> http://www.leapleaf.com/?p=865

> On Aug 17, 6:15 am, chong...@yahoo.com wrote:

> > ERTS is currently above its 20-day moving average of $21.15 and below
> > its 100-day moving average of $20.76. It has near-term technical
> > support in the $19.85 price area. If the shares can continue the
> > recent rebound, we see overhead resistance around the $22.09 price
> > levels. Technical indicator for the stock is buy. Here is the chart:

> >http://www.leapleaf.com/?p=865

> http://www.leapleaf.com/?p=865

> Electronic Arts has to deal with the reality that its business is
> struggling in the face of the economy and its customers buying habits
> are adapting to our new economic environment. Whether we pull out of
> this cruddy economic environment or not; the habits of consumers will
> not change back to pre recessionary spending. Listening to the
> consumer base will make or break Electronic Arts at this point (http://www.battlefieldheroes.com/forum/search.php) I think we all know the
> General Motors business model does not work.

> I have purchased numerous video games from EA in my life, dating back
> to Commodore 64 & 128 era.... over the years I've seen decent EA
> penetration into XBOX, PS, Wii, through this penetration EA
> established itself as a leader in the gaming industry.

> Today, Electronic Arts cannot sit back waiting and hoping to release
> their next big hit (GTA) this will not be enough to stay positive
> (ERTS).

> you have to ask yourself how much growth potential does Electronic
> Arts have?

> Where will the revenue generating excitement come from?

> Who is the next king of gaming environment? Activision?

> Has Electronic Arts in general gone Stale?

> Consider EA's total net loss of $4xx million which wiped out most
> their profits from the last 3 years,
> which means no profit for the last four years. Currently, other than
> EA's Madden franchise and Sims Franchise, there really isn't much to
> be excited about; Furthermore. . .the Sims momentum seems to be
> staggering or just slowly dying (Gut feeling). In defense of EA; the
> gaming industry as a whole limps through this economic downturn.

> Over the years Electronic Arts has been a great company, an innovator
> in marketing technology with great products to help them build the
> brand name we know of today, Although through years EA's questionable
> managerial tactics and lousy to poor profitability leads me to ask ;
> Is there something terribly wrong with EA today? The Former King of
> gaming software seems to be dropping like a rock, as a result of BOTH
> poor trend setting abilities, encompassed by terrible consumer support
> and satisfaction variables.

> To paraphrase Albert Einstein through a monetary perspective.....EA
> must become a company of self-worth rather than, a company of monetary
> worth, in order to achieve kingdom it once had.

> I, replied "Would you drink milk straight from the cows ***?" ~ figure
> that outSmile

> On Aug 17, 6:15 am, chong...@yahoo.com wrote:

> > ERTS is currently above its 20-day moving average of $21.15 and below
> > its 100-day moving average of $20.76. It has near-term technical
> > support in the $19.85 price area. If the shares can continue the
> > recent rebound, we see overhead resistance around the $22.09 price
> > levels. Technical indicator for the stock is buy. Here is the chart:

> >http://www.leapleaf.com/?p=865

> (Listen to the consumers of EA Products)

> Sorry so short, will comment more later.

> On Aug 18, 8:20 am, "drena...@gmail.com" <drena...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > If you look at preorder numbers availablehttp://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=4820&mp=1
> > you will see that the next few months is going to be good for ERTS.
> > Beatles Rockband is going to be HUGE, they have their NHL lineup and
> > many of their new titles are showing excellent preorder numbers.  That
> > coupled with high demand when FIFA comes out (world cup year) and Mass
> > Effect, ERTS is in a good position to really take off.  They stated in
> > their conference call that they are doing a better job timing games
> > this year, and making sure they are not cannibalizing on their own
> > titles, I think they are doing an excellent job at this.  I am
> > strongly bullish on ERTS for a 12 month period.

> On Aug 18, 12:02 pm, DrowsyJay <tachel...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> > Pre-Order numbers reflect EA core Gamers(Consumer Base)....... in-
> > short- Look for the relation impulse buys and poor consumer service.

