Valve to buy EA and shut down Origin. Yes please!
No, it'd be like Target buying Nordstrom and shutting down their stores...Why would you want less competition? That'd be like saying "Wal Mart to buy Target and shut down their stores, please.".
Sony should buy them now that they are back
Why would you think it's worth more?EA is only $4.17 billion worth ???
I thought it was more...
If you can't see something wrong when two industry titans are both looking to exit an industry then you really need to take off those rose tinted glasses.
The public corporation seems wildly incompatible with an industry that moves as fast as this one does.They're not looking to exit. They are most likely looking to go private.
The only thing winding down is Zynga's stock price.
Sony should buy them now that they are back
All we needs is 1 person to have a card like this
Whoa. EA?!
One step closer to a one console future...and that's fine with me.
Not with me.
Now we have a problem.
Pfft...
We need this, a baller card:
Or no publisher at all and developers will directly sell their games through online stores.In a decade there will be just one big game publisher!
Zynga is in full-on tank mode and it's business is eroding and EA has a few hugely successful Facebook titles themselves. This doesn't make any sense.The company is looking to transform its business model to better compete against rivals such as Zynga Inc. (ZNGA), which has expanded its business to better support Internet-based sales.
The public corporation seems wildly incompatible with an industry that moves as fast as this one does.
Or no publisher at all and developers will directly sell their games through online stores.
Which actually wouldn't be all that bad...
Imagine if Sony or Microsoft buys them.
Imagine.
Can you imagine the FIFA/NHL/Madden/NFS games exclusive to one console?
I dont think Sony has $6.5 Billion to spend. Microsoft does.
I dont think Sony has $6.5 Billion to spend. Microsoft does.
They just bought EMI for 2.2 billion, Gaikai for 300 million, Ericson for 1.47 Billion. I'm sure if it was really important, and if it's actually for sale, they'd manage.
Going private offers a company like EA a lot more management flexibility. Public corporations add a lot of pressure for near-term growth/profits that don't really coincide with an industry that's not very predictable.They want to be more like zynga?
Didn't zynga stocks become like... A LOT lighter during the last months?
EA has gone into self-hating and wants to go bankrupt....
Believe
That is the point. They have burned a ton of their cash on hand already. If Microsoft wanted EA there is nothing that Sony could do to stop it.
Sony afaik has about $8-9 billion cash on hand
They can do it, but it would be way too risky
Thread title doesn't really reflect what's going on.
That said, Vivendi trying to get rid of the biggest publisher in the world and having this kind of talk surrounding the second biggest publisher... uh oh.
*puts on crazy hat* Activision and EA merge, bring out their own console and stop developing for other platforms. They'd have more exclusives than any first party.
Sony afaik has about $8-9 billion cash on hand
They can do it, but it would be way too risky
Imagine if Sony or Microsoft buys them.
Imagine.