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18th-August-2012, 02:14
Gypsy

EA Is For Sale

Would you like to buy them?

http://m.techradar.com/news/gaming/r...r-sale-1092554

Looks like Darkseid wasn't off his rocker, or something like that.
18th-August-2012, 02:46
luffy4

they wont be missed by me, but they wont go anywhere, someone will buy them hopefully sony or microsoft cause then the sports will all be cornered to one console
18th-August-2012, 03:12
GunSlinger Boy

hopefully Nintendo buys them out so they can inject some quality into the games.
18th-August-2012, 04:22
[toj.cc]Phantom

Quote:

Originally Posted by GunSlinger Boy

hopefully Nintendo buys them out so they can inject some quality into the games.

- Nintedo
- Quality

Choose one.
(not saying they didn't use to, but claiming that Nintendo is still at that level is wrong on multiple levels)

Anyway, I'd be happy with any company buying them that isn't Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft or Activision/Blizzard. After they are bought I can only hope that the entire company will be restructured and that the companies they have bought and ruined go back to making good games.
18th-August-2012, 04:28
Jazzmarazz

Nah, I can wrote articles about anything too:

Quote:

Refusing to comment on rumor and speculation, EA is staying mum about a possible sale.

It might be true, but there is nothing to base the statement on. As the article says just prior to that quote, They're the second largest VG company. Who sells success when its in their hands? Get out while you're ahead? Maybe.

I do like the idea of The Elder Scrolls meets The Sims though. :wacko:
18th-August-2012, 04:50
Gypsy

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jazzmarazz

Nah, I can wrote articles about anything too

You're ruining my fun. :wacko:
18th-August-2012, 05:19
GunSlinger Boy

Quote:

Originally Posted by [toj.cc]Phantom

- Nintedo
- Quality

Choose one.
(not saying they didn't use to, but claiming that Nintendo is still at that level is wrong on multiple levels)

Anyway, I'd be happy with any company buying them that isn't Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft or Activision/Blizzard. After they are bought I can only hope that the entire company will be restructured and that the companies they have bought and ruined go back to making good games.

Nintendo=Quality so i have no need to choose. nobody else (except maybe SEGA) can fix them. Activision-Blizzard is just as bad, if Sony or MSFT got their grubby mitts on EA it's be even worse. Bethesda could fix them up, but i'd like it better if SEGA, Nintendo or Atlus bought them out.
18th-August-2012, 05:22
[toj.cc]Phantom

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jazzmarazz

Nah, I can wrote articles about anything too:

It might be true, but there is nothing to base the statement on. As the article says just prior to that quote, They're the second largest VG company. Who sells success when its in their hands? Get out while you're ahead? Maybe.

I do like the idea of The Elder Scrolls meets The Sims though. :wacko:

Actually they haven't been doing so hot lately. Their stock dropped quite a bit during the last month or so, and has only started to go up do to EA buying back their shares.

Buying Back Shares

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Originally Posted by Peter Chapman, thesixthaxis

EA’s market cap is currently around $4billion and they’ve been buying back shares, causing a bump in market share value to just over $13.

Stock Dropping

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Originally Posted by William Usher, gamingblend

Electronic Arts' stock continues to see a downfall. It's been steadily declining since December of 2011, and a recent comparison chart shows that not only are core gamers highly dissatisfied with the way the corporation is being ran but investors aren't too pleased, either.
18th-August-2012, 05:29
GunSlinger Boy

also, just like buying SEGA would be a good move for Nintendo as they would get ALL the SEGA fans onto their consoles alone, buying EA would get all the fans of stuff by Bioware, of Mass Effect, every EA franchise would be Nintendo only and that would be what Nintendo needs to take back the seat from Sony and Microsoft. they wouldn't even be an issue any more, with no SEGA games, nor any future support for them, no Madden or EA Sports or Mass Effect or Dragon Age Sony and Microsoft would slowly die because even stuff like CoD and Uncharted and Halo wouldn't save them. the best move then would be for them to merge and get all the Halo and Uncharted fans on one console, then if a new player came into the game either on the side of hardware or software they would have a hard time competing unless they had some new revolutionary system for their console and cool exclusives. they might get so big that they could buy up the Microsoft and Sony company and compete with Nintendo, although by then someone would start trying to buy Square Enix Software and Activision, along with Capcom and SNK Playmore. pretty soon it becomes a match to see who can have the most exclusives to attract the fans of those franchises and we'd have Wii U Final Fantasy and XStation Call of Duty and Wii U KoF and XStation Streey Fighter. it would get to the point of either a golden age or a colapse of the industry. AGAIN. and even if that didn't happen we'd still get a crash if Sony and Nintendo released locked or dlc only consoles.