> > (Listen to the consumers of EA Products)

> > Sorry so short, will comment more later.

> > On Aug 18, 8:20 am, "drena...@gmail.com" <drena...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > > If you look at preorder numbers availablehttp://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=4820&mp=1
> > > you will see that the next few months is going to be good for ERTS.
> > > Beatles Rockband is going to be HUGE, they have their NHL lineup and
> > > many of their new titles are showing excellent preorder numbers.  That
> > > coupled with high demand when FIFA comes out (world cup year) and Mass
> > > Effect, ERTS is in a good position to really take off.  They stated in
> > > their conference call that they are doing a better job timing games
> > > this year, and making sure they are not cannibalizing on their own
> > > titles, I think they are doing an excellent job at this.  I am
> > > strongly bullish on ERTS for a 12 month period.

> I'm guessing your employed by EA?

> Anyhow, your comment sounded like a sales pitch:)

> Good-luck

> On Aug 18, 11:30 am, "drena...@gmail.com" <drena...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > You are showing people complaining on a FREE game.  They are doing
> > excellent (DICE division) at monetizing the free marketplace.  Their
> > will always be more complainers when you have over 1million people
> > playing the game for FREE.  It is not an accurate representation of
> > the customer service.  With the PS3 price cuts just announced & other
> > consoles sure to follow ERTS is even more a buy then it was
> > yesterday.  Especially under $20, their line up this year is a vast
> > improvement year over year.

> > On Aug 18, 12:02 pm, DrowsyJay <tachel...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> > > Pre-Order numbers reflect EA core Gamers(Consumer Base)....... in-
> > > short- Look for the relation impulse buys and poor consumer service.

> > > (Listen to the consumers of EA Products)

> > > Sorry so short, will comment more later.

> > > On Aug 18, 8:20 am, "drena...@gmail.com" <drena...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > > > If you look at preorder numbers availablehttp://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=4820&mp=1
> > > > you will see that the next few months is going to be good for ERTS.
> > > > Beatles Rockband is going to be HUGE, they have their NHL lineup and
> > > > many of their new titles are showing excellent preorder numbers.  That
> > > > coupled with high demand when FIFA comes out (world cup year) and Mass
> > > > Effect, ERTS is in a good position to really take off.  They stated in
> > > > their conference call that they are doing a better job timing games
> > > > this year, and making sure they are not cannibalizing on their own
> > > > titles, I think they are doing an excellent job at this.  I am
> > > > strongly bullish on ERTS for a 12 month period.

> (I should note that I *am* an EA employee, so some bias is inevitable
> here :)

> > not change back to pre recessionary spending. Listening to the
> > consumer base will make or break Electronic Arts at this point (http://www.battlefieldheroes.com/forum/search.php) I think we all know the
> > General Motors business model does not work.

> Probably EA was guilty of this mentality prior to the last couple of
> years. Lately
> EA seems to have had a genuine turnaround in approach. It's no mystery
> why --
> different leadership at the top, plus the benefit of some hindsight.

> > Currently, other than EA's Madden franchise and Sims Franchise, there
> > really isn't much to be excited about

> Matter of opinion I guess. But as others have pointed out there's
> reason to
> believe some of the upcoming releases will be successful. Not just
> that,
> last quarter EA had many significant hits, and made good progress in
> getting onto the lucrative Wii platform (eg. EA Sports Active, Grand
> Slam),
> plus it's been a lot more progressive than competitors in new channels
> like
> online and free-to-play (eg. Battlefield 1943 and Heroes, both big
> profitable
> successes) as well as mobile (Sims3 top selling iphone game, plus
> other
> EAMobile successes). Lastly there's a lot of bold new IP (eg. Brutal
> Legend, Dante's Inferno, Dead Space, etc). Quite the opposite of the
> usual
> accusation of yearly updates of tedious franchises (whether they'll be
> real
> winners remains to be seen). The list goes on -- I well understand
> your gut
> feelings but can't help thinking they may be a year or two out of
> date.

