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During a recent stock conference, John Riccitiello CEO of Electronic Arts has pointed out some aspects regarding the gaming press attitude towards EA and their games.
Citing GameIndustry.biz :
"While speaking to investors gathered for the William Blair &
Company's 28th Annual Growth Stock Conference, Riccitiello was asked to
estimate the Metacritic review scores for EA's upcoming titles.
"I
always hate answering questions like this. It is a little bit like
you're jinxing the play, you know - 'We expect the New York Times to
love this play.'
"And you sort of feel a little bit
like a twit getting out ahead of it because there's a certain cadre of
journalists that would love to prove me wrong."
Riccitiello said
that he has looked carefully at EA Sports titles - NASCAR, NCAA, Madden
and NBA Live - and found them to be better products than last year.
With Madden in particular, he said "It's a vastly more innovative and better product and worthy of a 20th anniversary."
"If
I move to the games line-up, I am really proud of Mercenaries. I am
really proud of Bad Company...I'd be disappointed if it was below high
70s. It is a really good game."
He also named Dead Space and
Spore as titles he thought would rate highly. Even so, the EA boss was
irritated that one bad rating could throw things out of whack.
"It
used to be...All Metacritics were higher once upon a time because it
was ten professionals rating them. Now, sort of anybody with a pen can
rate them and it ends up with a bit of a wider track some times.
"EA
doesn't usually get the benefit of the cult - 'everybody has to rate it
a hundred' thing going on - that happens sometimes even when they may
not, based on the review, have played more than the first fifteen
minutes of the game. But that's a separate issue.""
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