wall of text i know.
18th-August-2012, 05:32
[toj.cc]Phantom

Quote:

Originally Posted by GunSlinger Boy

Nintendo=Quality so i have no need to choose. nobody else (except maybe SEGA) can fix them. Activision-Blizzard is just as bad, if Sony or MSFT got their grubby mitts on EA it's be even worse. Bethesda could fix them up, but i'd like it better if SEGA, Nintendo or Atlus bought them out.

EA was worth $5.24 billion in 2010

Atlus is worth $34.4 million in 2010

Nintendo is worth $8.1 billion in 2012 (and falling)

Sega is worth 4.9 billion in 2011

So please tell me how Nintendo could save it? Do you see any of the big three allowing EA to publish games to other consoles? That's why Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo need to stay away. Because none of them care about making games for everyone to enjoy, they just care about making money for themselves and keeping the games on their consoles. That's what got EA into all this trouble is caring about the money before the product.

Nintendo used to never make a bad game ever, but now its easier to find their bad games then it is to find there good ones.

Quote:

Originally Posted by GunSlinger Boy

also, just like buying SEGA would be a good move for Nintendo as they would get ALL the SEGA fans onto their consoles alone, buying EA would get all the fans of stuff by Bioware, of Mass Effect, every EA franchise would be Nintendo only and that would be what Nintendo needs to take back the seat from Sony and Microsoft. they wouldn't even be an issue any more, with no SEGA games, nor any future support for them, no Madden or EA Sports or Mass Effect or Dragon Age Sony and Microsoft would slowly die because even stuff like CoD and Uncharted and Halo wouldn't save them. the best move then would be for them to merge and get all the Halo and Uncharted fans on one console, then if a new player came into the game either on the side of hardware or software they would have a hard time competing unless they had some new revolutionary system for their console and cool exclusives. they might get so big that they could buy up the Microsoft and Sony company and compete with Nintendo, although by then someone would start trying to buy Square Enix Software and Activision, along with Capcom and SNK Playmore. pretty soon it becomes a match to see who can have the most exclusives to attract the fans of those franchises and we'd have Wii U Final Fantasy and XStation Call of Duty and Wii U KoF and XStation Streey Fighter. it would get to the point of either a golden age or a colapse of the industry. AGAIN. and even if that didn't happen we'd still get a crash if Sony and Nintendo released locked or dlc only consoles.

wall of text i know.

You ever hear of Microsoft Windows or about the other hundred things that Microsoft makes? They aren't going anywhere. Every buy a Sony TV or DVD/BluRay Player? They aren't going anywhere either.

By the way, look up the word Monopoly they are illegal.
18th-August-2012, 05:33
williamjones

So now the sports games will clutter first hand stores too? Hope Valve gets a good company to pick them up though.
18th-August-2012, 05:35
GunSlinger Boy

Quote:

Originally Posted by [toj.cc]Phantom

EA was worth $5.24 billion in 2010

Atlus is worth $34.4 million in 2010

Nintendo is worth $8.1 billion in 2012 (and falling)

Sega is worth 4.9 billion in 2011

So please tell me how Nintendo could save it? Do you see any of the big three allowing EA to publish games to other consoles? That's why Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo need to stay away. Because none of them care about making games for everyone to enjoy, they just care about making money for themselves and keeping the games on their consoles. That's what got EA into all this trouble is caring about the money before the product.

Nintendo used to never make a bad game ever, but now its easier to find their bad games then it is to find there good ones.

WRONG.

it's easy to find bad games the are from third parties. the first party ones are great as always.

EA can stay afloat by:

releasing a console.

there, i said it
18th-August-2012, 05:39
[toj.cc]Phantom

Quote:

Originally Posted by williamjones

So now the sports games will clutter first hand stores too? Hope Valve gets a good company to pick them up though.

Why would Valve need anyone to pick them up? They are doing great!

Valve was worth $3 billion in March, and growing. I seriously doubt they need anyone to "pick them up".

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Originally Posted by GunSlinger Boy

WRONG.

it's easy to find bad games the are from third parties. the first party ones are great as always.

