[BIZ] BOOM! Riccitiello lascia EA - UPDATE: approda a Unity

[Turrican3]

UPDATE 23/10/2014

John Riccitiello è il nuovo CEO di Unity:

http://blogs.unity3d.com/2014/10/22/leading-unity-into-the-future/

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REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)— Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) today announced that John Riccitiello will step down as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board of Directors, effective March 30. The Board has appointed Larry Probst as Executive Chairman to ensure a smooth transition and to lead EA's executive team while the Board conducts a search for a permanent CEO. The Board will consider internal and external candidates with the assistance of a leading executive search firm.

Mr. Probst has played a leadership role at EA since 1991. In addition to serving as Chairman of the Board since 1994, he previously served as the Company's CEO from 1991 to 2007. As CEO, Probst successfully grew the Company's annual revenues from $175 million to approximately $3 billion, led EA into new platforms such as mobile, online and other emerging markets and expanded its international presence to more than 75 countries.

"We thank John for his contributions to EA since he was appointed CEO in 2007, especially the passion, dedication and energy he brought to the Company every single day," said Mr. Probst. "John has worked hard to lead the Company through challenging transitions in our industry, and was instrumental in driving our very significant growth in digital revenues. We appreciate John's leadership and the many important strategic initiatives he has driven for the Company. We have mutually agreed that this is the right time for a leadership transition."

On behalf of the Board, Lead Director Richard A. Simonson stated, "As we begin the CEO search, we are fortunate that Larry, who has a proven track record with our employees, partners and customers, has agreed to assume a day-to-day leadership role as Executive Chairman. He has 16 years of experience as CEO of EA and a deep understanding of the Company's strategy, management team, business potential and industry trends."

Mr. Riccitiello stated, "EA is an outstanding company with creative and talented employees, and it has been an honor to serve as the Company's CEO. I am proud of what we have accomplished together, and after six years I feel it is the right time for me pass the baton and let new leadership take the Company into its next phase of innovation and growth. I remain very optimistic about EA's future - there is a world class team driving the Company's transition to the next generation of game consoles."

Dear Larry,

I hereby offer my resignation as CEO of Electronic Arts effective with the end of our Fiscal Year 13 on March 30, 2013.

This is a tough decision, but it all comes down to accountability. The progress EA has made on transitioning to digital games and services is something I'm extremely proud of. However, it currently looks like we will come in at the low end of, or slightly below, the financial guidance we issued in January, and we have fallen short of the internal operating plan we set one year ago. EA's shareholders and employees expect better and I am accountable for the miss.

I have been at the helm as EA's CEO for six years and served as COO for nearly seven years starting in 1997. I know this company well, and I care deeply about its future success. I leave knowing EA is a great company, with an enormously talented group of leaders and the strongest slate of games in the industry. I could not be more proud of our company's games, from Battlefield and FIFA, to The Simpsons: Tapped Out and Real Racing 3. We have built many great franchises that will serve the company well in FY14 and beyond. In particular, I am confident that the investments we have made in games for next-generation consoles will put EA in a strong leadership position for many years ahead.

In offering my resignation, my goal is to allow the talented leaders at EA a clean start on FY14. I look forward to working with you in the coming weeks on an effective leadership transition. I'm extremely honored to have led this company and proud to have worked with all the great people at Electronic Arts.

Sincerely,

/s/ John Riccitiello

http://kotaku.com/5991181/ea-ceo-john-riccitiello-steps-down
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-03-18-john-riccitiello-out-at-ea
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/03/18/ea-ceo-john-riccitiello-is-resigning-heres-his-farewell-letter/?mod=yahoo_hs
http://www.ea.com/news/from-larry-probst-ea-leadership-transition

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=525765

John Riccitiello ha presentato le dimissioni da CEO di EA per via dei risultati finanziari inferiori alle previsioni.
Oltre alla carica di CEO, il 30 marzo Riccitiello lascerà anche il consiglio di amministrazione.

[Bluforce]

The Curse of SimCity™

[Turrican3]

Anche altri ci avevano lasciato le penne?

[Bluforce]

Anche altri ci avevano lasciato le penne?

Milioni di videogiocatori ci hanno lasciato gli Euri XD

Comunque Riccitiello stava in carica ormai da anni. Peraltro per curiosità su Wikipedia eng il suo stipendio viene indicato come 800.000 dollari annui.

[Joe]

Il "buon" John non mi mancherà.

Spero tanto in Peter Moore come suo successore. 

[Bluforce]

Intanto sono iniziati i colloqui per assumere personale:

[Frozzo]

Quanto è vera  :lol2:

[Turrican3]

Bastardissimamente veritiera.

[Turrican3]

http://blogs.unity3d.com/2014/10/22/leading-unity-into-the-future/

John Riccitiello è il nuovo CEO di Unity.

[Turrican3]

https://twitter.com/stephentotilo/status/1701679721027633280

Non ho capito bene se Unity stia tentando di ammazzare se stessa, gli sviluppatori che lo utilizzano o entrambe le cose ma tant'è: nuova politica retroattiva (a quanto ho inteso) di licenza, tra le tante cosette allucinanti c'è un tot da pagare se Tizio installa, rimuove e poi installa nuovamente un gioco realizzato con questo popolare (non più?) motore. Cioè qua scatta un conteggio di tariffa per installazioni che risulterà pari a 2.

EDIT dovrebbero già essere corsi ai ripari con varie modifiche, vedi sotto

[Frozzo]

La butto lì: Genshin Impact usa unity, questo ha visto che il motore è sostanzialmente morto e cerca di farsi acquisire dai cinesi 

[Turrican3]

Faccia come crede, purché si rimedi a questa roba allucinante e non mettano a repentaglio Silksong.

[Turrican3]

https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1701619573722845366

https://blog.unity.com/news/plan-pricing-and-packaging-updates

Ok pare sia un po' meno peggio di come l'avessi intesa (sussistono delle soglie oltre le quali scatta l'obbligo di pagamento dell'obolo) ma continua a sembrarmi davvero una pessima idea, a cominciare dall'applicazione retroattiva del conteggio.

Ad ogni modo la situazione potrebbe essere in evoluzione mentre vi scrivo, stante che già ci sarebbero novità proprio sul conteggio delle installazioni dopo che gli sviluppatori sono insorti:

https://twitter.com/stephentotilo/status/1701767079697740115

[Turrican3]

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/unity-software-incs-president-ceo-050515124.html

E mentre mezzo mondo inveisce contro Unity, si viene a scoprire che qualche giorno fa Riccitiello ha venduto altre 2000 azioni (e non è l'unico dei dirigenti ad averlo fatto negli ultimi mesi), appena prima quindi che venisse pubblicizzata la nuova politica di licenza con il calo delle azioni in borsa.

[Bluforce]