Microsoft, EA expand executive suites

looks like microsoft is trading employees with EA

microsoft is best friend with EA sports is not a bad thing

Looks like Microsoft wins, by taking two corporate leaders, and losing only 1. But i think we'll all miss Peter Moore at Microsoft.

This kind of makes me think of a merge or buyout. I know EA is huge but in comparison to MS, it is very feasable.

wow, 360 is gonna have a lot of exclusives in 2008.

im gonna miss peter moore...the way he said xbox 360 was frikin awesome

10 billion dollars is chump change to a company that makes over 50 billion dollars per year

ummm Nintendo is profiting for every Wii sold. the Wii hardware isn't costing much at all.

VolcanoMan001, I think you're the one who should keep dreaming. You obviously don't know **** about economics. Tell me this, why are Nintendo and Sony happyily meeting margins and not making a loss on every console sold while Microsoft continues to lose a substansial amount on advertising, the hit they took for their warranty, more advertising, as well as all the money they have yet to make back? Neither Sony nor Nintendo are in that position. You're fooling yourself into believing you're better than everyone else. The fact stands their game division. Whether you'd like to admit it or not, the facts are there. And you're just in denial

Keep dreaming Pie_FOREVER. They do NOT look at the money as "added up" they look at it quarterly and yearly. Once they make a single dime in profit (projected at the end of this year even with the 1 billion charge) then that will be all the justification they need. You just don't understand; the earnings reports looks for lessening losses. As long as the losses are not becoming greater then investors are happy because they recognize that any new expansion comes with years of initial loss. It is called "investment".

It's sad to see people get disagrees for stating fact. The fact stands Microsoft hasn't made a single penny of profit from their entertainment/game division since it started. They are reaching nearly 10 billion dollars of money they have yet to make back, and it's a hole growing ever deeper. I don't get why Microsoft thinks they can pull this off. This isn't going to last forever. If you think 10 billion dollars is "chump change" to Microsoft (as many would use in their arguments), you have never been to an economics and marketing class in your life. 10 billion dollars is not chump change to ANY company. Microsoft's gaming division is failing, whether you like to hear it or not. It's fact and not some biased fanboy spouting garbage about another company. You can go spend a few minutes on Google and look it up yourself .

I'm gonna miss Peter Moore :(

what?!

Seconding _UweBoll's comment.

who cares. give me a good game dammit!

LOL, this is like a Fantasy Management League. I'll trade you my Chief Marketing Officer for your Corporate Vice President and a first round draft pick.

Prtofdacrowd: EA owns 25% of Ubisoft, and EA is looking to finish that off until they have the voting majority, so it won't be long until Ubisoft and EA are the same publisher. So you might say that Microsoft is already getting good with Ubisoft.

Maybe MS is giving up and EA will take over for the Xbox brand. It would be better then making their own console, the xbox has an established base with the highest attachment rate with a booming online marketplace and super successful Halo franchise. What does this mean for Xbox fans, exclusive EA titles.

I hope this guy decides to get more ambitious than he did with Superman Returns, if not it might not be so pretty.

Ok it seems that Microsoft has Ea all rapped up...maybe Sony should try to get good with 2k sports.

There are more publishers than EA, maybe MS should try and get someone from Ubisoft! Maybe then we see the LIVE service live up to its full potential!

John Schappert? sound really american

EA IS TRYING TO TAKE OVER MICROSOFT ALSO!!! UBISOFT WASN'T ENOUGH! And yeah to the person below who was asking, Yes they are making money, but that money is pretty much recovering what they lost from everything else, so they are filling a half empty glass that was once full.

well i thought peter moore was going be take bill gates place?? now i'm confuse

exchange of execs

Hmm,,, Only time will tell how this will turn out,,

A bunch of switcheroos going on.

the guy who made the superman returns game is partly in charge of their games division..... oh no

Hmmmm, kinda looks like J Allard before the makeover...

and SONY is making more of a profit from the PS3?

All they did was sorta trade employees

Get ready for more microtransactions and other such shenanigans.

"still-unprofitable Interactive Entertainment Business, which includes the Xbox and Games for Windows units." Isn't Microsoft doing well...?

Me too.

Heh, i thought they were giving away bigger luxury apartments :P good news i guess?

I guess is alright news!.

EA is trying to go into gaming monopoly, Microsoft is trying to go into computing monopoly.

:) :D

Looks like Hitler is getting even friendlier with Satan.

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Okay. That's news.

"Microsoft's 'still' unprofitable Games Business" :lol:

Alright.