EA buys out DICE

tang0 · 2 Oct 2006 at 22:54

http://today.reuters.com/news/artic...TRUKOC_0_US-ELECTRONICARTS.xml&src=rss&rpc=22

rawr

Aod · 2 Oct 2006 at 22:57

Oh Gods.

Memphis · 2 Oct 2006 at 22:58

This thread will only go one way...

Kreeeee · 2 Oct 2006 at 23:08

Cronox · 2 Oct 2006 at 23:14

Predicting where this thread will go, I wanted to raise a related topic that occurred to me recently. I don’t really see why everybody complains about EA so much when it comes to Battlefield 2. It may have been rushed to launch but DICE has had over a year to fix it and haven’t even come close, in fact many would argue it has been worse with some recent patches then it was at launch. Want are EA meant to do, being a business they have to draw a line somewhere and say “we need to release this now, finished or not”.

Kezmo · 2 Oct 2006 at 23:28

Omg

Stellios · 2 Oct 2006 at 23:32

Great

Soon the games market will be run by EA, then games will slowly die out

Nieldo · 2 Oct 2006 at 23:49

POP goes another developer.

Ahh well 2412 is crap anyway.

Aod · 2 Oct 2006 at 23:54

i sence a great disturbance in the force, as though one of the few remaining voices cried out in pain, and was suddenly extinguished.

jaxoncrakhamma · 2 Oct 2006 at 23:58

dice are shocking. Vietnam was a joke. Bf2 better but still bad considering. 2412 looks to be going the same way....

Efour · 3 Oct 2006 at 00:00

GOod BF2 >>> is all pap arcade mode games for the kids :O

Tute · 3 Oct 2006 at 00:21

I really hope one day EA go down the pan.

They're like a leech, they suck the blood out of promising developing companies, and stifle them.

I just want a developer to turn around to an attempted EA takeover and say "No, we prefer to make games ourselves. Go wreck another games developer, we're not interested."

Xinn · 3 Oct 2006 at 02:29

Down goes another to EA.

Spacky · 3 Oct 2006 at 08:06

Maybe Microsoft will buy out EA.

With THQ in financial difficulties EA may nab them up also...hope not.

EA won't be able to keep at it forever, they work on getting things out into the market not getting things right into the market.

afraser2k · 3 Oct 2006 at 08:48

Not really a surprise they've just completed the buy-out. It's been going on for a while now just a row between shareholders.

http://www.ferrago.com/story/1113
http://uk.xbox.ign.com/articles/582/582548p1.html

We already know how it's gone with the dodgy patches for BF2 and the lack of quality in BF2142 (imho).

v2^ · 3 Oct 2006 at 09:05

Spacky said:
With THQ in financial difficulties EA may nab them up also...hope not

That would be a major loss, THQ are superb at what they do. I would be gutted if they had to sell out.

With the games THQ have released why would they be struggling ?

Cronox · 3 Oct 2006 at 09:08

afraser2k said:
We already know how it's gone with the dodgy patches for BF2 and the lack of quality in BF2142 (imho).

As far as I'm aware EA have published all the Battlefield games, it seems a little unfair to blame them for the BF2 issues and BF2142 but give DICE all the credit the BF1942.

Bry · 3 Oct 2006 at 09:10

how many have EA bought out now?

Cronox · 3 Oct 2006 at 09:13

v2^ said:
That would be a major loss, THQ are superb at what they do. I would be gutted if they had to sell out.

With the games THQ have released why would they be struggling ?

THQ actually seem to be doing very well according to the stock market (http://finance.google.com/finance?q=THQ), which is surprising considering gaming stocks in general have been taking a bit of a hammering as sales drop at the start of a new generation (see Atari, Midway and Take Two for examples).

v2^ · 3 Oct 2006 at 09:16

Cronox said:
THQ actually seem to be doing very well according to the stock market (http://finance.google.com/finance?q=THQ), which is surprising considering gaming stocks in general have been taking a bit of a hammering as sales drop at the start of a new generation (see Atari, Midway and Take Two for examples).

Good Good, the last thing i would want to happen is for THQ to have to sell out they rock !