EA Warns It Will Miss Forecasts; New Cuts Possible

Iria · Dec 9, 2008, 11:31 PM

Video game publisher Electronic Arts says it expects revenue and earnings for fiscal 2009 to miss its prior outlook because of weaker-than-expected holiday sales—and it may cut more jobs to reduce costs.
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Source: CBS5

BlueMak · Dec 10, 2008, 01:37 AM

Quickly, more DRM!!!!

Iria · Dec 10, 2008, 04:30 AM

Hahah. Wait, don't forget that they need to stop used game sales as well.

mkk · Dec 10, 2008, 04:42 AM

They might be putting some DRM squeeze on consoles next year to combat second hand sales. Anyway:

Dec 9, 2008, 11:31 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 75	EA Warns It Will Miss Forecasts; New Cuts Possible Video game publisher Electronic Arts says it expects revenue and earnings for fiscal 2009 to miss its prior outlook because of weaker-than-expected holiday sales—and it may cut more jobs to reduce costs. ____________ Source: CBS5

Dec 10, 2008, 01:37 AM	#2
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 9,332 Rep Power: 168 System Specs	Re: EA Warns It Will Miss Forecasts; New Cuts Possible Quickly, more DRM!!!! __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Dec 10, 2008, 04:30 AM	#3
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 75	Re: EA Warns It Will Miss Forecasts; New Cuts Possible Hahah. Wait, don't forget that they need to stop used game sales as well.

Dec 10, 2008, 04:42 AM	#4
mkk Avasted Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 3,796 Rep Power: 77 System Specs	Re: EA Warns It Will Miss Forecasts; New Cuts Possible They might be putting some DRM squeeze on consoles next year to combat second hand sales. Anyway:

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