Entries in 'riccitiello' (78)
Riccitiello: Digital to overtake boxed product in 2010
In the wake of EA’s long-expected purchase of social network gaming specialist Playfish earlier this month, boss John Riccitiello has predicted that emerging online-based gaming models will overtake traditional console ...
EA falls out of love with new IP
Rapidly changing publisher EA has revealed that as well as shedding a huge 1,500 jobs, the company has also ditched a dozen announced projects to focus on its established and ...
EA: Madden sales “discouraging”
As the success of digital distribution services such as the iTunes App Store, Xbox Live and PSN continue to ask serious questions of the traditional console software sales model, EA ...
PS3 price cut pleases Riccitiello
Outspoken EA boss John Riccitiello has heaped praise on Sony for not only dropping the price of its PS3 console, but also for the timing of the move.
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EA losses more than double
Electronic Arts has seen both its losses increase and its revenue fall for its fiscal Q1 ending June 30th 2009, with boss John Riccitiello admitting that the video games market ...
Riccitiello embraces the Wii
John Riccitiello, the always interesting boss of EA, has once again expressed his aspirations on Wii this year – and he’s come out in defence of Nintendo in the process.
Riccitiello: EA got too fat and too reliant
Outspoken EA boss John Riccitiello has boldly stated that his company had become too complacent with itself, adding that the worsening economic recession could be “a blessing in disguise” as ...
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EA: Casual gaming to be big news in 2009
North American games publisher EA has pledged to make casual and family gaming a big part of its reinvention roadmap following some disappointing financial results for the firm’s last three ...
EA: Ricccitiello on firm’s Q3 results
On the back of some large losses in the publisher’s FYQ3, EA boss John Riccitiello has spoken about the mistakes his company made over the period – and outlined the ...
Riccitiello: Creativity and profit go hand in hand
John Riccitiello, the boss of US publishing giant EA, is back on the quality bandwagon after telling The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences that the quest for profitable games ...
EA to reduce SKUs, though new IP looks safe
Following the warning that its Q4 and annual fiscal results are likely to fall short of the numbers it had previously predicted, EA had stated that it will reduce the ...
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Dead Space and Mirror’s Edge sequels on the way
Admittedly, it was a given that titles like Dead Space and Mirror’s Edge were going to get sequels, but EA boss John Riccitiello has in an investor call spoken publicly ...
Riccitiello: Take-Two bid was ‘a waste of ink’
EA CEO John Riccitiello has told the Wall Street Journal that his company’s bid for Take-Two was “a waste of ink” and that it was intended to help the firm ...
Riccitiello: ‘Crappy’ licensed games take the industry backwards
It seems that barely a day passes without EA CEO John Riccitiello hitting the headlines – and this time the outspoken boss has lashed out at below-par license-based games.
Need for Speed Undercover... uncovered
Speaking at the William Blair & Company Growth Stock Conference in Chicago yesterday, EA CEO John Riccitiello announced that the next instalment in its popular street racing series Need for ...
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Riccitiello: Take Two saga “was our plan all along”
John Riccitiello has told an audience of investors that it was EA’s plan all along to seal its acquisiton of Take Two before the end of the year, rather than ...
Rockstar boss: Riccitiello is ‘the real deal’
In a very rare interview, co-founder of Rockstar Sam Houser has spoken of his respect for EA CEO John Riccitiello – the man who could own the developer’s parent Take ...
EA offers to buy Take Two for $2bn
Electronic Arts has made public an offer to acquire rival publisher Take Two for around $2bn, revealing that the two have been in talks to merge, although the GTA publisher ...
Riccitiello to Zelnick - that letter in full
Following on from the news that EA would like to buy Take Two, we're publishing in full the letter from Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello to Take Two exec chairman ...
Riccitiello: EA’s review scores are unacceptable
In a recent meeting with Wall Street analysts, EA boss John Riccitiello has stated that the company’s dropping average review score is the most important problem facing the firm.
Riccitiello: EA made mistakes with studio acquisitions
Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello has admitted the company made mistakes when it acquired well-known developers.
Riccitiello: ‘Console transition is over’
John Riccitiello, the increasingly talkative CEO of the now second biggest games publisher in the world EA, has said that he believes the huge sales enjoyed by all three next-gen ...
Riccitiello: Consolidation is not the future
John Riccitiello, the CEO of leading global games publisher Electronic Arts, has stated that he believes there will be less consolidation in the games industry in the future, and that ...
