Sources detail EA's issues developing the next Battlefield, which now has a $400M+ budget; few staff believed EA leadership's 100M player target was achievable
EA insiders describe stress and setbacks in a project that's too big to fail. — It's been 23 years since the first Battlefield game …
Ars Technica Samuel Axon
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I don't have insight into Battlefield 6, in fact I left DICE 6 months before Battlefield V was shipped. — But there's a bit about American managers and American management culture and I still had connections enough to know what bad management led to. — arstechnica.com/gaming/…
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There's a lot of chatter today about game industry layoffs and woes, the bad news keeps rolling. I would encourage people to read this piece to get some more perspective on what it's like inside these AAA titles, the pressure and grind and expectations are ridiculous — arstech…
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