If the Microsoft-EA rumor is true ...

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durtysouthhustlah said:

DirtyP2002 said:

I don't think that it happens, but IF it does, this is the way I think it would work:

MS would split EA.

EA Sports with all the sport games like Fifa, Madden, NHL, Tiger Woods would be one part of the company and this would remain independent with multiplat releases.

MS would buy the other part of EA. All the other games EA published or developed by EA would still be huge. Battlefield, Dragon Age Origins, Left 4 Dead, Dead Space, Spore, Sims, Mirrors Edge are great titles.

But here's the deal - why would MS do that and still keep games coming to their direct competitor?

Remember Halo 1? MS and Sony were slated to both get Halo - but MS gobbled up Bungie - and baam - Halo: CE for PS2 axed.

If MS bought EA, support for the PS3 would trickle down to nothing.

actually Halo CE was never slated for a PS2 release. Originally it was an Apple game and then M$ bought it and it came to the xbox. I dont think there was ever consideration for a PS2 port