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Sonarman
02-04-09, 05:15 PM
Ubi expands (http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/ubisoft-acquires-action-pant-studios)while EA contracts (http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/ea-to-close-12-facilities-following-USD641m-loss) Maybe Ubi will end up taking over EA rather than vice versa.
Zachstar
02-04-09, 05:48 PM
EA wont be taken over. They will just use outsourcing to make a slew of 50 dollar crappy sports games to keep them afloat through this.

I just hope Ubisoft will fund a modern subsim.
surf_ten
02-04-09, 06:13 PM
It's EA own damn fault, they consistently push developers to release bug ridden incomplete games. Your right EA probably outsource their development elsewhere.
Kapitan_Phillips
02-04-09, 06:17 PM
EA wont be taken over. They will just use outsourcing to make a slew of 50 dollar crappy sports games to keep them afloat through this.

Or in the case of NFL Head Coach 09, release Madden 09 in PAL countries but not Head Coach due to a "lack of consumer market"
UnderseaLcpl
02-04-09, 06:28 PM
This is EA's own fault for releasing so many garbage games, and failing to respond to trends in the gaming industry. You're looking at a direct result of the Ivy League's "quantitative" business model. The same idiots that came up with the concepts of "core business" and "Six Sigma". To hell with them, in any case. Let the market root out the fools and corporatists and reward the wise entrepenuers.

EA certainly isn't the first software manufacturer to fail and they certainly shouldn't be the last. That kind of competition is what makes great games for us. Underdog publishers have a history of releasing superior games because they have some fiscal incentive other than profit maximization.

And let's not forget the modders, God bless them.:up:
SteamWake
02-05-09, 12:16 PM
EA was too big for there own good evidentl considering the dreck they have been selling.
SteamWake
02-05-09, 01:10 PM
http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh312/UlteriorModem/WoW.jpg
Dowly
02-05-09, 02:05 PM
http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh312/UlteriorModem/WoW.jpg

..is by Blizzard, not EA, if that's what you mean. :salute:
SteamWake
02-05-09, 02:28 PM
..is by Blizzard, not EA, if that's what you mean. :salute:

It followed another post that... well... was there... now its out of context :lost:
nikimcbee
02-05-09, 02:41 PM
http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh312/UlteriorModem/WoW.jpg

So is this your WoW character?:hmmm: