<story><title>EA CEO John Riccitiello Steps Down</title><url>http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/18/ea-ceo-john-riccitiello-steps-down-larry-probst-becomes-executive-chairman/</url><text></text></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Kylekramer</author><text>Any attempt to link to this to SimCity would be a severe case of trying to fit a simple solution to something much more complex. You don&apos;t push out a guy who has been a top guy there for 15 years over that. Especially since people having been bitching about EA (Origin, DRM, etc.) for years.</text></comment>
<story><title>EA CEO John Riccitiello Steps Down</title><url>http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/18/ea-ceo-john-riccitiello-steps-down-larry-probst-becomes-executive-chairman/</url><text></text></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>josh2600</author><text>Looks like he finally grew a pair of balls.&lt;p&gt;All kidding aside, John is one of the Co-Founders of Elevation partners, and so I doubt he was forced out in any way. He&apos;s got some serious clout, and he&apos;s been at or near the head of EA since 1997.&lt;p&gt;That being said, EA has become a real tyrannical monstrosity in recent years; I&apos;d welcome some change.&lt;p&gt;Maybe get back to a little more of something like this: &lt;a href=&quot;http://codinghorror.typepad.com/.a/6a0120a85dcdae970b0128776fffc6970c-pi&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://codinghorror.typepad.com/.a/6a0120a85dcdae970b0128776...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>