worldtype posted an article about this earlier. But I didn't realize the other names of those laid off.

Ugh. This is very disheartening.

I feel for the employees that stuck through for so long just to be laid off

Yeah, but I also think it having anything to do with BG is not the right take

I think the timing is interesting, but I don't know when they decided to push the release away from Sept 2023

But also, EA has had a lot more competition for other titles than they are used to

I think it's a crowded field. Starfield and Spider-Man are also coming up

Look at the Sims

Yaaa

Considering the lack of advertising of a release date, I doubt it was scheduled for this soon anyway

Maybe holiday 2023

I'm not sure where Saria got her sources, but she mentions Sept 2023 was internally their intent

But I don't know when it got pushed back to Summer 2024

I am just guessing. But EA lost its Sim City audience to Cities Skyline. They might lose the Sims to Paralives, Life By You, etc.

I don't think it's just BG3's success being the only influence

oh yeah I mean I think it could have been but my guess was it was changed long ago

Since we'd have seen advertising for it starting this summer

Yeah, if we had more details on the dates of when internally they decided to push it back we'd probably have a better understanding of the causes for all this

But lol EA being transparent

Sheesh imagine being in a company 25 years just for this

SINCE BALDUR'S GATE only to be laid off

ffs EA

How the let go of Mary Kirby is beyond me