mibuokami on 24 September 2009
EA would not retain ownership of the license for sports such as NFL and FIFA as part of their deal is a mandatory multiplatform release. They would either have to feed directly to their competition or lose the license and destroy the franchise.
EA would not be so easily bought by a first party, the revenue lost of not supporting the Wii and PS3 would be massive and certainly accounted for and calculated for ALL future profit before the share holders would consent to a total takeover.
Remember guys, Sony has 9% of Square Enix which means absolutely squat this gen when it comes to release. Even if MS somehow became a major shareholder of EA the howl of fury from the board and other shareholder will drown their agenda out.
