Tag Archives: John Riccitiello
Thu, Mar 10, 2011 | 09:24 GMT
EA: 40% of all game sales now digital
EA has claimed that as much as 40 percent of all game sales are now taking place digitally, and that stats services such as NPD are becoming irrelevant.
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Posted in: Trade
Tags: John Riccitiello
Tue, Mar 08, 2011 | 01:13 GMT
Mass Effect 2′s PlayStation Network sales “meaningful”
EA head John Riccitiello has said the digital version of Mass Effect 2 for PlayStation 3, the console’s first launch-day digital release, pulled “meaningful” sales.
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Posted in: Action, EA, PS3, PSN, PlayStation Store, RPG, Sony
Tags: digital distribution, John Riccitiello, mass effect 2
Wed, Feb 16, 2011 | 22:59 GMT
EA stocks rise in the wake of Riccitiello’s Goldman Sachs presentation
After CEO John Riccitiello’s presentation at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference yesterday, EA’s stock rose sharply.
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Posted in: EA, Trade
Tags: John Riccitiello, shares, stock, stock market
Wed, Feb 16, 2011 | 10:37 GMT
JR: EA “dropped the ball,” but has best IP in the industry
EA CEO John Riccitiello has said the firm has emerged from a transitional period with both the strongest core portfolio in the trade and increased digital focus.
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Posted in: EA
Tags: Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference, John Riccitiello
Wed, Feb 02, 2011 | 07:09 GMT
Riccitiello: EA to announce “very exciting” FPS entry “later in the year”
EA CEO John Riccitiello has said that it’s to announce a “very exciting” FPS title it has on its books “later” this year.
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Posted in: EA, Shooter
Tags: fps, John Riccitiello
Sat, Jan 08, 2011 | 05:19 GMT
EA’s Riccitiello: “No question” that digital will overtake retail this year
Quick! Out of the GameStop! It’s going down!
But first, would you like to preorder this life-jacket-and-flotation-device bundle?
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Posted in: EA, Hot
Tags: digital distribution, ea, John Riccitiello
Wed, Jan 05, 2011 | 09:30 GMT
Riccitiello: Motion controllers won’t replace traditional controllers
EA boss John Riccitiello has said that traditional gaming controllers won’t be replaced by the wave of motion controllers that’s hit the market in recent years.
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Posted in: EA, Kinect, PS3, PlayStation Move, Xbox 360
Tags: John Riccitiello, wiimote
Mon, Jan 03, 2011 | 00:27 GMT
Christmas break 2010 news round-up – Deus Ex delayed, new LA Noire footage, tons more
We may have wound down for Christmas and New Year, but the news motored on, dropping a winceworthy headline for Deus Ex: Human Revolution and plenty more.
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Posted in: 4mm Games, Action, Activision Blizzard, Atlus, Bethesda, Codemasters, EA, Fighter, Hot, Kinect, Konami, Microsoft, Namco Bandai, Nintendo, PC, PS3, RPG, Racing, Rockstar, Sega, Shooter, Sony, Sports, Square Enix, Strategy, Wii, WiiWare, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: AIAS Hall of Fame, bioware, Blackbox, bulletstorm, Call of Duty: Black Ops, crysis 2, crytek, def jam rapstar, demon's souls, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, DiRT 3, Dissidia 012 [duodecim]: Final Fanatsy, Dragon Age II, Dragon Age: Awakening, dragon quest vi, eidos montreal, Epic Games, final fantasy XIII, Games on Demand, gran turismo 5, Greg Zeschuk, Hunted: The Demon's Forge, infamous, inFamous 2, Jason West, John Riccitiello, Kinect Sports, la noire, max payne 3, need for speed world, people can fly, rare, Ray Muzyka, Red Dead Redemption, Respawn Entertainment, Rockstar San Diego, rockstar vancouver, starcraft II, sucker punch, Super Meat Boy, Tales of Xillia, team bondi, Team Meat, The Conduit II
Sun, Jan 02, 2011 | 22:40 GMT
Riccitiello: Battlefield 3 out in “second half” 2011
EA CEO John Riccitiello has confirmed Battlefield 3 will launch in the final six months of 2011.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: battlefield 3, dice, John Riccitiello
Wed, Dec 22, 2010 | 04:05 GMT
Activision seeking $400 million in damages from West, Zampella, and EA as Black Ops exceeds $1 billion in sales
Activision has put a hefty $400 million price tag on the amount of damages it’s seeking from not only Jason West and Vince Zampella for breach of contract, but EA as well for supposedly luring the duo away from the company.
