EA Blasts Activision for Leaving ESA
- Scribbled on May 19th, 2008 by Jonah Falcon
- Filed in Industry News, Interviews, WTF
If you thought the console wars were bad, forget it. When two major corporations get down and dirty, it can be all out hysterical. Electronic Arts has opened up and attacked Activision / Vivendi for ditching the Entertainment Software Association and E3, as EA VP of corporate communications Jeff Brown said:
I think having [Activision and Vivendi] pull out of the ESA reflects an unfortunate lack of leadership. They’re a big company and we feel that when you’re a big company you’ve got a responsibility to consumers to work on policy issues which are very, very important to consumers. And the best way to do that is with an industry consensus. That’s the way it’s been done with the ESA in the US, and with ELSPA in the UK.
One must wonder if Brown realized he was calling Activision a “leader”, or if he has strong words for LucasArts.
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