Rumor: Electronic Arts Is For Sale
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This could be an amazing opportunity. Smart money bets on this equity firm selling off ever IP EA owns. Every game franchise EA has been whoring to death could become the property of a publisher or developer that might actually do something of value with it. Most of them will go to Konami, Activision, Ubisoft, etc, which is like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic, but a few will get spread around.
...could it be?
...could it finally happen?
...System Shock 3...
...could it be?
...could it finally happen?
...System Shock 3...
The most likely outcome of this would probably be the firm cutting some of the less profitable/more risky/troublesome ventures go... ie Bioware along with probably a few different divisions. Or they could just point out the obvious and tell them to do what they did with their earlier games again so they can make more money. I can't really see the overall direction of EA making a big change. But it is just a rumor and it's impossible to tell the exact ramifications of it.
Stock prices are linked to investor confidence, not consumer opinion. In this case, acquisition rumours usually raise a stock a few points.Ghonzor said:
Despite how much people dislike ea I doubt this will happen, maybe eventually but I think ea will still be around for a few more years. hopefully this is a wake up call for them to listen to the customer ideas more often rather than making assumptions on what we want
I doubt that's entirely true. I'm sure the EA brand is still worth something with the people who buy every EA sports game every year and barely give the rest of the game industry any notice. It'd probably be a smart move to divorce the subsidiaries that were successful brands in their own rights (BioWare, Maxis, Visceral, Mythic, etc.) from the EA name though.Sixcess said:
Universal among gamers != universal. People who hate Windows still buy Microsoft stock. Hell, if there was a company called BabyGrinders, Inc. I'm sure investors would still jump at it so long as it had a great valuation.Ghonzor said:
Right now I doubt Zynga can afford to buy a bag of potato chips, much less EA.Swader said:
lol, if true, i think i will dance in public 
these greedy money suckers should go. but then i ask my self, what happens to the games that require origin to play? will they keep it? what kind of changes will come if a new company will buy them?
i also hope it will be valve. then i will ask a hacker so i can send gabe a personal message what a good choice he has made
these greedy money suckers should go. but then i ask my self, what happens to the games that require origin to play? will they keep it? what kind of changes will come if a new company will buy them?
i also hope it will be valve. then i will ask a hacker so i can send gabe a personal message what a good choice he has made
Hmmm, interesting. If this goes through, it will be interesting to see what the firm does with the bloated EA monstrosity. I envision them selling off the less profitable IP's in a fire sale and running a leaner, streamlined EA with the remaining successful (read money making, not commenting on critical success or gamer opinion) franchisees.
I just hope that not to many jobs get cut. That would be unfortunate.
I just hope that not to many jobs get cut. That would be unfortunate.