EA: Quality overrides ship time

"I would say without hesitation that our quality is going to be up this year versus the prior year," 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Electronic Arts CEO John Ricci👍ꦜtiello said in a Tuesday earnings call.

Riccitiello has made it a very public priority to up the quality of EA's titles. A recent review score average of EA's titles was 77 percent, but Riccitiello said at an analyst meeting in February that he wants EA to exceed 80 percent by fꦡiscal 2011.

He reiterated the intended focus on quality during an earnings call Tuesday. "I would say without hesitation that our quality is going to be up 🐲this year versus the prior year. I would say without hesitation that our ship timing is going to be improved versus the prior year," he predicted.

But chasing higher quality may cause sacrifices in another important area: timeliness. "If I had to tell you which will give, ship time will give before𒁏 quality," he sa🎀id. "We're making big improvements on timeliness, but there's still more work to do."

Games on the slate for fiscal 2009 include games from typically well-reviewed game makers (and recent EA acquisitions) Pandemic and Bioware. Pandemic has Mercenaries 2 and S🦋aboteur in the pipeline, while BioWare has the RPG Dragon Ag♐e in the works.

Other promising titles from EA include Mirror's Edge f🅷rom DICE and Spore from Mඣaxis.

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May 14, 2008