Exec angry over exclusion from Eurogamer's Top 50
No matter how you feel about Electronic Arts as a company, EA Sports head honcho Peter Moore is making sure no one can ever accuse him of holding back.
To say Moore flipped out on Eurogamer would not be entirely inaccurate. After finding out that they had left FIFA '09 out of their Top 50 games of 2008, the guy went on a tirade:
Tuesday morning, coffee in hand and clad in my Liverpool FC officially licensed pajamas (you think I'm kidding, don't you), I log in and scroll down the list from 10 to 1, getting more excited as I get closer to the top spot. World of Goo? I'm sure it's fun, and the reviewers certainly loved it, but surprised to see up so high... I scrolled quickly all the way to the number one spot...Huh? WTF?? As in WHERE THE HELL IS FIFA 09???
...c'mon, one of the best sports games of recent times not even in the Top 50? This title will sell in excess of 10 million units when all is done and dusted, but doesn't even rank a mention?
Really? Seriously? Is it not cool to include a so-called mass market game? Bangai-O Spirits (no disrespect Treasure) makes it and FIFA 09 doesn't? Eurogamer - you are and always will be one of my favorite gaming web-sites, but you were waaaay offside on this one.
An entertaining read, regardless of whether you agree with him or not. We hardly ever get to see corporate suits speak so candidly and without the aid of euphemisms.
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That's funny that someone like Peter Moore would keep up with a website top 50 list. I think sports games don't really get a lot of recognition in Toplists because there's not a lot of room for innovation.