Talk:John Riccitiello/Archives/2013

Factually incorrect content removed

Hello Wikipedia - This is Andy Katkin from ea.com again. This evening I removed several factually incorrect statements from John Riccitiello's biography. Including:

However, EA has fallen into hard times, having recently been voted the worst company in America by the Consumerist magazine, beating the likes of Bank of America and AT&T.

-- this is appropriate for the EA page, not the Riccitiello biography.

EA's share price continues to tumble, losing over half its value since January 2012 and people have started to question Riccitiello's competence as CEO.

-- EA's share price is currently up over 20% since January 2012. The reference to Riccitiello's "competence" is from an outdated posting headlined "rumor". Clearly the rumor wasn't true.

Riccitiello's response was that this state of affairs was of no fault of his own but that of investors 'who did not understand the gaming industry'.

-- This is a complete misinterpretation of the quote in the original article -- and no longer relevant given the current state of EA's business.

Normally I vet any edits through the talk page in advance, but these seemed like significant errors that should be cleared up as soon as possible. Thank you for your understanding.

Akatkin (talk) 03:16, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Riccitiello on violence in the media

Hello Wikipedia community - This is Andy Katkin, editor for ea.com, back again to update John Riccitiello's bio with an update on his recent visit to the White House, and his posiion on violence in the media. The following text would be added to the end of the bio ... please let me know if there are any questions

Following the tragic mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, Riccitiello travelled to the White House in January 2013 to meet with Vice President Joe Biden as part of an industry delegation to discuss violence in the media and public perception of the entertainment industry. Riccitiello was joined by the Entertainment Software Association’s president, Michael Gallagher, ESRB head Patricia Vance, Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg, Epic Games board member and former president Mike Capps, and ZeniMax Media CEO Robert Altman.

When asked by an industry analyst on EA’s Q3 2013 earnings call if the debate on game violence could hurt sales, Riccitiello said studies have shown no link between violent video games and violent acts like mass shootings. "The game industry is a very mature, responsible industry, more so than you might otherwise imagine. First off, we are very confident in the quality of our content and that lack of an actual factual linkage to any of the actual violence that takes place in America or markets around the world.”

Akatkin (talk) 20:02, 19 February 2013 (UTC)