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Electronic Arts Leadership Are Out of Their Goddamned Minds

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62 points dotmanish | 4 comments | 04 Jul 25 03:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.63s | source
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voidfunc ◴[04 Jul 25 04:19 UTC] No.44461098[source]▶
Its EA... they're idiots. Too many MBAs thinking they can make the next multi-billion dollar moonshot game without thinking about what matters. Also they're addicted to subscription revenue models.
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1. bluefirebrand ◴[04 Jul 25 04:35 UTC] No.44461151[source]▶
I think a huge part of the problem in the North American game industry is that the execs and MBAs you mention still seem to have a mentality that games are for gross dorky losers

It's really weird how much the game industry seems to despise their audience

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3. ekianjo ◴[04 Jul 25 06:15 UTC] No.44461619[source]▶
> It's really weird how much the game industry seems to despise their audience

its an endemic behavior when you recruit MBAs that are not growing from within the company. not limited to gaming at all.

4. darth_avocado ◴[04 Jul 25 06:53 UTC] No.44461802[source]▶
MBA should have been education for managers who already have industry experience so that they can better perform in their new responsibilities. Unfortunately everyone collectively decided that an MBA degree was a substitute for competency.