Rumor: Apple could be thinking about buying EA and sony

[coldshadow]

if apple does then I am taking it as proof that they plan on dominating the human race.

 

[ActionDan]

Yea....no.

 

[Caliostro]

Apple doesn't have that kind of money... Not by a longshot. Microsoft never had that kind of money, even when they were at their peak. Apple might be pretty even with Microsoft these days, but half of that is due to how Microsoft has been falling.

Both Sony and EA have their own ground to stand. Apple might, potentially, buy out EA... Although it would cost them a lot of money if they did. Maybe more than they're willing to toss around. Remember, EA might be a smaller company in light of the hundred billion dollar behemoths that are Apple and Microsoft, but we're talking about the company that regularly buys multi-million dollar companies for breakfast.

Sony, on the other hand, is not just Playstation, a fact gamers very often tend to forget. Sony is a whole lineup of appliances and electronics, and while it might not be on the same "level" as those two, it's certainly not THAT far behind.

 

[sir.rutthed]

i'd love to see it happen, because the xbox 360 would have no chance with apple and sony teaming up against it.

As much as I love my PS3 I would throw it in the nearest bin if Apple bought it. Sony made a loss on every PS3 sold at release and it was still expensive, could you imagine how much it would cost with apples philosophy behind it?

apple products cost shitloads more than the competition, but they are the most popular, and seen as better quality products. if playstation products get the unique advertising and design that apple products have, they will sell like anything regardless of the price.

Bullshit. Apple products sell better because sheeple see the "cool rebel" types with them in Starbucks and so they try to be different, just like those guys. Apple products have nothing going for them other than marketing and sleek looks. Sony makes some of the best electronics in the world, like my headphones that have lasted me 6 years without fail. Apple makes minor updates to what they have and markets that as a complete overhaul then counts on the fanboy's need to have the latest gear. I sincerely hope gamers are more discriminating than that.

 

[Deshin]

Hmmm...

If Apple were to buy Sony and EA then that means they'd be the "owners" of the PlayStation series AND be able to make every EA game a PS console exclusive...

That'd be one swift kick in the balls to Microsoft if they managed to make every EA game be PS exclusive, or dare I say it... "Games for Mac"

 

[Troublesome Lagomorph]

Hope not.
I fucking hate Apple. They can go to hell. I really want Apple out of my gaming.
With that aside... I'll agree with most people on this thread: sounds like bullshit.

 

[Wicky_42]

Your life, permitted and sponsored by Apple.

This is a nervous, scary thought.... considering how locked down and proprietary Apple products are, imagine what they could do to the games market... bad bad omen.

Exactly what I thought on reading the topic :S

That said, I doubt even for $51 billion you could buy either EA or Sony, let alone both! Also, keep the fuck away from Adobe! Shit like that's too important to start screwing around with and changing home platforms n stuff.

Plus I despise Macs with a validated passion.

Hey, here's an idea, Apple - use that $51 Billion to make more shiny crap! The shinier the better! Make even bigger iPhones and smaller laptops - eventually you'll cross over and then we can all laugh at how ironic that is! Just keep it to yourself, leave the PC market alone :/

 

[Wayward Man]

Exactly what I thought on reading the topic :S

That said, I doubt even for $51 billion you could buy either EA or Sony, let alone both! Also, keep the fuck away from Adobe! Shit like that's too important to start screwing around with and changing home platforms n stuff.

Plus I despise Macs with a validated passion.

Hey, here's an idea, Apple - use that $51 Billion to make more shiny crap! The shinier the better! Make even bigger iPhones and smaller laptops - eventually you'll cross over and then we can all laugh at how ironic that is! Just keep it to yourself, leave the PC market alone :/

Well said, Sir!
Shiny things are good in the right places, for the right prices!

 

[Megawizard]

EA I can MAYBE see happening, but I REALLY doubt Sony would ever sell. They have way too large a stake in multiple markets.

 

[Sronpop]

:O

Please Google, come save us all. I have no idea how you would go about it, but we all know you can.

 

[Nouw]

EA maybe, Sony no. It'd be hilarious seeing all those Mac Exclusive titles.

 

[Doug]

What? Is this even possible?

Possible, yes. Probable, no. Whilst I suspect Apple would love to own Sony and EA ("all EA games must be run on either a Mac or a Playstation from now on"), I doubt they have the intention or cash to go for both. Either one of these companies would be a major undertaking, even for Apple, methinks, so they'd have to put alot of effort into one or the other, unlikely to be both.

 

[Setsuri21]

I just came a little.

Scratch that, I just came a lot.

I think it's dawning on Apple, finally, that the main speedbump for Apple to take back the world is gaming.

Damn, I just saw a future of a bankrupt Microsoft, ATi, AMD and all the little hardware travesties in my mind, a future of true utopia and wireless plug&play bliss.

hee hee. I love how you think that if all the PCs in the world went away all the hackers would just say, "well, I guess thats it." and hang up their coats.

 

[sir.rutthed]

:O

Please Google, come save us all. I have no idea how you would go about it, but we all know you can.

Didn't you hear? Google's evil now. Proof:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-silver/google-verizon-deal-the-e_b_671617.html
We're on our own for this one.

 

[2fish]

And the final battle will be thus:

The Walmart & Tesco Alliance
vs
The Apple Corporation (Who own every other company in the world)

Don't forget Nintendo, with their money Pile they would have a chance.

In the future every house will have an Apple PS-45 and an Xbox 3600 as well as a PC and an Apple computer. The Xbox to play the same 3 brown shooters, the pc to go online to figure out how to jailbreak the apple products, and once the apple products are jailbroken then PS-45 for games.

 

[Canid117]

EA and Sony at the same time seems a bit out of Apple's league.

Seriously do these OP's not know what the words "Anti-Trust Laws" mean?

 

[Setsuri21]

Fuck no. If Apple takes over EA or Sony, then we'll be longing for the days of grizzled space marine #7543 because Apple will decree that all the game protagonists will have to be arsehole hipsters in order to appeal to its core audience. Oh yeah, and forget Madden: in true Apple fashion, all the games will be re-released every five months with ONE tiny detail changed, and if we don't yell "it's changed my life, it's SOOOOO different!" along with the other brainwashed Apple nutlickers, we'll be forced to wear ironic t-shirts and way too tight jeans for the rest of our lives while drinking nothing but chai lattes.

I will bomb something if this shit happens.

Can't Apple take over Activision? Because I already hate both companies, but the resulting juggernaut of douche-baggery may finally give mankind something to rally against.

You are the single most vile creature I have come across in all my ventures across the internets.

You must be my evil nemesis.

It's all in the eye of the beholder, my friend.

 

[irishstormtrooper]

:O

Please Google, come save us all. I have no idea how you would go about it, but we all know you can.

Didn't you hear? Google's evil now. Proof:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-silver/google-verizon-deal-the-e_b_671617.html
We're on our own for this one.

Google would probably save us so they could fuck us over later. It would be a temporary solution, but maybe we could ask Apple for help when the time comes.