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Posted in: Hot, Legalities
Tags: activision lawsuit, infinity ward, infinity ward lawsuit, Jason West, John Riccitiello, lawsuit, Respawn Entertainment, vince zampella
Sat, Dec 04, 2010 | 20:42 GMT
Only way to beat COD is to “make a better game,” says Riccitiello
EA CEO John Riccitiello believes Call of Duty is only beatable with a better game; something, he says, EA plans to make.
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Posted in: Development, EA, Hot, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: BFBC2, call of duty, dice, John Riccitiello, shooters
Wed, Dec 01, 2010 | 21:05 GMT
Riccitiello calls Dead Space 2 “scarier” than the original
John Riccitiello really likes Dead Space 2, and according to the man himself, it’s a lot scarier than the first game.
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Posted in: Action, EA, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: dead space, dead space 2, John Riccitiello, Viscerial Games
Tue, Nov 30, 2010 | 10:24 GMT
Riccitiello: Buying Harmonix will be like catching “a falling knife”
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Posted in: EA, Hot, Music, Rhythm action
Tags: harmonix, John Riccitiello, rock band
Wed, Oct 20, 2010 | 09:12 BST
Medal of Honor raked in $100 million, says Riccitiello
EA CEO John Riccitiello has told Fox News that Medal of Honor hoorah’ed in $100 million in its launch week.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: Danger Close, dice, John Riccitiello, medal of honor
Tue, Sep 21, 2010 | 12:21 BST
Riccitiello: Need for Speed quality decline down to “death march” regime
EA boss John Riccitiello has said the decline in quality in Need for Speed in recent years was down to developer BlackBox doing the series year in, year out, in a “death march regime”.
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Posted in: EA, Racing
Tags: EA BlackBox, John Riccitiello, need for speed
Thu, Sep 16, 2010 | 16:08 BST
Riccitiello: MOH’s playable Taliban controversy “caught me by surprise”
Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello has said Medal of Honor “deeply honors the effort of American troops fighting in Afghanistan” and the controversy surrounding the ability to play as the Taliban “caught him by surprise”.
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Posted in: Action, EA, Hot, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: John Riccitiello, medal of honor
Wed, Aug 04, 2010 | 20:41 BST
Schappert: EA has benefited from 40% yoy growth in PS3 software
EA CEO John Riccitiello mentioned during the company’s call to investors last night that software sales for the high-definition console market were up 14 percent to $1.1 billion year-on-year.
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Posted in: EA, Financials, Retail, Trade
Tags: ea ps3 sales, ea q1 fy11 financials, John Riccitiello, John Schappert
Thu, Jun 17, 2010 | 14:47 BST
Riccitiello: 3D games may come at a “premium”
EA’s John Riccitiello has said that 3D compatible titles may come at a larger price than usual, and he would welcome this.
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Posted in: 3DS, EA, Hot, Microsoft, PS3, Retail, Sony, Trade, Xbox 360
Tags: 3d, 3D-compatible games, John Riccitiello, premium pricing
Wed, Jun 09, 2010 | 17:39 BST
Riccitiello: Online Pass is not about hindering used game sales
EA CEO John Riccitiello has defended the company’s Online Pass system by saying it was designed to provide additional value to the customer instead of squelching used game sales.
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Posted in: Development, EA, Hot, Retail
Tags: John Riccitiello, online pass, project ten dollar
Wed, Jun 09, 2010 | 09:09 BST
3DS is “cool”, says Riccitiello
WIth just six days until its reveal at E3, EA CEO John Riccitiello has said that 3DS is “cool”.
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