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@Kunikos ... and that isn't something you'd file under "seasonal roll-offs".

Like I said, it sounds like someone wants to cut the chaff, however that talented chaff has managed to put a number of successful games out in the past.

Not to mention, the NBA team isn't the only one hit ... and even then EA Canada is so large they should be able to reallocate people, work on another license or even set up an R&D house (a la DoubleFine) until some good projects come out of it.

EA could do so much for the industry and I reckon they could attract and keep the top talent consistently if they tried.

This is actually disgusting.

I know that this is a reality for smaller studios who live off their milestone payments from publishers and can only protects jobs while those payments are still coming in (i.e. until the game ships). It's a shame, but it will take a lot of time and work to fix...

But EA is a PUBLISHER with multimillions and multiple studios under one umbrella. EA is actually in a position to change this "seasonal layoffs" thinking by having studios running parallel projects so that there is work for people to do when they ship a game.

I have a feeling that someone up there in management likes the idea of cutting some chaff/costs come christmas. Sadly, the "chaff" is actually incredibly talented.