EA Cuts Loose Bottom Third Of Its Game Lineup

During a conference call regarding the company’s 2nd quarter financial results, EA’s John Schappert revealed that [[link]] more than a dozen unannounced EA titles had been cut from production as part of its cost reduction plan. Schappert called the move a “targeted cost reduction which will allow a greater investment in our hit titles and digital businesses.” The reduction in titles, which Schappert later revealed to number more than a dozen, goes hand in hand with the closing of facilities and layoffs as part of the company’s restructuring plan.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); [[link]] https://kotaku.com/ea-cutting-1500-jobs-to-reduce-costs-5400728 Schappert could not comment on which titles were cut, citing the difficulties inherit in announcing the cancellation of titles they had never announced in the first place. He mentioned [[link]] reoccurring yearly titles, The Sims, and Hasbro titles as being the company’s best-sellers, going on to say that anything that looks like it wouldn’t measure up to the profitability of those titles had been cut. “In a way, if you could array our title slate up…we’ve cut the bottom third of it.”