................................ My opinion: If the same customer care team is seeing the same negative speak for months, someone is not doing their job.
It's not just processing power, however, it is also available RAM and graphic abilities, as well as hard drive space. lighting, texture, coded objects (clickable objects) can pull very heavily and RAM and graphics. Edited to remove a double quote that keeps happening because I need a new mouse. :(
Nice animation. Something to keep in mind, however, is that fans have the opportunity to decide for themselves how much time and money to spend on a project. Employees do not have that opportunity. Then have focus assignments with a budget.
It is my belief that the folks saying they will not purchase are not making threats they are stating that they are that unhappy about the issue. Where I live, if the consumer doesn't like something, they do not purchase it. If they had liked it at one time, but changes turned them away, they state that will no longer…
I wasn't commenting so much on your point but rather was meaning to point out that revenue is not the same as profits. A company can bring in billions in revenue and still show a loss. And, that there is a difference between GAAP and non-GAAP. I believed a little clarity for those who are not familiar with account…
In GAAP financial reports, there is a section to explain unusually activities that might weigh what is considered normal operating costs. Non-GAAP would be similar to a common soul stating: IF we did not have that huge, unexpected medical bill, we would be financially secure. In truth, I feel that consumers should not…
TS3 was not Shallow. "...teen girls who aren't used to big complicated games." This is so many shades of wrong. If a company to took this attitude toward a target audience, it would be a serious misstep. It is my understanding that the reduction in graphic quality and the omission of selected content was done to allow the…
While previewing the stats please remember that revenue is NOT profit. Revenue less expenses is profit. None of these numbers relate to profit. GAAP means Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Non-GAAP means that EA's report is inclusive of data that is generally not accepted as reasonable way to report financial data.…
My opinion based from experience in working with Corp heads: When a Corp Officer throws numbers in together as in this event, it is to confuse the listener. By embedding strong financial data into the same statement as weak data, the speaker is meaning for the listener to hear certain words: TS4...grow....deeply...game…
That was the Earning report from July. It is all kinds of sad that a Financial Officer and an Executive Officer is making excuses for poor consumer response. These reps of EA were trying to convince Traders and Trade reporters that the EA stock was solid.
Maxis used to drop hints and teasers for TS3. I remember seeing the teaser for Island Paradise; I stopped building a certain world because I saw potential in what was going to be released and did want to redo the world. I was excited about the features that suggested and showed. They told us about Into the Future as well.…
PC gaming is actually increasing. MMO are alive and well and thriving. Last research I read stated that many PC gamers are also tablet gamers, so the 'gold ring' for the industry right now would be to integrate the two platforms rather than to convert. As an example: talking about a game causes player to desire to be…
There is one thing that Maxis can do to improve their popularity right now and it will cost them nothing: communicate. I believe most players are upset because of perceived promises have been broken. Employees of Maxis has suggested that things will come and they have not. Maxis says they are listening and are giving the…
Um. O'kay. Yea you? I do not know how to respond to this as I do not understand your point. If you are referring to my statement, as it is included, there is no fighting involved. Speaking out is not a fight. Speaking out is saying, "I disagree." Not every disagreement is the start of a fight. Most are a start of a…
The company I work for does break down the earnings from the subdivisions in the financial reports. However, we do not report private data on the public (stockholder) financials. We only state that this much money was brought in by the collective subsidiaries. Since I did not see a break down in the EA stockholder report,…
3. Never good to generalize an American. America covers several countries and many, many nationalities. America is very diverse; we do not all think the same. "But enough about this. I just wondered why the remaining people in this forum thought that they could make a huge company like EA change its mind and give…
Maxis is a privately held company. While there are always losses in companies (can't please everyone) I maintain that companies must keep their consumer happy or they will not be in business very much longer.
Make an argument of it if you will. I stated my opinion and I stand on it: family-play focuses on the family activity rather than play that contains a family.
publicly held basically means owned by the public...anyone can purchase stock and be part owner of the company. Anyone considering purchasing stock in that company has a right to review the financial data prior to the purchase. privately held means own by private person or persons. No one can purchase part of the ownership…
I am sorry that you are so confused. The objective is to apply a meaning to Family-play as it relates to those who are missing family-play. Playing with a family or something considered a family does not promote the activities that are important to those who desire family-play style of playing. So, my expression was to say…
The terms publicly held and privately held relate to accounting status from the view of investors or owners. Publicly held companies have stockholders (investors) and their financial reports are shared with the stockholders and the public. Privately held companies, even when owned by a publicly held company, do not have…
EA is publicly held; Maxis is private. EA owns Maxis. ALL for-profit companies are profit-driven. They have to be or they've no funds to continue the business. The difference between profit and revenue is the expenses. Since it takes money to make money driving up revenue also drives up expenses so the profit does change.…
EA is no different than other production companies. They are not special and they DO tend to their consumer base because they would have not consumers if they did not attend them. The posting of an article claiming they are voted the worst company of the year is relative. I ran a quick poll with people I know and asked…
Disagree (bolded part) All companies earns money by pleasing consumers. Can't think of one major company that has earned money by angering or ignoring their consumers. A consumer who is pleased with a product or service might tell one person; a consumer who is not pleased with a product or service will tell Everyone.…