PopCap Lays Off Plants vs. Zombies Creator

[madster11]

All those companies chose to sell themselves to EA (lolprostitutejoke). You make it sound like EA stole them lol.

EA is a massive company - i wouldn't at all be surprised if they bullied companies into selling to them (eg: sell to us or we'll offer all your programers / designers jobs and start 'PopTop games').

But that's not why we're pissed. We're pissed because this is EXACTLY what EA do. As soon as the fucks buy a new company, they go 'PROFIT!' and end up fucking that company completely into the ground and firing anybody in that company that opposes being owned by EA (IE, anybody with sense).

It's fucking bullshit and EA cannot die sooner. I wish i was a multi-billionaire just so i could buy EA and fire all of the dipshit higher ups and then sell it off piece by piece.

 

[lapan]

All those companies chose to sell themselves to EA (lolprostitutejoke). You make it sound like EA stole them lol.

I doubt that every single one of those takeovers was intended by the studios. There is such a thing as a hostile takeover, and big companies like EA have the money to pull it off.

 

[Signa]

as long as they don't fire Crazy Dave...

I don't think he works there so much as he stands in the parking lot, scaring the security guards too much to get removed.

and now why would he do that I wonder......

Here's a hint...EA's banned plants in the area of their Headquarters. >.>

ah yeah there's that I suppose...

and just because he's craaaazy I suppose

I don't know why people think Crazy Dave is crazy.

Crazy Dave isn't crazy. He just doesn't like people.

 

[Smooth Operator]

Pretty standard stuff... someone didn't agree with the direction they wanted to take his project, obviously they found a solution.

Now we can start taking bets how long before PvZ becomes an FPS.

 

[Judgement101]

W....what? I'm actually tearing up, I was looking forward to PvZ 2. PopCap? Why have you forsaken us?! Why PopCap! WHHHYYYY!

 

[Mouse One]

Screw it. I'm not buying the sequel. PvZ was Fan's baby from start to finish. Congrats EA, you just killed the Golden Goose.

 

[chiefohara]

Wonder how much the bean counter who calls the shots and names the culls gets paid in comparison to the people he lays off.

We never hear these figures when it comes to making savings, or streamlining