purple_beard Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/01/rumour_get_that_pinch_of_salt_ready_apparently_microsoft_is_preparing_to_buy_electronic_arts Quote Link to comment
Ridley Prime Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Meh. Was rumored they wanted to buy Valve and PUBG as well... Quote Link to comment
ace Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Did you really just use "M$" in 2018 unironically? Isotope and Yumil1988 2 Quote Link to comment
purple_beard Posted January 31, 2018 Author Share Posted January 31, 2018 6 hours ago, ace said: Did you really just use "M$" in 2018 unironically? mehbeh Quote Link to comment
Irondog666 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 I am really against conglomerates/mergers so I am really not for this. Now let me set this straight, I FUCKING HATE EA. The only EA games I have bought in recent years are the Mass Effect games and I tend to boycott them, but that has more to do with Bioware than EA. EA has fucking destroyed Bioware and they are just a shadow of what they used to be. That being said, anyone who thinks M$ buying out EA is a great thing is delusional. If M$ buys EA there are a few things you can bet on. The first thing is that M$will have the power to dictate what games get released for PC/Xbox One (translation, if they want to make Mass Effect or Battlefront a M$ Xbox exclusive, they can). The second problem is gobbling up a huge company like EA makes it where you are limiting competition even further. I think these sort of mergers need to be made illegal due to the harm it does on industry. They can say it will help industry, but there are tons of studies that show it does the exact opposite. It especially harms the consumer who is now limited to certain platforms, certain pricing models, and more often than not, the consumer gets the shit end of the stick. It becomes all about that might fucking $. I already hate EA enough, M$ buys EA it just becomes a bigger nasty monster than it already is. Ridley Prime 1 Quote Link to comment
Ridley Prime Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Agreed. Buying out Rare was enough. It’s gotta stop somewhere. I like some MS exclusives such as Halo, but with where it still is now, it’s kinda evident MS cares the least for its IP’s, and buying out EA won’t do its owned IP’s any favors. Quote Link to comment
Doc Brown Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Playing a bit of devil's advocate... if Microsoft does buy them... couldn't they bring over more Sims games and what not to Steam? Quote Link to comment
ace Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 7 minutes ago, Doc Brown said: Playing a bit of devil's advocate... if Microsoft does buy them... couldn't they bring over more Sims games and what not to Steam? You would see sims games in the Microsoft store, not steam. Quote Link to comment
Ridley Prime Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Ya know what? Forget EA. If MS had to buy something, I would want it be Activision so they would have the James Bond license for Goldeneye. Not having it part of Rare Replay still hurts. It’s stuck in copyright hell otherwise. Quote Link to comment
April Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 4 hours ago, Ridley Prime said: Ya know what? Forget EA. If MS had to buy something, I would want it be Activision so they would have the James Bond license for Goldeneye. Not having it part of Rare Replay still hurts. It’s stuck in copyright hell otherwise. is there any reason you can't just play the original? would that version fix the awful lag or something? Quote Link to comment
The Ultimate Mario Fan Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 I'm sure they'll get along just fine. Quote Link to comment
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