Yesterday be EA’s annual fiscal earnings call, which meant another night a the publisher baying about sums a money beyond all human imagining t' stern shareholders 'n jumpy journalists. The headline numbers be revenues a $4.1 billion 'n earnings a $76 million, 'n a claim that it will be throwing $80 million down the gluttonous money-pit “in development a games for Gen4 console systems.” So consoles didn’t start until PS1, huh? me sister’s still-used Sega Mastersystem says otherwise, bucko.

But enough about the willy-waving. Let’s talk willy-shrinking too. Back in March, EA claimed it be frighteningly expensive MMO goliath Star Wars: The Old Republic boasted some 1.7 million active subscribers. It’s now the merry month a May, 'n the earnings call brought news that subscribers be down t' 1.3 million. So that’s 400,000 chappies gone in just two months, eh?(more…)