John Riccitiello steps down as CEO of EA

uglygamer 18 Mar 2013 20:13:25 11,587 posts
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)— Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) today announced that John Riccitiello will step down as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board of Directors, effective March 30. The Board has appointed Larry Probst as Executive Chairman to ensure a smooth transition and to lead EA's executive team while the Board conducts a search for a permanent CEO. The Board will consider internal and external candidates with the assistance of a leading executive search firm.

http://kotaku.com/5991181/ea-ceo-john-riccitiello-steps-down

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Syrette 18 Mar 2013 20:14:31 38,668 posts
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Peter Moore, nailed on.

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King_Edward 18 Mar 2013 20:15:50 9,755 posts
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Done a runner before it all goes to pot.

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uglygamer 18 Mar 2013 20:16:23 11,587 posts
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Yeah, it'll probably be Peter Moore.

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Darth_Flibble 18 Mar 2013 20:18:27 1,312 posts
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I hope he has done a runner with all the fifa and madden micro transactions payments

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neilka 18 Mar 2013 20:18:56 12,574 posts
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vizzini for CEO

EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE FINE

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riz23 18 Mar 2013 20:27:51 653 posts
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I hope the share price goes up.

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Whizzo 18 Mar 2013 20:29:39 41,258 posts
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He didn't really resign, he just couldn't get to work because someone had blocked the road with a fleet of buses, fire engines and cop cars.

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X201 18 Mar 2013 20:32:27 13,433 posts
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Whizzo wrote:
He didn't really resign, he just couldn't get to work because someone had blocked the road with a fleet of buses, fire engines and cop cars.

That'll be teamHAM :-)

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Bremenacht 18 Mar 2013 20:39:13 11,696 posts
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One cunt enters
One cunt leaves

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unicorn69 18 Mar 2013 20:59:11 61 posts
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Bremenacht wrote:
One cunt enters
One cunt leaves

Exactly
But i really hope there will be some change.

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RobTheBuilder 18 Mar 2013 21:12:57 6,421 posts
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For £2.49 he'll wave as he leaves
For £5.99 he'll let you choose his successor

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thedaveeyres 18 Mar 2013 21:16:59 8,340 posts
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He's out of the game.

D****** ******r

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Luke_Martin_VA 18 Mar 2013 21:30:03 151 posts
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What worries me is that EA have actually pumped out some good stuff in that time, with their tactics before that being arguably more mercenary - and leaning back in that direction now they're so keen to climb back up the FTSE ladder.

Better the devil you know?

w w w . v o x e l a r c a d e . c o m

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Gambit1977 18 Mar 2013 22:24:19 7,870 posts
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Syrette wrote:
Peter Moore, nailed on.

The market has spoken :lol:

I forgot about him. He has a face you'd never tire of hitting with hard implements.

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PenguinJim 19 Mar 2013 00:47:21 3,946 posts
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From his resignation letter: "The progress EA has made on transitioning to digital games and services is something I'm extremely proud of."

What did EA do before digital games? I thought they'd ALWAYS been a video games company.

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neilka 19 Mar 2013 00:50:28 12,574 posts
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Early EA games were published as sheet music.

EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE FINE

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Triggerhappytel 19 Mar 2013 00:54:46 2,525 posts
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Luke_Martin_VA wrote:
What worries me is that EA have actually pumped out some good stuff in that time, with their tactics before that being arguably more mercenary - and leaning back in that direction now they're so keen to climb back up the FTSE ladder.

Better the devil you know?

Yeah, his tenure was definitely better than Larry Probst's. They were a fucking awful company under him.

He tried a lot of interesting things and I think his intentions to turn the company around were sound, but it never really came to fruition. This is nothing to do with Sim City, but EA have been making annual losses for the last few years, so I suspect Riccitiello was pushed rather than jumped.