EA can stay afloat by:

releasing a console.

there, i said it

Releasing a console is far to expensive and risky. Did you know that even when the PS3 was $599 Sony took a loss selling them?

Nintendo is also loosing money on the Wii and 3DS.

Heck even Microsoft's Xbox division lost $229 million in April!
18th-August-2012, 05:44
williamjones

I just mean about distribution.
18th-August-2012, 05:45
[toj.cc]Phantom

Quote:

Originally Posted by williamjones

I just mean about distribution.

Oh okay, now I understand. I apologize for my previous post if it came off as harsh or negative in anyway.
18th-August-2012, 05:47
williamjones

I was vague its ok.
18th-August-2012, 05:49
GunSlinger Boy

Quote:

Originally Posted by [toj.cc]Phantom

Why would Valve need anyone to pick them up? They are doing great!

Valve was worth $3 billion in March, and growing. I seriously doubt they need anyone to "pick them up".

Releasing a console is far to expensive and risky. Did you know that even when the PS3 was $599 Sony took a loss selling them?

Nintendo is also loosing money on the Wii and 3DS.

Heck even Microsoft's Xbox division lost $229 million in April!

Nintendo will win this generation of gaming no matter what. they got the jump on SOny with the 3DS and are getting a jump on EVERYONE with the Wii U
18th-August-2012, 05:54
williamjones

Did they name it that cause "WII LOVE U", I hope thats what the ads have in them.
18th-August-2012, 05:57
[toj.cc]Phantom

Quote:

Originally Posted by GunSlinger Boy

Nintendo will win this generation of gaming no matter what. they got the jump on SOny with the 3DS and are getting a jump on EVERYONE with the Wii U

And that's the only reason they will win, is because they released early before everyone else. Hell look at the PS2 last gen, it was released first and was the #1 console. Same for the Wii and 3DS.

Now don't get me wrong, I love Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft equally (I'm mainly a PC gamer myself). But thinking that these companies are as good as they used to be is wrong. And fanboyism is one thing that is definitely killing the console industry because it doesn't force the companies to adapt, because they know people will always like their stuff.
18th-August-2012, 05:59
Gypsy

Dreamcast came out before PS2 and is considered in the same generation.

Not saying it doesn't help to release it first but you also don't want to rush it.
18th-August-2012, 06:02
[toj.cc]Phantom

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Originally Posted by Gypsy

Dreamcast came out before PS2 and is considered in the same generation.

Not saying it doesn't help to release it first but you also don't want to rush it.

Sorry about that, I always thought it was 5th gen not 6th gen.
18th-August-2012, 13:49
JKDarkside

My thoughts.

I love watching big, dumb things die.
18th-August-2012, 16:11
luffy4

for once i agree with GSB, nintendo is only failing console wise, their first party games are just as good as always

and i DO hope one of the big 3 buy EA so all the sports are on one console
18th-August-2012, 16:15
Inferno.

I don't see all the EA hate, they're a pretty good publisher IMO. Of course they support some terrible crap like the online pass system. As well as having the horrible Origin service...

But the games with their name on are top notch, most of the time. No care about sports games though.

I for one hope EA aren't in financial trouble. :(
18th-August-2012, 20:15
GunSlinger Boy

Quote:

Originally Posted by [toj.cc]Phantom

And that's the only reason they will win, is because they released early before everyone else. Hell look at the PS2 last gen, it was released first and was the #1 console. Same for the Wii and 3DS.

Now don't get me wrong, I love Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft equally (I'm mainly a PC gamer myself). But thinking that these companies are as good as they used to be is wrong. And fanboyism is one thing that is definitely killing the console industry because it doesn't force the companies to adapt, because they know people will always like their stuff.

the PS2 wasn't the first, the Dreamcast was released in 98
18th-August-2012, 20:55
unnoticedninja

I apologize in advance for this long post. This is my opinion and you are free to criticize it.

