EA admits it ‘blew it’ with Bullfrog, Origin and Westwood

Longtime readers of Destructoid may know by now that I have a level of quiet respect for EA CEO John Riccitiello, whose statements over his past year as head of the "evil" games company have lent a human, humble and above all, honest face to one of gaming’s least trusted entities. With Activision putting EA in second place as a third party publisher, the company has had to learn some humility, and nobody understands that more than its boss.
In one of his boldest statements yet, Riccitiello has actually owned up to one of the company’s most hated industry crimes — the acquisition and destruction of other companies that saw the demise of Bullfrog, Origin and Westwood:
"The command and conquer model, the command and direct model doesn’t work," said Riccitiello. He went on to concede that EA’s past post-acquisition tactics backfired badly. "Bullfrog, Origin, Westwood–all no longer exist today […]

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