'It's anarchy out there,' says former EA manager

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'It's anarchy out there,' says former EA manager

Added: 27.03.2013 0:47 | 2 views | 0 comments

Ben Cousins remarks on current state of industry, saying "big companies are finding it difficult to steer their supertankers."

Former Electronic Arts manager and Battlefield producer Ben Cousins believes the industry is in a state of chaos. Speaking to , the industry veteran, now a manager at DeNA, said the biggest publishers are having difficulty retaining staff amid the boom of mobile platforms.

"It#146;s anarchy out there, and these big companies are finding it difficult to steer their supertankers,#146; Cousins remarked.

A recent Game Developers Conference survey of 2,500 North American developers found that .

Cousins is not the first industry veteran to speak of chaos in the industry. In February, former Epic Games design director Cliff Bleszinski said the game industry is in a "" unmatched since the crash of the 1980s.