EA Is For Sale

[Gypsy]

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.

[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

[GunSlinger Boy]

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

[[toj.cc]Phantom]

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.

[Jazzmarazz]

Nah, I can wrote articles about anything too:

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.

[Gypsy]

Nah, I can wrote articles about anything too

You're ruining my fun.

[GunSlinger Boy]

- 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.

[[toj.cc]Phantom]

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.

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

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

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.

[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.

[[toj.cc]Phantom]

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.

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.

[williamjones]

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

[GunSlinger Boy]

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

[[toj.cc]Phantom]

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".

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!

[williamjones]

I just mean about distribution.

[[toj.cc]Phantom]

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.