> Having said all of that, good revenues don't seem to necessarily mean
> good
> profits. And none of the games I mentioned have been runaway successes
> in the sense of, for example GTA. Costs have been reduced but it
> doesn't
> seem to be enough, just yet. We'll see how that goes. Only
> profitability will
> really interest the investors, no matter the revenues or how good the
> games
> are or aren't.

> > Furthermore. . .the Sims momentum seems to be
> > staggering or just slowly dying (Gut feeling).

> Sims 3 outsold Sims 2 week-for-week, I believe.

> Ash

> Their CEO John Riccitiello must kick himself he bought 20k shares just
> before the financial crisis, at $48 a piece.

> Good luck everyone, and especially you John Riccitiello ;D

> Few knew the market would crash like that, including myself who bought
> Activision about the same time, just look at like this, he has a
> bigger reason to do great when he's involved with his own money!! ;)

> I don't have a problem if EA is bought out by Disney or whoever, they
> likely pay a huge premium of todays price, but I prefer to have EA in
> the portfolio for years. Gaming is still growing, it's unstoppable and
> will become much bigger, maybe especially if stuff like onlive kicks
> off well.

> Let's see how creative EA has gotten after the next 3 quarters, i've
> faith in upcoming releases and the recent titles affirm their new
> direction.. I give them 3 quarters to prove a turn around.

> I'm no EA fanboy, I know their past problems, I was a huge FIFA fan in
> the beginning, but after they released the same game over and over I
> completely stopped paying attention to their annual releases.. but
> this is a recognized problem, and I look forward to pick up a future
> FIFA title if I decide to play a game again. but they did loose
> customers on that account, but I don't blame John Ric. for what was
> planned before he became CEO.

> http://webmedia.activision.com/ROOT/cms_misc/ATVICareersTaleo/job_lis...

> I don't know man, I guess publishers let the studios deal with it..

> Hmmmm.... Expand your search.. try PR,HR,CS,OP,  Marketing positions
> internationally etc....

> On Aug 20, 12:21 pm, Garf <garffe...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > So EA has 1 customer support job available, then I checked at
> > Activision for fun and they have 0. Guess that's why they are more
> > profitable ;D

> >http://webmedia.activision.com/ROOT/cms_misc/ATVICareersTaleo/job_lis...

> > I don't know man, I guess publishers let the studios deal with it..

> On Aug 20, 12:35 pm, DrowsyJay <tachel...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> > Again the failure of Electronic Arts is upon us..... Also do we smell
> > rumors of a hostile takeover opportunity?
> > Should Disney buy Electronic arts?

> > Hmmmm.... Expand your search.. try PR,HR,CS,OP,  Marketing positions
> > internationally etc....

> > On Aug 20, 12:21 pm, Garf <garffe...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > > So EA has 1 customer support job available, then I checked at
> > > Activision for fun and they have 0. Guess that's why they are more
> > > profitable ;D

> > >http://webmedia.activision.com/ROOT/cms_misc/ATVICareersTaleo/job_lis...

> > > I don't know man, I guess publishers let the studios deal with it..

> Battlefield Heroes is great and a fantastic opportunity for EA/Dice,
> it isn't enough.  Electronic Art's must recognize hardcore
> warmongering gamers need the B.F. & C.O.D gaming environment, the root
> of this gaming environment stems from the interest of PC users.

> EA must consider this from a  Marketing/ Public Relations perspective,
> PC users build  Websites, Clans,  Promotions, and they also provide
> the most effective(reach) source of advertising(Word of Mouth).In-
> general PC gamers spend more quality time on PCs(Web) more than any
> other platform, and In my opinion, The forced shift from PC to PS3
> isn't going as intended.

> Electronic Arts must figure out  effective Consumer Relations
> strategies and stay true to their base of origin.

> Happy Hunting!