Rumor: Microsoft Interested in EA

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microsoft is going power crazy! Bill Gates is a douche.

Bill gates wont even allow his own family to own an IPOD. He forces them to use MS crap. What do you think. He is about eliminating the competition. His goal is to rid the gaming market of Wii and PS3.

So yes, i think he is that dumb.

As long as they keep makin NBA live I don't care. Check out this interview.

http://www.gamestop.com/gs/blog/

people are making this about PS3 and 360...but forgetting about the impact this could have on Nintendo...or rather the impact that Nintendo could have on all of this...Nintendo is the most successful video game company of all-time...they have the resources and the fan support to make a big play if need be...if the future of the video game industry is console companies purchasing developers for their own exclusives, i personally have to believe that Nintendo would come out victorious in the long run...

yes, everyone is making this about sports...but if Microsoft buys EA they suddenly own RockBand, The Sims, Battlefield, Comand and Conquer, as well as become the distributor for companies such as Valve (Half-Life/Portal/etc.)...not sure if they would all become Microsoft exlusives, but the potential would be there...then you would have to wonder if Sony wouldn't make an effort to buy the rights to the likes of Activision, Ubisoft, Take-Two, Square Enix, Konami, LucasArts...the list could go on and on...suddenly you have to buy both systems in order to play the games that you want to play...this is a slippery slope that will only end in disaster...i don't have a problem with Microsoft buying EA ,it would be a good business move...but the ramifications from that deal could lead to the destruction of the industry...there would be a winner at some point, but video gamers would suffer for several years as the war plays out...

If that happens you will get charged for everything under the sun. Microsoft is pure wicked greed. You will get charged for Online, Online Franchises, alternate jerseys, any and all DLC including rosters. Bad idea.

i dont give a fuck. as long as their is a good madden every year

Karma is a bitch...

well anyway, it looks like the rumor was false according to this article, so so much for this whole article and all of our bickering and arguing:

<a href="http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/1800...">" target="_blank">http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/1800...

a microsoft spokesman has called the rumor false.

well anyway, it looks like the rumor was false according to this article:

http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/1800...

a microsoft spokesman has called the rumor false.

well anyway, it looks like the rumor was false according to this article:

http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/1800...

a microsoft spokesman has called the rumor false.

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As long as I can still get NHL games on the PS3, I really don't care. I still think Microsoft and EA are evil though.

EA would not stop the revenue streams that come in from Sony & Nintendo. That doesn't even make sense. Both Microsoft AND Sony LOSE money on each hardware sale. This would be more about selling SOFTware. So I really wouldn't worry about exclusives.

If anything..maybe it would give Microsoft a little leverage to finally get that much needed blue-ray player for the Xbox.

anyone remember microsoft sports games. They are horrible. Did it ever occur to you that Microsoft will acquire EA to dismantle it and thus give the return to microsoft sports again. Ewwwwwww!

uh.. no. Dismantling EA makes NO sense whatsoever.

And actually NFL Fever 2004 wasn't that bad of a game (the other MS games were apparently not very good, though). It was just greatly outshined, as was everything else, by NFL 2k4/5.

The Links 2004 was actually good. However, the other games were downright puke....If they allowed the developers at EA to continue to do their thing, I think the world would be solid. Not to mention, the ability to create an MLB game (cough...MVP Baseball....cough) because it would be developed by a first party company....

It would be hard for me to see some of the great titles (Madden is exempt because of the NFL deal to keep the game on all consoles) like NHL and FIFA limited to one console. I own both systems (prefer the 360 for sports games) and I would hate to see PS3 owners get shafted out of options.

Oh yeah.. I heard Links was good, too. Though I never actually played it.

As I state below, they wouldn't stop selling to the other consoles. It would only cut into their own revenue streams.

One last Example. Remember Sega. They wanted to get out of the hardware business for some time but they never made any of their games available to there competitors while they were still making consoles. It wasn't until the eventual failure of the Dreamcast that Sega officially restructured into a sofware development house and strictly published games for all systems.

