Rumors About EA/THQ Takeover May Be Right On

[goh]

THQ doesn't make much any more that I'm aware of. A few movie games,Saint's Row,Red Faction,Smackdown and UFC. Might get a good wrestling game out of it.

[LucianoJJ]

History Lesson
Peter Moore once was in charge of the Sega Dreamcast. Dreamcast died in part because EA wouldn't make games for the DC. Sony had the advantage in this regard. Peter Moore ran MS Xbox 360 through the initial launch. Peter Moore left MS to run EA Sports. EA Sports has shown some improvement, and its games have a bit more polish since Moore took over. Now MS may be buying EA.
QUIZ
Does this mean Moore will be the next boss over all of EA? Bye-bye Riccitello. Will Sony get stiffed out of EA titles? Is Peter Moore the mole?

[JkA3]

to comment no the post prior to mine.

EA won't stiff Sony. Sony's sales are sky high and growing. With the quality that Sony has in its system, and the number of ps3 owners growing - EA can't loose that base market.

[Ænima]

There's no way EA would ever bail on Sony. That would be a huge loss of money. I know plenty of people - self-included - that want nothing to do with Microsoft consoles.

If EA stopped producing games for the PlayStation line, I'd stop playing new sports games. I don't have any irrational MS hate - I've just had three 360's RROD on me and I refuse to support a gaming company that puts out terrible hardware.

[reddawg60]

Quote: Originally Posted by DaReapa

That may be all fine and dandy for EA from a business standpoint, but it would be a loss for the consumer. Complacency with having no competition would be inevitable for EA just as we have witnessed it happen with Madden. That's the reason why a lot of consumers, myself included, were happy that the EA/Take Two deal never fell through. What EA needs to do is let the drop off in unit sales drive them to become more creative in putting out a quality product instead of constantly trying buyout the competition to compensate for their lack of innovation.

[xrams]

I dare say that since I'm in the Boycott EA camp and a PS3 60gb owner, MS buy out of EA would be the Best News ever.... truth be told EA needs the PS3 not vice versa.... hence the need for MS to procure EA's IP's in the 1st place (if this is at all true).... EA's IP's have still yet to apply the full potential the PS3 hardware has to offer... if anything EA makes the PS3 look bad do to lack of effort.... but most of all the NFL would have to break the contract with EA.... which would make me very very very happy....!!!!!

Sony's PS3 business plan early on was to own a cadre of oridinal IP teams.... which it has done very well so far.....

[bigjake62505]

If this rumor has any teeth to it I would be sooo happy. I got rid of my xbox after the 4th time I sent it off to be repaired 4 RROD is just sad. Sony's potiental is not even close to full cap and I feel like Xbox life cycle is complete.

[JEM]

Quote: Originally Posted by JerseySuave4

EA is trying to take over everything

They have been at it for 10 years it seems.. I remember them buying out a gaming service called Gamestorm back in 1999 ( I used to use it ) along with a few of its best games just to get people to go play UO ( everyone that played Legends of Kesmai got a UO disc in the mail ).. Eventually they shut down the gaming service.

Quote: Originally Posted by goh

THQ doesn't make much any more that I'm aware of. A few movie games,Saint's Row,Red Faction,Smackdown and UFC. Might get a good wrestling game out of it.

Interesting.. Is it possible they want THQ just because of the UFC rights? I know someone at UFC said they wouldnt ever give EA the license. Hmm.

[savoie2006]

Quote:

Is Peter Moore the mole?

Kind of makes you wonder huh? Maybe he was sent to EASports to help lure such a deal, but only after he got each series on the right track, which at this point appears to be the case.

[LucianoJJ]

With the improvements to FIFA, NHL, and more attention given Madden and NBA Live, Moore might be a good kind of mole. I wish he would show the same attention to making NCAA Football as good as it can be.