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Electronic Arts' John Riccitiello is stepping down as chief executive officer. He submitted his resignation to EA's board of directors today. Effective March 30, former EA president and CEO Larry Probst will step in as executive chairman while the company searches for a replacement.

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Interesting, the article you linked is broken.

I wonder why he has decided on this, wonder if it's the whole EA fiasco going around and SimCity was the icing on the cake or what. Wonder if this will have a side affect like how Steve Jobs left Apple and did poorly, wonder if it will happen to EA in some way.

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Electronic Arts' John Riccitiello is stepping down as chief executive officer. He submitted his resignation to EA's board of directors today. Effective March 30' date=' former EA president and CEO Larry Probst will step in as executive chairman while the company searches for a replacement.[/quote'] Source

Got ya back bro! http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-57574971-235/ea-ceo-john-riccitiello-resigns/

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Electronic Arts' John Riccitiello is stepping down as chief executive officer. He submitted his resignation to EA's board of directors today. Effective March 30' date=' former EA president and CEO Larry Probst will step in as executive chairman while the company searches for a replacement.[/quote'] Source

Got ya back bro! http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-57574971-235/ea-ceo-john-riccitiello-resigns/

Linus posted this on Twitter earlier ;)

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Thanks for the link Brad.

So, did he resign or get fired? I've been reading back and forth between the two. It seems that he resigned and the company mutually agreed. So, it's both?

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I do think Origin is getting better.

Compared to steam, they have real Customer Support where you talk to real people, not be sent to a website.

Plus, I get coupons from Origin, so that's where my loyalty lies. Sorry steam, you just don't cut it for me, + You do not have any huge Titles such as Crysis 3 and Battlefield 3

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steam *SALES* plus big titles like Skyrim Xcom Tomb Raider. play for free weekends. developments like Big screen and controller support... they have my loyalty

EA has lost me because of what they did with SWTOR I was on the fence with them prior to SWTOR and that was the final nail in the coffin that did it for me

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I do think Origin is getting better.

Compared to steam, they have real Customer Support where you talk to real people, not be sent to a website.

Plus, I get coupons from Origin, so that's where my loyalty lies. Sorry steam, you just don't cut it for me, + You do not have any huge Titles such as Crysis 3 and Battlefield 3

I just like having all my games in one place, and because Steam was that place originally then that's what I want to stick to. It's more of an annoyance than anything. I'm not going to let Origin stop me from playing games I want to play. But I mean imagine if every publisher came out with their own client? That'd start getting annoying, Uplay & Origin are too many for me already.
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Electronic Arts' John Riccitiello is stepping down as chief executive officer. He submitted his resignation to EA's board of directors today. Effective March 30' date=' former EA president and CEO Larry Probst will step in as executive chairman while the company searches for a replacement.[/quote'] Source

Got ya back bro! http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-57574971-235/ea-ceo-john-riccitiello-resigns/

Many thanks, OP link *should* be fixed.
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Chief Operating Officers don't get "fired" they're forced to resign, ever since this guy took charge of EA back in 2006-2007 he absolutely destroyed every single franchise, pumping out failed games one after another and removing LAN from ever single game, good riddance I say.

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Chief Operating Officers don't get "fired" they're forced to resign, ever since this guy took charge of EA back in 2006-2007 he absolutely destroyed every single franchise, pumping out failed games one after another and removing LAN from ever single game, good riddance I say.
and even when they lose they win... how many millions is he going to get after resigning due to the contracts he signed
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