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ThePuzzldPirate

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1.Fire PR staff, horrid, when hiring new ones, make them sign an agreement that as soon as they badmouth another developer/publisher, I have full reign to fire them.

2.Stop the attacks on Piracy/used game sales. Get rid of online passes(let people access the content), any game with DLC on the disc is also free. After that is fair game.

3.Let people still have access to Origins while remaking the whole different download manager, make a DRM that is similar to Steamwork(steal with permission if I can.) Upgrade my support so it is not an hassle to fix DRM problems if there is one. When new one is released, move all games to it allowing people to redownload there games for free.

4.Change Origins from a Steam Rival to a EA back-catalog where you can download any EA game from the past good or bad. Any IP's that sell like hot-cakes might get a sequel or reboot.

5.Now to start fixing present/future problems. Finish the games being made at the time with number 2 rules applied, allow studio to keep their IP and give them a better cut when it comes to sales to keep them from jumping with their IP's

6.Cut down on marketing and budgeting, find methods of advertising for cheap(word of mouth). In total, Budget the games to New IP - 600,000 copies break even, sequels 1-1.5 million depending on how big. Give them freedom to experiment but make sure games are solid. If studio wants to go smaller, all power to them.

7.Give good studios a place to work but won't tamper with them in anyway, allow them to keep IP's.

At the end of the day, it won't lead me to mad cash and infact probably lose/bankrupt the publisher but it needs to save face, after that, we could aim for profits on trust instead of mugging.
 

Wesley Brannock

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I'd sell the E . A company to bethesda so that they could have the resources to make a mmo rpg based on the fallout series.

 

Twilight_guy

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I immediately fire the entire PR department and consult with the PR guys at Valve and Blizzard, then I hire a new PR department and tell all my executives to stop making public comments about the company, its game or any of its products.
 

Superlative

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I would buy Valve and then close Steam, forcing everyone to use Origin.

I would then sell EA-Valve to Zynga and laugh as all videogames become Farmville: Modern Battlefeild.
 

Midnight Crossroads

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I would sell Dice to Activision, force Bioware to turn Mass Effect into a sci-fi FPS series I release every year on the 21 of December starting this year, make it so every game on every systems requires you to make an Origin's account, online passes just to play a single-player game with constant connection required, I would make all games require a DLC purchase to defeat the final boss.

Then I would use the money from selling Dice to make a giant, black tower with a flaming eye on top that I can use to look into the very souls of my customers. And this song would play through loudspeakers at all hours of the day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjedLeVGcfE
 

FolkLikePanda

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RIGHT!

...fix my FIFA 12 disc so I can download and play with custom teams and gimme a free FIFA 13 disc. And while your at make sure our games aren't glitchy and flawed. And also add all these features to the next FIFA.
 

sinsfire

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Madden, can we please do something about Madden. Anything that makes it worth the price. Or in the alternative turn it into yearly DLC for the roster updates. If one year there is no new tech, then its a roster/DLC year. If something new to bring to the table, then you get the full AAA title treatment.

I would like to see a valid Rugby title as someone pointed out above.

Snowboarding too

I know this is really awkward but I want to buy Silicon Knights' IPO's just so I can find out how the hell Too Human was supposed to end (assuming they made their trilogy)
 

Adam Jensen_v1legacy

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Remake Mass Effect 3 with Drew Karpyshyn in charge of the story. The game will be 50% off for everyone who purchased the abomination of ME3. Original ME3 will be officially declared as a spin-off piece of shit. After they make ME3 the way it was supposed to be made, if the company doesn't go bankrupt I'd order Bioware to make Jade Empire 2, but I would give them a lot of creative control. Then I would resurrect Pandemic and make them work on Battlefront 3 and Mercenaries 3. Again, with a lot of creative control. I'd only check in every once in a while to see if they're treating the PC version with respect.
 

Dfskelleton

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Go back, and fix up the rights for System Shock 3.
Give them back to Irrational, because Ken Levine and co. are the only guys who could really get it right.

THEN I will fix all of the stupid crap that EA has done.
However long that may take...

AND FIRE WHOEVER MADE THAT STUPID CLAIM ABOUT DEAD SPACE 3'S SALES EXPECTATIONS.
 

Vigormortis

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Let's see...

First order of business, fire virtually all of the top management. Most notably John Riccitiello. The guy's evil and detrimental to not only his own company but the industry as a whole.

Second order of business, fire EA's current PR team. Every time they put their minds together something awful, childish, and insulting comes out. They'd need to go.

After that, it would be a matter of rebuilding.

First I'd start with making a promise to the share-holders. (bare with me here) I'd explain that the company was founded on the ideals of making games gamers want to play. That the goal was to make games engaging and fun as well as investing in new and intriguing ideas instead of just watering everything down to appeal to a wider audience. And, though the company has veered FAR off course from that ideal, I would do everything I can to bring it back to that. Even if it means completely reorganizing the company.

Immediately after, I'd get our new PR department to begin the arduous trek towards rebuilding our image among gamers. It would start with a solemn apology for all of the egregious bullshit (not quite how it would be worded, of course) this company has perpetrated for the past few years. Then, I would state that I would make it my top priority to rebuild the company in a way that not only let's developers develop the games THEY want, but also makes it a priority to concentrate on the costumers wants and needs first and foremost.

I'd then work towards restructuring any and all contracts made with in-house and ancillary development studios currently under the EA label. In basic terms, the devs would have more freedom in the creation process but it would come at a heavier cost to funding. I.E. if one of their projects ends up being a severe flop, the funding for their next project would be cut drastically, if given funding at all.

This way, they'd be free to be as creative and unique as they want, but the responsibility of making a game gamers want is all-but squarely on their shoulders.

Another change high up on the "to do" list would be a complete redesign and rebuild of Origin, as well as virtually all of our online services and feature-sets. I'd have my crack team of designers and engineers start working on more user-friendly features and functions, as well as less obtrusive DRM feature-sets. I'd also have my design team brain-storm ideas for new player and developer incentives in an attempt to bring more people into the service.

Beyond that, there're only a few minor thing here and there that I'd change.

Would my ideas work? Hell if I know. But honestly? It's not like it could be any worse than what EAs current management/owners are doing, right?