You can bet that microsoft wont' release any EA franchise game on aything other than a xbox 360 or whatever new console they come up with.

This is great news. Microsoft would surely right the ship of the downward spiral the sports games at EA seem to be taking.

Microsoft + EA = EPIC FAIL

I cant see how Microsoft acquiring EA would be a good move. Since EA moves product on ALL gaming formats and with Microsoft owning 360, i would surmise that all of EA's extensive library would mostly be Xbox exclusives, Thus cutting out millions of Wii and PS3 consoles. and thus 100's of millions in revenue. It would surely ruin every franchise that EA has buildt. With less revenue coming in that mean less development budget which means the games will suffer in the end. Just another Bill Gates ploy to dominate everything on earth. Egomaniacal bastard that he is.

do you really think Bill Gates is that dumb? If anything, he would be open to having games on more consoles for maximum profit. this guy didn't become a bilionaire overnight. He knows what he's doing. Same with Steve Ballmer. They both know the move they are making. And you do know that a lot of EA's games are created by other companies. EA just puts their name on a lot of the games. The developer and producer is usually different. Microsoft would most likely just put their name on all game packaging.

It would be a dream come true if MS bought EA... then when that NFL license is up (still would have to make a multi platform game until then )the NFL would probably sell it to both MS and Sony then Sony can make their own football game! and I wouldn't have to deal with that Madden garbage.

I would love to see what sony could do with Football. They did such a fantastic job with baseball.
Then we can see what the PS3 can really do. I am sick and tired of PS3 getting screwed over by game devs who continue to use the 360 as the lead console. Its time for them to recognize and use the capabilities of the PS3 to its full extent. Until then we will continue to get marginal improvements in our sports titles. Thankgod Sony can make baseball. I would cringe if I had to play that MLB2k garbage game.

I think people are narrow sighted. If MS were to purchase EA, it would not only hold the rights for sports titles but endless other titles spanning all genres, many of which don't suck. Not to mention all of the companies that EA has purchased over the past couple of years...

I am an EA fan and I would hate to see this brand disappear. I grew up playing EA games and have enjoyed them for the past 20+ years (well, not all of them...cough...NBA Live 06, 07...cough)....

I would think that this would be a tough deal to complete. Depends on the share holders....

I'd be kind of sad to see EA go too if this happened. It's so interesting to speculate over everything, but overall I think things are good where they are.

EA Sports in particular has made a big push in recent years to establish itself as a mainstream company with sports fans. It would really kind of suck to see that all disappear under the boring banner of Microsoft.

boring banner of Microsoft?? this is the company who created the incredible Halo and Gears of War franchises!! how can you say that?? This deal would be great financially for EA as well. have you heard about how bad their sales numbers have been for games like Madden and NBA live and other EA games besides sports?? Microsoft would be ea's financial savior if anything.

In terms of sports games, sorry. "Microsoft Sports" just doesn't have the same ring to it.

Your absolutely right SKI. Microsofts acquisition of EA would destroy the brand and the quality of the franchises it acquires. There is no way I can see Microsoft developing titles for its competitors so suffice it to say, the vast majority of EA's extensive library would become Xbox exclusives and that would result in a ton of lost revenue for each of the franchises since they would lose the revenues form both Wii and PS3.

To me, that would mean less development budgets for the franchises which would then affect the quality of the game.
Now if Micrsoft bought EA and retained the brand and continued to allow the multiplatform development, then that would be fine.

What I find somewhat funny (not you, of course) is the number of people who hate EA yet don't want to see it disappear through an acquisition.

Regardless of the perception that EA has, this company has done wonders in pioneering the sports genre in the video game world...

I think if MS purchased EA, it would be a dumb move to limit the games to one console. What would this do with the development teams at EA? Would these folks want to stay and work for MS or would they move on to new ventures....Lots of talent....

how do you know thye would limit games to one console? don't you think Microsoft is smart enough to try and make maximum profit?? by allowing other consoles to have the games as well?? I think they are and if this deal went through, it would be great.