Asked to identify their top issue of concern in 2013 among a range of business and policy challenges, 27 percent of franchisors
cite franchise sales and development and 20 percent cite the Affordable Care Act.
A report earlier this morning,
citing unidentified sources, suggested that Electronic Arts had terminated its Dead Space
franchise — including work on an unannounced Dead Space 4 — in light of poor
sales of Dead Space 3.