In what would be an unprecedented merger/buyout, there is chatter on Wall Street that Microsoft is in talks to buy Electronic Arts. As you know, EA is the largest game development studio and has been gobbling up smaller companies as well. There is no concrete evidence that this deal is going to happen, but sources say there is definitely “chatter” out there. EA’s share price jumped 4% and Microsoft 0.9% amidst this chatter. IF this were to ever happen, would MS close out sales on its franchises to Sony such as Madden, or would it only allow certain titles to be mulitplatform and keeping the rest for itself?
There’s a lot of corporate officer sharing between the 2 companies (Peter Moore, Don Mattrick, etc), so there is definitely a friendly relationship. I can’t see this being a good move for EA though, as they do a ton of Wii/DS development to go along with the PC/360/PS3 businesses. I’m not sure Microsoft would allow all of that to continue.
eh microsoft………….. sells a broken console and then makes it so that they get all the exlusives/dlc. whats the point of buying games if you know the console will break every month. and trust me..ive been through 5 360’s. im done. and i just want to say FUCK YOU MICROSOFT SUCK MY BLACK DICK
*sigh* So much for innovation and competition.
Bad news for everyone, even xbox owners… maybe I can at least make some money off of their stocks…
Good for xbox owners (in the short term), but sucks for the overall gamer market. If I had a Wii or a PS3, I would genuinely be worried that this will go through.
would never happen. EA stands to only lose perceived value by merging with microsoft. the microsoft name is a stain that is very hard to wash off. it is synonymous with product failure and ineptitude acros its full range of products. it is a behemoth too large to make relevant plays these days. it is too old, and too slow. how that could be a good thing for EA baffles the mind.