ago )

"I keep hearing lots of unexpected things about this game."

There are tons of fake clickbait Pokemon GO news masquerading as real news, though. You know... coming from the kind of site that has a bunch of "Doctors HATE her" ads at the bottom of the page...

I've seen news of Pokemon GO causing car accidents and crowds of Pokemon GO players blocking highways. Many were debunked as being fake as hell. All using pictures/footage from protests in Baton Rouge or accidents that occurred in 2014, etc...

Fake Pokemon GO news are a new meme

blackblades3263d ago

I see this game on the news everyday. I'll never play it I'm alway the opposite when it comes to craz.

Gaming_Cousin3263d ago

Lol I think Ted Cruz successfully brainwashed him

I wonder if their delay statement was over exaggerated. It would be cool if most employees did play the game instead of develop. It just shows how interesting the game really is

NukaCola3262d ago

Legitimate truth in here though. When Google had their Pacman Search Bar their recordeducation play time calculator averaged over 1 billion dollars in revenue waste from people playing it instead of working. I mean, it's not that catastrophic, but still interesting numbers.

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ZeekQuattro3263d ago (Edited 3263d ago )

Gimped NX EA ports confirmed. Blame it on Pokemon Go. jkjk Everyone is chiming in on Pokemon Go. Its only going to get crazier once more countries get it.

Bytor3263d ago

I didn't Know Lee Van Cleef worked for EA

_-EDMIX-_3263d ago

😂😂😂 28514;😂😂 LMFAO! You mean Ocelot from Metal Gear Solid?

_-EDMIX-_3263d ago

@chris- ahh for a few dollars more is better.

Yui_Suzumiya3263d ago

Oh yeah I know. Characters from Snatcher were taken from Blade Runner and the Snatchers themselves were modeled after the T-1000's from the Terminator. The two main characters from Policenauts were modeled after the characters from Lethal Weapon.

MyDietEqualsGames3263d ago

A few dollars more was stellar. I should watch that later today.

_-EDMIX-_3263d ago

That's pretty crazy, I did not know that about Snatcher!

Christopher3263d ago

_of course_ A Few Dollars More is Better. I was going with classic cheesy :D

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Yui_Suzumiya3263d ago

Actually Hideo Kojima stated that he designed Old Snake after Lee Van Cleef in an interview around the time it came out in 2008.

_-EDMIX-_3263d ago

Lol I know,.that was the joke. And as a huge movie fan I would say that Ocelots character more so is a spoof of Lee Van Cleef considering their similarities.

Kojima is a huge movie buff and lots of his characters and themes are based on famous movies. Like Hal Emmerich being named after the supercomputer HAL from Space Odyssey 2001.

SniperControl3263d ago

Give him a few years and he'll look like Mr Burns.......

https://cowboypress.files.w...

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Yoshida claims PS believes Xbox is their only competitor, truth is they don’t have one any more

Former PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida claims PlayStation still believes Xbox is their only true competitor, not Nintendo.

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Terry_B1d 6h ago

True, they have pretty different audiences..and some People just have both at home or a PS and a PC that emulates more or less everything from Nintendo.

Knightofelemia1d 4h ago

Xbox hasn't been a competitor since the XB360. Last generation and this generation Sony has been running circles around Xbox. As for Sony vs Nintendo Sony runs circles yes but I don't really see Nintendo as competition. Nintendo does their own thing and it works.

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Lightning771d ago

Details are important. Console sales yes. Overall games Xbox seems to be doing fairly well in that department.

LoveSpuds12h ago(Edited 12h ago)

MS were doing so well that they had to start selling their games on their main competitors system which in turn results in around 30% of each sale going to Sony as the platform holder.

I do think tjat MS' fortunes will improve now that they are actually selling games rather than giving them away for pennies on the dollar.

Something that occurs to me is that the more success MS published games have elsewhere, the more stark it will become that selling games is much more profitable than renting them. If that becomes highly noticable, I wonder what the shareholders (who ultimately run the show) will make of a service which has stagnated for years?

crazyCoconuts9h ago

PlayStation doesn't compete with third party games, they compete on consoles. They profit from third party games. If you're not comparing consoles there's no point in comparing.

drivxr1d 4h ago

Console wars are over.

Eventually, everyone else will catch up to this fact.

attilayavuzer1d 3h ago (Edited 1d 3h ago )

I think it's all PS fans have left at this point. Console wars were always a competition for fourth place behind Nintendo, PC and mobile. If Xbox evaporates into a hybrid virtual platform, then PS will be perennially left in last place.

Christopher1d 2h ago

Strange, I recall all those FCC documents and witness testimonies saying the exact opposite... Guess Microsoft doesn't know what it's talking about?

PanicMechanic15h ago(Edited 15h ago)

Great analysis. Just joking.

Pretending like companies give a f about where they “rank” against each other is just super retarded. This isn’t the World Cup.

Tell me, how does “PC” compete against a brand like PlayStation? It just doesn’t make sense at all. What you just said, is complete and utter nonsense

BlaqMagiq17h ago

I don't think PS cares about being in this so-called "last place" you came up with when they're making profits hand over fist.

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Destiny10801d 3h ago

microsoft wanted to crush sony into dust and they had the money to do it, but with such weak leadership it was always going to fail

Reaper22_1d 3h ago

Had the money? They still have the money but the industry has changed since xbox 360. Microsoft is the number one publisher in gaming. I'd hardly call that failing.

IRetrouk1d 2h ago (Edited 1d 2h ago )

The industry hasn't changed though, just ms, Microsoft was the no1 publisher for a month in december 2024, the actual no1 for fy2024 was tencent if game sales are all that's being counted.

Profchaos1d 2h ago

Money doesn't mean you'll be successful large corporations have entered and failed before like Nec

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Interview: Plants vs. Zombies Composer Talks Charm, Humor, and Musical Mayhem

Game Rant interviews Plants vs. Zombies composer Peter McConnell about honoring the series’ quirky roots, adapting its themes, and now going vinyl.

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VenomUK2d ago

The score for the first Plants Vs Zombies is such great, iconic music that it has a timeless quality. Not quite the level of Minecraft, but wonderful in its own right.

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'A Deluge' Baldur's Gate 3 Karlach Actor Samantha Béart Talks New and Upcoming Video Game Roles

Game Rant speaks with actor Samantha Béart about their new and upcoming video game roles in Tron: Catalyst, Fading Echo, and more.

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