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July 22nd, 2008 @ 07:56
Seems like not a day goes by without an article about Take-Two and EA sitting in a tree. But even amidst all of the commentary, in an interview with VentureBeat, EA CEO John Riccitiello was nonchalant about his company’s current prey.
“I don’t care if people write about Take-Two,” he said. “It doesn’t matter to me. What matters to me is that the best developers want to work for EA. That the best games are published by EA. And we’re making progress toward that goal. I hope we’ll be more successful in years to come. We’ll be on top of a gigantic wave. Having clever verbal sword play about Take-Two doesn’t really matter. I’m not really playing for a headline in the New York Times.”
He added: “There have basically been three moves and there have 6,000 articles on it. It’s sort of amusing. I feel a little bit like those strobe light things where it looks like a guy is moving a lot. The flash goes off but the body doesn’t move. Every time a flash goes off, somebody writes a story on it. To be honest with you, the last time there was news was a couple of months ago.”
The man isn’t afraid to be upfront. Is it too early to declare him “Everybody’s Favorite Executive”?
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July 22nd, 2008 at 11:40 am
“… Is it too early to declare him “Everybody’s Favorite Executive”? …”
No, I don’t think it’s too early. At least not for me. I’m starting to really like this guy. He’s smart, he’s funny and he’s upfront.
Is he Michael Pachters brother?
And yes: hating EA is so “last year”.
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:41 am
He’s awesome. EA’s looking so strong at the moment. And I love his bluntness. All action.