I think Nintendo is on the wrong course in my opinion, they are still making quality games, but because they want to make a profit by making a cheaper system so more people can enjoy their games, they will always be behind in terms of hardware since the Wii (N64 and Gamecube had great graphics). The WiiU is going to be better hardware-wise than X360 and PS3, but it should not count for the next generation, since the next Xbox and PS4 are going to be way more powerful and come out a year to two years later. I think EA should review their past and figure out why they are losing sales, and fix those problems and help their customers so they can continue to be on their own, if another company buys them, some decisions will be made that will not make people happy. Activision also needs to stop being so money hungry, as I see them continuing to make bad decisions just because certain franchises or games didn't hit the profit margin they wanted, yet were still profitable (ex: MW3 and the Guitar Hero Franchise).
18th-August-2012, 22:16
FlavaFlave

Quote:

Originally Posted by GunSlinger Boy

the PS2 wasn't the first, the Dreamcast was released in 98

Try 1999, not 98. I don't know where you get your information, or how your logic in some of your posts can fail so miserably, but in truth you just sound like a butt-hurt Nintendo fanboy. It's OK to like one system or company better than another, but you seem totally blinded by Nintendo. You 12 or something??

And I agree with unnoticedninja. Read his post closely, nothing more needs to be said about the WiiU hardware.
18th-August-2012, 22:25
JKDarkside

Okay guys, why do we keep talking about Nintendo when they aren't mentioned anywhere in the article?

Besides, they're a very Japanese company, they have little interest in Western properties because they've had a bad history trying them (Ex: The Conduit).
18th-August-2012, 23:01
GunSlinger Boy

Quote:

Originally Posted by FlavaFave

Try 1999, not 98. I don't know where you get your information, or how your logic in some of your posts can fail so miserably, but in truth you just sound like a butt-hurt Nintendo fanboy. It's OK to like one system or company better than another, but you seem totally blinded by Nintendo. You 12 or something??

And I agree with unnoticedninja. Read his post closely, nothing more needs to be said about the WiiU hardware.

98 was the original NTSC-J release, in Japan
19th-August-2012, 00:49
Sheras

Quote:

Originally Posted by FlavaFave

Try 1999, not 98. I don't know where you get your information, or how your logic in some of your posts can fail so miserably, but in truth you just sound like a butt-hurt Nintendo fanboy. It's OK to like one system or company better than another, but you seem totally blinded by Nintendo. You 12 or something??

And I agree with unnoticedninja. Read his post closely, nothing more needs to be said about the WiiU hardware.

He's 15 :wacko:

On topic, only games I own that were made by EA are Battlefield 3 and a few sports games. I rarely buy the sports games though. I don't own a Madden game, my newest NCAA football is 08, and i have NCAA march madness 2010 which i didnt even buy.

Also darkseid has a point. Nintendo is a japanese company, they appeal to those customers first and always will.
19th-August-2012, 01:09
j-sime

Well... can't say much... just hoping they're not really on bad shoes and this is just rumor...
Even because I love some titles like Burnout and The Sims :)
19th-August-2012, 02:01
Rok124

That article doesn't look really truthful to me........

i doubt this is true unless i really see some hard core proof or more confirmation that EA may actually go to be sold
19th-August-2012, 02:19
Sprung

Quote:

Originally Posted by rok124

That article doesn't look really truthful to me........

i doubt this is true unless i really see some hard core proof or more confirmation that EA may actually go to be sold

Wall Street Journal
19th-August-2012, 04:49
JKDarkside

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Originally Posted by Sprung

Wall Street Journal

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19th-August-2012, 05:16
Sprung

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Originally Posted by Darkseid

slowclap.avi

That's not a valid smiley.
19th-August-2012, 16:41
luffy4

honestly, we probaby wont even notice the change if it does happen, it will probably just be a stock purcase behind scenes etc...
19th-August-2012, 17:13
JKDarkside

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jack Spicer

honestly, we probaby wont even notice the change if it does happen, it will probably just be a stock purcase behind scenes etc...

Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if some higher ups ended up getting fired. EA is a mess right now.
19th-August-2012, 17:44
Pickles

Quote:

Originally Posted by GunSlinger Boy

Nintendo=Quality so i have no need to choose. nobody else (except maybe SEGA) can fix them. Activision-Blizzard is just as bad, if Sony or MSFT got their grubby mitts on EA it's be even worse. Bethesda could fix them up, but i'd like it better if SEGA, Nintendo or Atlus bought them out.

Bethesda releases broken games more often than not. :wacko:

Obvious troll is embarrassingly obvious.
19th-August-2012, 21:51
Rok124

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sprung

Wall Street Journal

oh poo, if only i was subscribed to the site :wacko:
19th-August-2012, 22:34
[toj.cc]Phantom

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jack Spicer

honestly, we probaby wont even notice the change if it does happen, it will probably just be a stock purcase behind scenes etc...

I hope not, I want to see EA go down in flames with multiple execs committing suicide after apologizing for ruing every game company they ever bought!

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