EA to Acquire Bioware Corp. and Pandemic Studios

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Carazo on 12 October 2007

This is good news for Sony and Nintendo gamers, who are now likely to get there games but it's bad news for the gamers.

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dschumm on 12 October 2007

rocketpig said:
Overall, this just really really blows. EA not only whores out every one of its franchises every year or two but they NEVER support their shit for more than 12 months (if even that long). PC gamers in particular have been left with a bad taste in their mouths over the years by EA and their bullshit.

I hope to God that they won't ruin BioWare's vision with Mass Effect but knowing EA, they're already trying to think of way to milk the franchise (Captain Shepard plush dolls), kill support (expect late & overpriced DLC), create spin-offs (Mass Effect: Need for Cyberspeed and Mass Effect: Underground) and overall, just fuck everything up.

This is particularly shattering if you have read about BioWare's grand vision with Mass Effect. Surely EA will bite into that vision in the name of profits, shareholders, and cockgobbling.

Yout post somehow made me smile despite this growing darkness.

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flagship on 12 October 2007

Well hopefully all the talent abandons ship to go work on new projects, Call of Duty was a nice suprise when EA was busy whoring Medal of Honor.

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konnichiwa on 12 October 2007

I got nice news from a Freelancer:

Bono the frontman of U2 is one of the persons who established EA.

Bono is a fan of Mercenaries (2). That is one of the reasons why EA bought those companies.

Maybe some already know this but it was news for me.

Ps: Who knows maybe Britney Spears is fan of the Wii and Monster Hunter, that is why it switched XD.

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madskillz on 09 January 2008

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If EA buys BioWare, I will immediately go home, grab my .38, and make the eight hour drive to Redwood City.

Sorry to revive old threads, but I wanna know, RP, when are we gonna "Ride or Die?"

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celine on 09 January 2008

"They are paying $860 million in consideration, as we reported earlier, and they expect the deal to close by early 2008.

EA expects to break even on the deal by 2009 and start raking it in by 2010."

Do you think that EA can break even on US$ 860 million in about 2 years ?

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SeriousWB on 09 January 2008

Konnichiwa, this gen will end with only two companies in the gaming industry.. EA and Activision Blizzard...

... Hold me =(

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madskillz on 09 January 2008

celine said:
"They are paying $860 million in consideration, as we reported earlier, and they expect the deal to close by early 2008.

EA expects to break even on the deal by 2009 and start raking it in by 2010."

Do you think that EA can break even on US$ 860 million in about 2 years ?

The only way EA will make that kind of loot is if they ...

1. Make a video game that prints money

2. Buy Nintendo and church out tons of DS Litez that print money

3. Release NFS Infinity and just release DLCs for the life of the console

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jjseth on 09 January 2008

madskillz said:

celine said:
"They are paying $860 million in consideration, as we reported earlier, and they expect the deal to close by early 2008.

EA expects to break even on the deal by 2009 and start raking it in by 2010."

Do you think that EA can break even on US$ 860 million in about 2 years ?

The only way EA will make that kind of loot is if they ...

1. Make a video game that prints money

2. Buy Nintendo and church out tons of DS Litez that print money

3. Release NFS Infinity and just release DLCs for the life of the console

IF EA did buy Nintendo, you know that they'd completely ruin it by releasing new hardware every year with new rosters pre loaded for their sports games. Oh and the games would not be included, you'd still have to buy them to play the game, it's just that the new DS would have the rosters on them. :)

Get your Portable ID!

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