I would like to think that people who actually buy games care about quality, and consequently avoid buying s**t games. But I don't - so I see EA's point.

He's also recently said, "You don't make games profitable on purpose. You make great games first, and then they are profitable." I think he gets both sides of the equation.

I don't think you completely understand what Riccitiello is saying. He's saying that investors care about the bottom line (because they've got their money invested in the company to succeed.) Gamers care about the quality of EA's games because they have money on the line because they purchased the title.

That's all. No reason to get up in arms about it.

No, what I was talking about was the relationship between "quality" and money. Better quality would mean more money if people buying (paying money for) the games sought quality.

But due to the lack of this relationship, EA are correct. To fix this problem, people need to base which games they buy on quality. And, obviously there are other factors, but, nevertheless, the better taste people had, the more of an incentive EA would have to make better quality games.

Ultimately, I don't mind what EA or its investors think, because I choose to buy what I want to play.