Report: Disney unhappy with EA, considering dropping the Star Wars exclusivity deal early, Activision/Ubisoft have been contacted already

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OTBWY on 13 February 2018

KLXVER said:

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https://youtu.be/JDRkIAFxmrQ?t=20m58s

So is it the same people working there or just the one guy?

Some of the same people.

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fatslob-:O said:

Well what do you suggest that Disney should do with the license ?

Hand it over to someone else rather than Acti or Ubisoft.

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If this is true then kudos to Disney for having some balls.

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Does that mean that Disney would have to buy back the deal to stop EA?

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RJ_Sizzle on 13 February 2018

They should have had it where certain Star Wars games are exclusive (i.e. Battlefront w/EA), not the entire license with only one publisher. That's just not really smart. One license holder will only exploit the IP.

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fatslob-:O on 13 February 2018

Chazore said:

Hand it over to someone else rather than Acti or Ubisoft.

Who would that be ? Are you suggesting that Disney hand it over to just about any other AAA game publisher ? If so then I think you might need to question your own standards ...

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shikamaru317 said:

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Does that mean that Disney would have to buy back the deal to stop EA?

Report says that their was a clause in the contract which allows Disney to renege on the agreement under certain circumstances. Guessing they would renege on the grounds that the lootbox controversy damaged the Star Wars IP.

I see, might be hard to pull off, but this is Disney so they definitely can pressure EA

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Chazore on 13 February 2018

fatslob-:O said:

Who would that be ? Are you suggesting that Disney hand it over to just about any other AAA game publisher ? If so then I think you might need to question your own standards ...

I don't need to question my own standards, as I've already seen what those two publishers are more than capable of.

The other reason why I said anyone else, is because I would rather the franchise not be locked to either of the two. I don't need to specifically name one publisher or studio because I don't want it locked to just a single one either.

I can already sense immense disagreement with my view on where the franchise should go, which is why I won't be naming a list of other studios either.

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