EA Being Bought Out?! : Othor Games

» Thu May 03, 2012 6:36 am

http://games.ign.com/articles/122/1223835p1.html

Wow...

» Thu May 03, 2012 10:15 am

http://games.ign.com/articles/122/1223835p1.html

Wow...

They're only a games publisher, bigger industries out there could eat them and everyone else for breakfast; like a BP Games Depertment

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» Thu May 03, 2012 4:21 am

This came out of nowhere...EA is one of the biggest publishers ever.

» Thu May 03, 2012 3:45 am

If this is true, will EA have more or less DRM being owned by a Free to Play game developer? Or, will all the games just have micro-transactions? Like buying a helmet for your player in Madden?

» Thu May 03, 2012 9:12 am

I'll believe it when I see it.

» Thu May 03, 2012 11:51 am

If this is true, will EA have more or less DRM being owned by a Free to Play game developer? Or, will all the games just have micro-transactions? Like buying a helmet for your player in Madden?

Or a clip of ammo for your gun. I absolutely despise micro-transactions.

» Thu May 03, 2012 4:19 am

http://games.ign.com/articles/122/1223835p1.html

Wow...

I didn't know EA was as tiny as the article describes them to be.

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexon

Down with EA, all ready. There are much better publishers out there.

» Wed May 02, 2012 11:55 pm

This came out of nowhere...EA is one of the biggest publishers ever.

EA's stock plummeted HARD after 2008, and nothing they've been doing has helped them recover.

that said - NEXON? i mean seriously? there are countless other companies i'd've thought of first. Nexon seems so arbitrary.

» Thu May 03, 2012 9:09 am

This came out of nowhere...EA is one of the biggest publishers ever.

They're still a very small company, though. They have, what, 4,000ish employees? Even in the world of tech companies, that's not very big.

» Thu May 03, 2012 7:57 am

This is like Ubisoft, or Activision being bought out. Very big news for the games industry. What does this mean long term for all of EA's development companies?

» Thu May 03, 2012 9:09 am

Ironic.

» Thu May 03, 2012 8:38 am

Now that is something unexpected. I thought it was EA that buys everyone else :hehe:

» Thu May 03, 2012 2:33 pm

This is like Ubisoft, or Activision being bought out. Very big news for the games industry. What does this mean long term for all of EA's development companies?

It doesn't mean anything while it's an unconfirmed rumor.

» Thu May 03, 2012 2:44 pm

I guess success from Madden is possible running its course ;p.

Ironic.

Oh definitely.

» Thu May 03, 2012 2:41 am

This could be good news for Bethesda. In a couple of years, I see them being the biggest publisher in this industry. We are witnessing their rise right now.

» Thu May 03, 2012 7:46 am

Ooh, does this mean that Nexon will buy EA, take what they want, fire everyone involved with EA and then disband the name? Awesome, good riddance I say.

But wait, Nexon....before you obliterate EA, could you at least, pretty please, give Brian Fargo Wasteland back so he can bundle it with Wasteland 2? That'd be swell. Thanks.

» Wed May 02, 2012 10:41 pm

Justice!

But more seriously. I hope nexon makes use of all those IPs that EA left sitting and collecting dust in their basemant. And if they turn out to be the same as the old boss I shall await the day of their downfall as well.

» Thu May 03, 2012 6:50 am

The Main Event, you're getting awfully excited over a rumor...

» Wed May 02, 2012 10:42 pm

Ooh, does this mean that Nexon will buy EA, take what they want, fire everyone involved with EA and then disband the name? Awesome, good riddance I say.

Firing all of EA's senior management would definitely be a good thing for the games industry. A pox on the lot of them.

» Thu May 03, 2012 3:59 am

I hope no EA employees get laid off, apart from those rotten CEO's and big shots who are responsible for the destruction of so many small game companies.

edit haha, great minds think alike, vom

» Thu May 03, 2012 1:31 pm

I hope no EA employees get laid off, apart from those rotten CEO's and big shots who are responsible for the destruction of so many small game companies.

edit haha, great minds think alike, vom :biggrin:

It's exactly some of those employees that are a big part of EA's problem.

» Thu May 03, 2012 1:33 am

It's exactly some of those employees that are a big part of EA's problem.

I'm talking about the people who don't make the decisions, who simply work for an honest wage. It's not their fault the company they work for has become the antichrist of gaming.

» Wed May 02, 2012 11:19 pm

This could be good news for Bethesda. In a couple of years, I see them being the biggest publisher in this industry. We are witnessing their rise right now.

Last time I checked Activision-Blizzard was still around.

» Thu May 03, 2012 1:16 am

Huh, kind of shocking. We'll just have to wait and see what this truly means.

» Thu May 03, 2012 12:27 am

While I doubt this is even true being on IGN first of all and EA having 2 major IPs that sold extremely well despite their flaws in the last year being BF and ME if Nexon buys EA that means CASUALNESS all the way.. Maplestory was good now its boring as hell after they added the knights of whatever and very much pay to win. EA isn't the worst publisher certainly not the smallest publisher either in any scope. I actually think EA released this so they would have a scape goat for their "reasoning" behind Mass Effect 3 and reasling of the Disk locked content stating "o well if released it we wouldn't make enough money" ya like ME3 wouldn't sell well.