EA COO: We Don't Get Enough Credit for How Well We Handle Acquired Studios - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 05 September 2021 / 1,715 Views
Electronic Arts chief operating officer and chief financial officer Blake Jorgensen during the company's earnings call with investors this week said they don't get enough credit for how well they handles the studios it has acquired.
Jorgensen specifically mentions Codemasters' F1 2021, which is their first game published by EA, and the success of Respawn's Apex Legends.
I think we’ve exceeded our expectations," said Jorgensen via VideoGamesChronicle. "That’s no negative on the F1 team, because they are exceptional. We didn’t own the business for that long, so [it was more a case of] could we quickly integrate the teams, our marketing and publishing efforts to try and drive that business as fast as we did?
"That’s probably where we might have had some questions. And actually, we’ve well exceeded that. And it’s to the testament of an exceptional game development team that was able to produce the right assets, to produce the right marketing materials to help us drive this business and the teams working together.
"And you know what? I think we don’t get enough credit for this, but EA is a bunch of people who really can work well together. And we do a great job of working with other parts of our company. And when we bring in acquisitions, we work well with them.
"And I think the poster child there is, you look at Respawn and you look at what’s happened with Apex. This is a team effort and Respawn has obviously driven the amazing development of Apex, but they’ve partnered with us extremely well to drive what is now, it’s coming up to almost $2 billion in business over two years.
"That’s unheard of in our industry. And I’m not sure we get enough credit for it, I don’t really care, but at the end of the day, it is amazing what our teams are able to do."
EA has over 40 studios worldwide. Acquired studios includes BioWare, Codemasters, Criterion Games, DICE, and Respawn.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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Assuming he's talking about negative credit, I absolutely agree.
(Deep breath) HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHAHA!!! And that’s not meant to be a fake Tidus laugh.
Origin Systems, Maxis, Bullfrog, and Pandemic might disagree with you. BioWare is coming along nicely on its march to the EA graveyard.
Most would say they don`t get enough flack for how bad the f**k it up.
Stop killing ur own aquired studios then we will talk
boo hoo!
The only thing EA is more famous for than acquiring studios is shutting them down.
Wow he is still a complete plank of wood.
I already used my ‘Hahaha’-only post on the last EA article, but, yeah.
This genuinely made me laugh.
I think they deserve all the credit they get from the studios they've acquired. I wouldn't expect it to be much though, because few of those studios could give credit anymore...
Best comment that is or ever will be on this article.
Essay Pro