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EA are making another round of layoffs as they seek "to better meet fans’ changing needs", according to reports (www.rockpapershotgun.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by GamingBot@lemmy.zip to c/gaming@lemmy.zip

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[–] CMDR_Horn@lemmy.world 29 points 2 weeks ago

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 26 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] Supamanc@sopuli.xyz 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

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 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] Supamanc@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

Good point!

[–] Sharkticon@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] kalapala@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

EA Sports - it's the same game.

[–] DdCno1@beehaw.org 3 points 2 weeks ago

To be fair, without their sports games, they would have gone bankrupt over 30 years ago.

[–] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago

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 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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 2 points 2 weeks ago

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 1 points 1 week ago

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.