EA Louse - Why Warhammer failed

[Sleepery]

Whether they're genuine or not, this makes for an extremely interesting read :

http://ealouse.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/hello-world/

They sound to me like they really do work for EA. Whether everything they're actually claiming is true though, not so sure.

Interesting stuff nonetheless. Especially the bits about SWTOR

 

[MonkeykingZX]

Wow is all i have to say if that's all true

 

[Neil79]

To EA corporate, your hands off approach to this company helped lead to it’s failure thus far in regards to WAR specifically.

Isn't that what EA is all about , pushing companies to failure?

 

[DjchunKfunK]

The guy could have done with re-reading what he has written as a rant looks a lot less credible if the grammar is poor.

 

[DirtyJester]

Isn't that what EA is all about , pushing companies to failure?

.. and I thought that was just the customers

 

[Master_X]

Very interesting read but not sure if all of it is 100% true. It does seem to me that EA have done this for years, just look at Westwood studios, Maxis, Bulfrog and Origin they all made awsome games then bought up by EA then the games after that were pants. Seems EA cares about money and other things then the games they make now.

 

[FrenchTart]

The guy could have done with re-reading what he has written as a rant looks a lot less credible if the grammar is poor.

If they're a developer/artist their skill set is probably more focussed on that than on good grammar

It's about the level I'd expect from someone in that field. It's fairly readable.

 

[Orcish-Horde]

If they're a developer/artist their skill set is probably more focussed on that than on good grammar

It's about the level I'd expect from someone in that field. It's fairly readable.

Accept the game they made was on par with his grammar, their skill sets were maybe not that good.

 

[FrenchTart]

Accept the game they made was on par with his grammar, their skill sets were maybe not that good.

Lol

I didn't say that their skills were good - just that they were focussed in that direction

 

[LeJosh]

It was perfectly legible, few mistakes. You can tell he is major POd though.

Such a shame people are treated like that in the games industry or more specifically big corporate games industry.

 

[Metatron]

Sounds like a whiny kid.

 

[Orcish-Horde]

Lol

I didn't say that their skills were good - just that they were focussed in that direction

 

[Nemeses]

LoL article raised a storm up on the SW:TOR forums, did you guys see PB response to it, talk about sounding like a low life.

 

[Spektor]

LoL article raised a storm up on the SW:TOR forums, did you guys see PB response to it, talk about sounding like a low life.

Link to the PB reply plx!


Theres more drama in that place than the guild I'm in!

 

[Sleepery]

It's his (her?) massive miffed-offedness that makes me think they're the real thing.

That doesn't mean that it's all true mind you, I've worked with plenty of people who are always convinced that everything is management's fault, they could do better, etc.

 

[mmj_uk]

Big corporations like EA don't care about anything except profits.

This is the reason why I have a huge respect for the Sony/Polyphony Digital relationship, Polyphony Digital are given the freedom/time they need and it shows in the end product.

It's just a shame for everyone that all these other developers are given impossible deadlines and their game suffers as a result.

 

[neoboy]

This appears to be as much as a story of incompetence of handling projects within big corporations as it is about gaming industry.

 

[arknor]

how long was WAR in development again ? idiots

 

[Alex74]

hmm..interesting read, thanks for posting.

Sounds like companies are trying to invest millions in trying to play it safe. Combine with managerial incompetence = bad times for the final release.

SWTOR comments did make me chuckle though

 

[gronf]

Link to the PB reply plx!

Seconded!