rightgmaverick019 said:
When there is a rumor that a public company is about to get bought for more than its value, its stock price rises since there is a chance that in the future you can sell your shares for more than what they are worth today.Ghonzor said:
I don't think there would be any change in that department.Eclpsedragon said:
If there's rumors floating around of a $20/share buyout on the horizon the price will rise because people will be hoping to buy it at the dirt cheap price and then double their investment when it finally does get bought out. Trust me, any rise at this point has nothing to do with them being a good company.Ghonzor said:
Cause if Bioware didn't need the money they wouldn't have sold out to EA. Zenimax or Bethesda would give them the money they needed to make great games like daAkalabeth said:
, KotOR, BG, and Mass Effect(minus the ending).
If they were being bought by another game publisher, I'd agree, but the rumor is that they're being snatched up by an equity firmFalloutJack said:
That does little to ease my concern, I'm afraid. In fact, it makes it sound all the more dubious.Zombie_Moogle said:
Oh they wouldn't have been as good without EA's money? *cough* Knights of the Old Republic *cough* *cough* Baldur's Gate *cough*. KotOR was made before EA and is a great game, one of my favorites in fact. Baldur's Gate is a rpg classic and it was made pre-EA. Ea was letting Bioware make good games in the beginning yes, but then they shortened the leash with Dragon Age 2 what with the very short development cycle and the story being shit(which Bioware usually doesn't do). Bioware would never have made a fucking MMO out of KotOR but Ea made them. I can't blame EA for Mass Effect 3's ending though(or maybe I can if they shortened the development expectantly which made Bioware rush out the ending) I will blame that on Casey Hudson being stupid. I can blame EA however for turning the ending into a good thing(fro them that is). It would be better for Bioware if they were owned by Zenimax because Zenimax knows that it's developers will bring them money and they won't restrict them. Just look at Bethesda.Akalabeth said:That's a moronic point of view quite frankly.The_Lost_King said:Cause if Bioware didn't need the money they wouldn't have sold out to EA. Zenimax or Bethesda would give them the money they needed to make great games like da
Edit: OT: I really hope that EA gets bought out and then get drained and thrown away and then that person who bought them free the slaves(Bioware and anyone else like them).
Mass Effect and Dragon Age were both released after they'd been purchased by EA in 2007, you're implying that EA is bad for Bioware but all of their recent top games were published under EA so how is EA a bad thing exactly?
It's such a double standard that people blame publishers like Activision or EA for a games failings (see Diablo 3) but praise the developer for all of the high points. People don't seem to consider that Mass Effect, SWOR, Dragon Age, etcetera would not be as good as they are without EA backing them with the money that they have. Conversely many of a game's failings may be due to decisions by the developer and not the publisher at all.
Setch Dreskar said:
They never had a choice or say in the matter. EA bought Elevation Partners, which owned Bioware, in 2007. All of their properties automatically transferred over to the publisher.The_Lost_King said:Cause if Bioware didn't need the money they wouldn't have sold out to EA. Zenimax or Bethesda would give them the money they needed to make great games like daAkalabeth said:
