Why? Because both of these things are positives for anyone hoping that EA will turn as large a profit as possible. If anything your issues would be reasons to keep EA on the NASDAQ-100.

I’m sure “Star Wars” going “Free-to-Play” wasn’t the cause…nor was NBA ’13 being cancelled. It’s the reality that their business model turned from “Innovation in gaming and bringing a realistic experience when viable” to “monopolize the market and force gamers to only choose between well us and nothing.”

Many gamers have chosen “Nothing”–including myself. The development ccle at EA–especially in regards to Madden NFL–is cute at best. Why did it take them ten years to produce a new, more realistic engine for football? Why do they continually remove features only to add them back and stamp “New” on them? Why have they been unable to accomplish a more realistic football experience? Well…that’s because they have monopolized the genre through exclusive deals with the NFL (both at fault in this regard, in my opinion…but no one is forcing EA to continually drag out their development cycles)…

It’s not only NFL games either.

From their basketball game being something akin to a Sega Genesis Beta version to their soccer game which–although good–struggles against its competitors, the problem at EA is their loss of innovation and their resting on laurels.

I look forward to the Ouya which may present EA a serious incentive to innovate, since there will be many more competitors (thanks to Indie games) and, if it catches on, then they will see themselves fighting a war where they MUST innovate and they MUST listen to their consumers. Period.