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OT: The initial image that popped into my head was a bunch of Koreans landing on the Death Star and walking up to Emperor Palpatine with suitcases of money in their hand. The image goes blurry after that.
Rumor: EA Facing Takeover Bid from Korean Giant
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OT: The initial image that popped into my head was a bunch of Koreans landing on the Death Star and walking up to Emperor Palpatine with suitcases of money in their hand. The image goes blurry after that.
Page 27 of the pdf has the changes to the employee stock purchase plan, and page 27 of the report has a half dozen citations. So I have no idea what you're pointing to.Kumagawa Misogi said:
You're assuming, for some reason, that their assets are shrinking to nothing. EA's assets are growing. It's why they're posting losses: they're acquiring assets. If their assets shrunk to nothing, so would their revenue. But they're revenue's holding steady.
Further, when you're looking to buy/sell a company, it's not just a matter of "are the posting net profits". It's, "What assets do they have? Are those assets making money? Do they have a war chest, and how much? Are they making more assets? Can they make payroll for the next year? Next several years? Are they becoming more profitable than they used to be?" And for EA, the answer to all of those is, "Yes." And, if you're considering selling the company, there's always, "Are they paying me boatloads of money every year that I don't want to lose?" (Yes.) There's also the issue of how much loss (compared to revenues) and where that money's going. If the executives are blatantly funneling money to their Florida beach houses, bad. But if it's going toward acquiring new assets, good.
Eventually, they'll have to start posting some net profits to rebuild their buffer. But, for now, they aren't burning through their cash reserves too quickly and they're becoming steadily more profitable every year.
It's actually kind of interesting, we can watch what happens with THQ. Most of the games they make are licensed franchises (most of which they're dropping), and their stock is in danger of being delisted. Sure, Saints Row is carrying them right now, and Warhammer isn't doing too bad, but they're in trouble [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/89818-THQ-Has-50-50-Chance-Of-Going-Bankrupt]. So, if someone (like EA, or Nexon) were to make a purchase offer...
But EA is certainly not in the same boat as THQ, and, with their rising profitability, I'm willing to make a slap bet with you that they will not be bought by anyone within the next three years.
But it can be buy it again. I knew they didn't, it's the reason the official servers went down ages ago. Unfortunately (unless I'm mistaken) They do hold the rights to the BFME franchise. They can't make/sale LotR related things without buying the rights, but no one else can make BFME things without getting the rights from EA. At least I'm fairly sure that's how it works. And with The Hobbit coming out, EA just might decide to try it again, just might.gigastar said:
If 2 companies I despise want to combine into the lower half of captain planet and shit all over themselves they can have at it.
Hahahaha, that would ******* deserving.
'While you and I would probably love to "only" have $1.5 billion in cash'
Wouldn't this be more logical: 'While you and I would probably love to have only $1.5 billion in cash?'
We get it, no need to stick fingerquoutes in writing. HTML even has an tag that would be applicable.
'While you and I would probably love to "only" have $1.5 billion in cash'
Wouldn't this be more logical: 'While you and I would probably love to have only $1.5 billion in cash?'
We get it, no need to stick fingerquoutes in writing. HTML even has an tag that would be applicable.
The thought of this scares me...
EA being bought out though (if it were to ever happen)? Ironic indeed.
Everytime someone says that, things get worse D:Croaker42 said:
EA being bought out though (if it were to ever happen)? Ironic indeed.
Well, the big problem with EA right now is that they're financially insecure, which is why everything is so by-the-numbers. They copy other people's ideas because it's less risky than having their own. They rush games out because they don't know if they can afford to delay for too long.
If even just a vague rumour for this is enough to make EA's stock rise by 6%, then I cannot support this bid enough.
If even just a vague rumour for this is enough to make EA's stock rise by 6%, then I cannot support this bid enough.
I just got an image of a weird love-child of Jade Empire and Vindictus [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX3RYqFufUQ]. Hmm...
That is, assuming BioWare remains under EA after this whole ME3 debacle.
That is, assuming BioWare remains under EA after this whole ME3 debacle.
Oh hey, someone willing to give credit where it's due. That's a rare find on the Escapist, amidst all the RAGE RAGE EA SUCKS comments. Battlefield is indeed fun. And apparently their games are good enough to make people swallow their pride and pay them money anyway, so yea. Shows how much their opinion is worth.Don Savik said:
You say that as if they have a choice in the matter... They'll be in the EA developer mass-grave before long, piled on top of Westwood, Bullfrog, Origin*, Maxis and Pandemic.SageRuffin said:
*it was a developer before they reused the name for their crappy online store/spyware.