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kingofwale on 11 March 2008
eeble said:
ohhh booo, kingofwale, I really wanted to bring up the 3DO. ;)
But seriously though, this sounds like the worst idea ever. EA has been improving its image recently, but c'mon. Now if ActBlizzard came out with a console...

 :P, I was surprised that nobody else bought it up. *sighs*, such easy target. lol

I was surprised to find that 3D0 sold 2 million units. Oh man, that thing costs price of a car. lol



Soriku (Feb 10/08): In 5 years the PS3/360 will be dead.

KH3 bet: "If KH3 comes to Wii exclusive, I will take a 1 month of sig/avatar by otheres open a thread apologize and praise you guys' brilliance." http://vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?start=50&id=18379
Original cast: Badonkadonkhr, sc94597 allaboutthegames885, kingofwale, Soriku, ctk495, skeezer, RDBRaptor, Mirson,

Episode 1: OOPSY!
selnor: Too Human I even expect 3-4 mill entire life and 500,000 first day. GoW2 ( expect 7 - 9 million entire life and over 2 mill first day), Fable 2 (expect 5-6 million entire life and 1.5 mill fist day) BK3 (expect 4 - 5 mill sales entire life and 1 mill first day).. Tales/IU/TLR should get to 2 or 3 million! post id: 868878
Episode 2:
Letsdance: FFXIII (PS3+360) first week in NA = 286K
According to pre-order rate in week 13 (post id: 2902544)
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brute on 11 March 2008

i dont think it will come true



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ItsaMii on 11 March 2008

That would be great news. The first step for EA to bankruptcy.



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Strategyking92 on 11 March 2008

remember the 3do? thought so.


It's only a rumour so you can stop talking about it.

Here's a new rumor for you: nintendo will not launch a new handheld device.
Remember though, it's only a rumour.



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Steve 3.2 on 11 March 2008

Hmmm... you have to take a grain of salt to anything 'crazy' in the April issue of EGM.



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dnnc on 11 March 2008

if there is anyone capable at this point to challenge the nintendo, sony, and m-soft, it'ld be EA...........
i hope they do. this should make the playground more interesting.
I think sony would suffer the most if this becomes a rerality, reasons being that, microst will release a new OS by then, and nintendo has already made enough money with the Wii to justify a new system. The PS3 was built to last 10yrs, what if!!! EA fuses the Wii with the PS3, or 360 by 2010 the technology should be cheap enough to make it a $299-$399 debut. or maybe they would bomb because of lack of trust and fanboys like everyone on VGchartz.



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Strategyking92 on 11 March 2008

wow, I wonder who would be the first EA fanboy?
(not me, I hate their damned guts.)



And that's the only thing I need is *this*. I don't need this or this. Just this PS4... And this gaming PC. - The PS4 and the Gaming PC and that's all I need... And this Xbox 360. - The PS4, the Gaming PC, and the Xbox 360, and that's all I need... And these PS3's. - The PS4, and these PS3's, and the Gaming PC, and the Xbox 360... And this Nintendo DS. - The PS4, this Xbox 360, and the Gaming PC, and the PS3's, and that's all *I* need. And that's *all* I need too. I don't need one other thing, not one... I need this. - The Gaming PC and PS4, and Xbox 360, and thePS3's . Well what are you looking at? What do you think I'm some kind of a jerk or something! - And this. That's all I need.

Obligatory dick measuring Gaming Laptop Specs: Sager NP8270-GTX: 17.3" FULL HD (1920X1080) LED Matte LC, nVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M, Intel Core i7-4700MQ, 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3, 750GB SATA II 3GB/s 7,200 RPM Hard Drive

MattAAron on 11 March 2008

Heres my take on it:

Think about it...

*This is originating from EGM (Electronic Gaming Monthly)
*It is Mid-March
*EGM is known for their April Fools jokes

So this is in preperation for their next April Fools joke.

Here are some examples:
1) The Apple iGame, a portable gaming device which Apple would make games for
2) New gaming system from Mattel and Intellivision, Which they claimed to be more powerful then the PS2 (This April fools joke was in 2000 or something)

Theres probably atleast 10 other April Fools jokes theyve been doing since the 90's

I'm probably completly wrong, but you never know :)



kingofwale on 11 March 2008
Strategyking92 said:
wow, I wonder who would be the first EA fanboy?
(not me, I hate their damned guts.)

 Yeah, HOnestly, where are all the 3D0 fanboys?

Although it's hard to defend EA sometimes. I mean, what are you going to say as one? "MAdden totally kicked other football's butt, because they are rich enough to stop other company publishing it"??



Soriku (Feb 10/08): In 5 years the PS3/360 will be dead.

KH3 bet: "If KH3 comes to Wii exclusive, I will take a 1 month of sig/avatar by otheres open a thread apologize and praise you guys' brilliance." http://vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?start=50&id=18379
Original cast: Badonkadonkhr, sc94597 allaboutthegames885, kingofwale, Soriku, ctk495, skeezer, RDBRaptor, Mirson,

Episode 1: OOPSY!
selnor: Too Human I even expect 3-4 mill entire life and 500,000 first day. GoW2 ( expect 7 - 9 million entire life and over 2 mill first day), Fable 2 (expect 5-6 million entire life and 1.5 mill fist day) BK3 (expect 4 - 5 mill sales entire life and 1 mill first day).. Tales/IU/TLR should get to 2 or 3 million! post id: 868878
Episode 2:
Letsdance: FFXIII (PS3+360) first week in NA = 286K
According to pre-order rate in week 13 (post id: 2902544)
Non Sequor on 11 March 2008

I can't imagine them actually being foolish enough to try this.

If they started making their main franchises exclusives on an unproven system there would be a high risk of them destroying their fanbase (to the extent that they have one). If they tried this and failed they could see years of losses and a competitor might be able to talk the NFL into not renewing EA's exclusivity contract.

Other third parties are unlikely to support a company they primarily see as a competitor and third parties are generally hesitant to follow a new player anyway.

The only way this is conceivably possible would be if all of EA's management were entirely composed of congenital idiots and yes men. I must admit, there is a chance of that being the case.



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