Apple, Electronic Arts and Gaming On Macs
One of the most intriguing announcements made at this week’s WWDC 2007 keynote address was the return to the Mac by Electronic Arts. EA is a huge powerhouse within the gaming industry and its presence on stage with Steve Jobs should not be taken lightly by anyone interested in Mac gaming.
But was the announcement of EA’s return to the Mac market at WWDC 2007 all it was cracked up to be? Did Apple intentionally mislead its customer base by not divulging the details of how EA’s games would be made to run on the Mac
EA Returns to the Mac
Let’s begin with Electronic Arts. EA is most famous for its sports games and for disturbing allegations a few years back that it was running a gaming sweatshop of sorts, exploiting its employees and running them into the ground with whacked out work schedules and poor management practices.
Strangely enough, EA’s labor practices weren’t mentioned by Steve Jobs in his keynote this week. I wonder how many Mac users would buy games from such a company if they were aware of EA’s alleged violations of decency toward its employees? And have such alleged practices actually ended or does EA continue to allegedly abuse its employees? But I digress, let’s get back to EA’s games.
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