Rumors of EA getting taken over?

[veloper]

Why would anyone even want to buy EA?

If I were at the head of another publisher, all I would be interested in is getting some of EA's more popular IPs and nothing else.
That way you don't get weighted down with all the ugly baggage.

 

[ultramarine486]

This is all speculation, and I understand that a lot of my own comments hinge on the "maybes" and "ifs," but these are very real issues one way or t'other.

Certainly it could be disastrous for the gaming community as likely as it could be a good thing as you stated its all speculation right now. As it stands EA isn't likely to go anywhere anytime soon even with low stock. Companies don't just up and die in the space of a month or two. It often takes several years at least and for anyone following them it'll be painfully obvious.

 

[zombieshark6666]

Why would anyone even want to buy EA?

If I were at the head of another publisher, all I would be interested in is getting some of EA's more popular IPs and nothing else.
That way you don't get weighted down with all the ugly baggage.

TO CRUSH IT WITH A MIGHTY BOOT AND RIP THE GUTS OF EVIL...

ahem.

Your point is valid too. Either way, if you let EA do its thing for a few more years, there won't be many developers left. They swallow everything and spit it out rotten and useless. If EA were any bigger, they'd be endangering gaming as a medium. They're ruined so many studios and ideas.

CRUSH!

 

[babinro]

I don't hate EA and I don't know anything about Nexon.

As such, a buyout would make me nervous as it could potentially hamper what are otherwise some truly excellent games.

Also I'd hate to see Origin get scraped and my games from there lost because the other company doesn't want to continue the service. Extremely unlikely, I know, but still a concern.

 

[Atmos Duality]

Well here's Nexon's website: http://www.nexon.net/

It comes with the tagline:

"The best in free-to-play online games"
All Nexon games are completely free to download and play. The games are regularly updated with new content and are completely supported. Play for free, forever.

Oh sweet baby Batman, If they apply the EA franchises to their current business model I predict MICROTRANSACTIONS EVERYWHERE! Forget about feeling bad because of a £15 map pack, you'll be paying through the nose for everything!

This may be a case of better the devil you know than the devil you don't.

Are you kidding? I want to see the chain-reaction of backlash from when Nexon starts milking AAA titles through EA.

I'm already resigned to the fact that gobs of idiots already keep such despicable companies in business (the sort of customer who complains and whines about getting nickeled-and-dimed yet keeps buying the games and DLC anyway).

Might as well get some entertainment out of watching them squirm even more.

It's no loss to me: I refuse to buy anything EA publishes.

 

[iLazy]

There's a storm brewing, and none of us are prepared. Seriously, I have this nagging feeling that this is going to be bad, real bad.

 

[AyaReiko]

EA has dropped from 50$ a share to 12$ before the rumor got out. Amusingly their stock dropped the same time SPORE was released and we all remember how well that went over. They've pretty much been in decline for the last five years or so and ME3 and The Old Republic really hasn't done much to save them.

I was wondering what would cause that big drop in late August '08.

Now if only Ubisoft's stock would collapse from constantly pushing ill-advised DRM.

Regardless, EA's stock has largely been stable post-Spore. Wouldn't surprise me if the drop was more of a correction than a near-collapse. EA just has too many franchises in their grasp to outright bottom out.

 

[Twilight_guy]

I have no opinion as I don't give a crap about corporate dealings. Well I guess I do care kinda. If they start firing people it means an increase in the unemployment rate and good people working in the corporate machine losing there jobs for reasons they can't control. That'd be bad. So long as they don't destroy the company though, I don't give a shit who runs it.

 

[LilithSlave]

Also I'd hate to see Origin get scraped and my games from there lost because the other company doesn't want to continue the service.

They wouldn't do something that silly. If anything, I anticipate them fusing the services and being able to log in to Nexon MMORPGs via the same service you bought/own your PC games on Origin.

Now when do EA games get some Mabinogi DLC~? Heh, I wish.

 

[LilithSlave]

This seems false. I don't believe there's any other gaming comapny bigger or eviller to take over EA.

World of Warcraft may be the single MMORPG with the largest userbase in the industry. But Nexon MMORPGs together have a larger userbase number than even World of Warcraft. They're a monster of the MMORPG industry.

It's surprising if Nexon has enough to buy EA. But they are certainly big. I don't know if I would call them more evil than EA, though. They don't have the best track record of loving their fans, though.

 

[Baron von Blitztank]

There's a storm brewing, and none of us are prepared. Seriously, I have this nagging feeling that this is going to be bad, real bad.

Seconded.
I'll get the anti-stupid bunker set up and furnished, you get the food supplies. We'll survive this!

 

[ultramarine486]

EA has dropped from 50$ a share to 12$ before the rumor got out. Amusingly their stock dropped the same time SPORE was released and we all remember how well that went over. They've pretty much been in decline for the last five years or so and ME3 and The Old Republic really hasn't done much to save them.

I was wondering what would cause that big drop in late August '08.

Now if only Ubisoft's stock would collapse from constantly pushing ill-advised DRM.

Regardless, EA's stock has largely been stable post-Spore. Wouldn't surprise me if the drop was more of a correction than a near-collapse. EA just has too many franchises in their grasp to outright bottom out.

Sure they haven't really lost much more for a while but short of the last few weeks they've shown almost no sign of growth at all. That's stagnation at it's finest. I honestly think they might have lost even more stock value due to the ME3 backlash if not for the rumor of being bought out.

 

[Noble_Lance]

I've played a few Nexon games in my time. They are overall decent, but the micro-transactions... holy cow.... Combat Arms, you have to buy your guns... and by that I mean you rent them, so if you say hey you know this F2P game, I got life issues, I'll see you in a few weeks. Any gun you rented is gone and you have to go back to your defaults. It would be if you were in B3 and driving around in a tank, leave for a week and have to start with a motorcycle and a slingshot.

 

[Something Amyss]

catchpa: Slippery Slope
>.> oh shut up you

It's your conscience!

<.<

Nah. I admittedly have no experience with Nexon, so I can only talk in terms of general feedback. Maybe they're improving.

hostile takeover

Think I found your problem right there.

 

[dimensional]

Why would anyone even want to buy EA?

If I were at the head of another publisher, all I would be interested in is getting some of EA's more popular IPs and nothing else.
That way you don't get weighted down with all the ugly baggage.

Exactly what I was thinking the EA brand is not a popular brand its best just to let it die and salvage the bits its hasnt had time to turn into crap yet.

So Satan himself decided to take over operations?

Well it was only a matter of time...

I thought Satan was head of EA as well? surely its only right for him to want to amalgamate his companies, its less work

Seriously though I dont think EA will go anywhere soon, unfortunately.