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HappySqurriel on 08 August 2007

So many conflicting emotions ...

Ubisoft is such an inconsistent publisher and has a few really good games and a lot of crappy games ...
EA is such a consistent publisher produce a ton of average games ...

Overal, in an ideal world EA and Ubisoft would be able to consistently produce great games ...
In an evil world both EA and Ubisoft would inconsistently produce a few average games and a ton of awful games ...

 



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Parokki on 08 August 2007

Now, now people. EA is still doing plenty of good games, like Spore and err... well they got Spore at least.

Damn I thought I'd check if they're really that bad, and the history section of their Wikipedia article consists mainly of them buying, mismanaging, and disbanding the developers of all my childhood favorites. *sniff*

The discussion page of the article is full of anonymous editors wanting to delete the criticism section, make is sound like EA published all the games it later bought the rights for etc. How very non-suspicious and respectable of them.



mitsuhide on 08 August 2007

In a perfect world EA and Ubi wouldnt exist.



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eab on 08 August 2007

I like Ubisoft. Even in the dark days for Nintendo fans (GC), Ubisoft released several pretty good games on the GC while companies like Take Two, Rockstar, and Square seemed to avoid Nintendo like the plaque :|



Arkk on 08 August 2007
ckmlb said:
Vengi said:
EA is losing money on PS3/360 games and doesn't have many Wii games that far through development, Ubisoft has many games ready for the Wii, it makes perfect sense for them to invest more into Ubi at this time :)

EA has been buying into Ubisoft long before the Wii came so no this isn't cause of the Wii games of Ubisoft, this is eliminating a main competitor in the gaming market and acquiring lots of studios and resources.

 


ckmlb, EA is not trying to eliminate Ubisoft. That would be against the point of investing into the company. They are trying to strengthen themselves, while reaching out to other customers through other companies influence.



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stof on 08 August 2007

Wait, does EA really have the muscle to take Ubisoft? I know EA is big, but Ubisoft has got to be pretty close.

I really don't think they'd be able to pull it off.



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Kasz216 on 08 August 2007

Spore will be the best game ever from the looks of it. So even if that's all they had it would be enough.



ckmlb on 08 August 2007
mitsuhide said:
Loads of specialist devs are better than one massive dev that makes all types of games i.e.Where do you go for JRPG's?Square-Enix, Where do you go for free roams?R*, Where do you go for racing sims?Polyphony, Where do you go for big corporate milking machine?EA and any dev that BIG. Why do people buy Madden/FIFA every year there isnt anything new added or very little but if you get PES instead of FIFA you can guarantee that each year will see more than just a kit and graphics update.

I agree with you but this doesn't change that EA has better games coming this year than Ubisoft, quality wise not just how big they are.

I will bet you that Army of Two will get better reviews than Haze and that Burnout Paradise will be a huge critical and commercial success.

Hellgate London is most likely going to be another very well reviewed game and that's EA too.

I am almost certain at this point that Spore will be ported to consoles since it's costing so much and taking so long to make, they will need console sales to make a profit.



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Ari_Gold on 08 August 2007

i hate EA, i haven't bought any of their games since FIFA 2005 because it included the Mexican league. the game was so bad, trying to rip off winning-eleven, i sold it 2 days after.



Steve 3.2 on 08 August 2007

It'll be a very sad day if EA ever takes over Ubisoft.



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