There have been rumours going around for a while now that the evil empire that is Microsoft have been eyeing up the purchase of Electronic Arts.

After reading through some threads tonight, some claiming that the 360's MW2 bundle sales is the beginning of the end for Sony, and others claiming that the Japanese release of FFXIII is going to keep the PS3 on the pursuit of the American console, I questioned what would happen if Microsoft instead invested in purchasing the masters of the RPG genre.

In a world where Microsoft had exclusive rights to such a big player in the industry, I believe that Sony would struggle to survive.

There will be no more Final Fantasy, no more Dragon Quest, not even a Hitman or a sequel to Arkahm Asylum on the Sony systems. Sure they will have Killzone, Uncharted 2 and a few other exclusive franchises which require the protagonist to shoot people while running through cinematic levels, and Gran Turismo will always be the best driving game series ever but , but I am curious to hear your thoughts on whether or not you can see these offering enough reasons to keep Sonys systems in the console war.

Is this really a hypothetical worth discussing?

It won't happen but it would be amazing for Xbox sales if it did.

lol the evil empire Microsoft
Anyway if this happens. The inernet will meltdown. Though I don't want this to happen at all!

if this happened? then i will ask of u to please hand me a gun so i can kill myself

SE isnt that big anymore . too many crappy games.

I would probably kick a cat.

But you know, I don't care much for cats so it'd probably be a win-win either way.

What if Sony buys Epic? Just as likely. Or perhaps Nintendo will buy Valve?

I hope they do, that way all the talented people can leave and make their own studios and make better games for other consoles.

If that happens I will quit gaming.

Not really

MS won't buy EA and if they do it'd be a terrible move considering the NFL would just go to Activision to make Madden. EA isn't that big without Madden. I wouldn't hold it past MLB or NBA to drop 2k sports either. MS wouldn't get anything out of a couple hundred million dollar purchase except a shitload of employees theyd have to pay to not make games since they wouldnt have sports licenses.