Electronic Arts' CEO Scared of Apple Because of iPhone

[Regus]

Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello recently said in an interview with the The Wall Street Journal that his company’s games lack innovation and fail to target the average consumer. He also stated that the age old formula of putting out sequels of games like Madden Football and hoping that this strategy continues to draw in consumers...

http://www.ceosmack.com/2007/07/09/v...use-of-iphone/

This is something Brick would have posted, if he were still alive...

R.I.P Brick Tamlin, we hardly knew you.

[arjue]

Lol, what a douche. Atleast he admits his company sucks.

[kedawa]

http://www.ceosmack.com/2007/07/09/v...use-of-iphone/

This is something Brick would have posted, if he were still alive...

R.I.P Brick Tamlin, we hardly knew you.

http://the-nextlevel.com/board/showthread.php?t=47838

[B-Ri]

EA is scared of apple? I guess maybe for their casual games brand, and apple maybe not letting them in, but isnt EA like the largest contributor to gaming on mac now?

[nocturne]

IGame wouldn't affect the game industry in the way he thinks. People dont have that same loyalty to say Nokia or Motorola in cell phone brands, they only have loyalty to the more developed product.

Games are different, many people buy because of the brand alone and Apple would not be able to jump in and give the mainstream what the mainstream already has-Good games and good consoles. They dont have the experience or the backing to beat Nintendo and never will.

I'm glad this jerk-off had an Epiphany though.