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| Acmlm's Board - I2 Archive - General Gaming - Hahahaha, oh shit (EA acquires ESPN license in 15-year deal) |
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alte Hexe Star Mario I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night Alive as you and me "But Joe you're ten years dead!" "I never died" said he "I never died!" said he Level: 99  Posts: 2498/5458 EXP: 9854489 For next: 145511 Since: 03-15-04 From: ... Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/01/17/news_6116473.html What did I say? What did I fucking say? EA is going to ruin the gaming industry through its shitty employee treatment and aggressive policies! |
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Xeolord - B l u e s - Power Metal > All Level: 81  Posts: 1037/3418 EXP: 4884196 For next: 108653 Since: 03-15-04 From: Yeah Since last post: 15 hours Last activity: 15 hours |
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| EA fucking sucks. All their games suck. Tell me one that didn't. I swear, I freaking swear, next thing you know, they'll be making their own console, garunteed. |
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alte Hexe Star Mario I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night Alive as you and me "But Joe you're ten years dead!" "I never died" said he "I never died!" said he Level: 99 Posts: 2500/5458 EXP: 9854489 For next: 145511 Since: 03-15-04 From: ... Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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Originally posted by Xeogred Or buying up a company that isn't in the strongest standings and using their console as leverage, while still pumping out titles as a third party... |
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windwaker Ball and Chain Trooper WHY ALL THE MAYONNAISE HATE Level: 61  Posts: 1002/1797 EXP: 1860597 For next: 15999 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 4 days Last activity: 6 days |
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| I enjoyed Roque Agent, and their LotR games. Other than that, bring them down  . |
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Jarukoth  IRRATIONAL EXUBERENCE!!1! Level: 79  Posts: 2363/3194 EXP: 4402011 For next: 177456 Since: 03-17-04 From: New Jersey, U.S.A. Shoes: Yes. Since last post: 8 days Last activity: 1 day |
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| If Rogue Agent is the best game they have, then this spells doom for us all. D. O. O. M. |
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Xeolord - B l u e s - Power Metal > All Level: 81 Posts: 1038/3418 EXP: 4884196 For next: 108653 Since: 03-15-04 From: Yeah Since last post: 15 hours Last activity: 15 hours |
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Originally posted by Jarukoth Probably. I've considered giving that game a try. But their past 5-6 Bond games were utterly horrible.  So yeah, sure their Bond license if fine, but the rest of their games ... ouch. |
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Colleen Administrator Level: 136 Posts: 6233/11302 EXP: 29369328 For next: 727587 Since: 03-15-04 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| I'll try get on topic about the ACTUAL announcement... EA really needs to watch themselves at the moment because they're quickly monopolizing the sports market - or at the very least, the football market. (It's rumored that EA wants the CFL license to cap everything off, which would complete the monopoly and would probably sell for cheap.) I'm not saying that they'll be brought to court over this, but if there's fishy details about the deals going on here... I want to see their next quarterly statement to see what's really going on. At the very least, EA's making it so that Sega will be forced out of the football market. They had the ESPN license but that's gone now (and you'd have to think John Madden's gone after Madden 2006) which leaves them with very few possibilities - they have the NHL and NBA along with EA, and the NBA turned down a deal by EA which made sense because they likely enjoy the exposure given by having 3 or 4 companies make NBA titles. The NHL license likely isn't very attractive for EA to chase down given the lockout, so that's likely safe for a while. The MLB license would likely cost waaaaaay too much given EA's recent spendings. Soccer licenses likely wouldn't be exclusive because FIFA as a collective body wouldn't go for that. (EA has the official World Cup license but they've had that since 1998.) |
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Kitten Yiffer Purple wand Furry moderator Vivent l'exp����¯�¿�½������©rience de signalisation d'amusement, ou bien ! Level: 135 Posts: 7275/11162 EXP: 28824106 For next: 510899 Since: 03-15-04 From: Sweden Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 4 min. |
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| ...well, I told people that EA is the gaming worlds Microsoft. Althought, I hate sports games so this would'nt make a diffrence. But I still hate EA for killing Westwood... At least, they hadn't killed of Maxis... but I wish that they had another publisher from the start than EA. -.- |
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Ran-chan Moldorm eek, when are they going to stop growing... Level: 143  Posts: 6694/12781 EXP: 35293588 For next: 538220 Since: 03-15-04 From: Nerima District, Tokyo - Japan Since last post: 12 hours Last activity: 12 hours |
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| Umm, what exactly is that ESPN license? However, I don | |||
Emptyeye Real American Level: 67 Posts: 1259/2273 EXP: 2488421 For next: 104451 Since: 05-24-04 From: I DUNNOOOOOOOO!! Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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Originally posted by Kitten Yiffer Um....I get the analogy and all, but hasn't MICROSOFT been the gaming world's Microsoft since 2001 (earlier if we count MS games)?  Back on-topic, I must say I don't like the way this is going. And I'll say again, EA isn't going into the console business. Long story short: High-risk venture, low-risk company. |
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NSNick Laidback Admin Level: 85  Posts: 1678/3875 EXP: 5895841 For next: 2699 Since: 03-15-04 From: North Side School: OSU Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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alte Hexe Star Mario I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night Alive as you and me "But Joe you're ten years dead!" "I never died" said he "I never died!" said he Level: 99 Posts: 2506/5458 EXP: 9854489 For next: 145511 Since: 03-15-04 From: ... Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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Originally posted by Trapster |
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Private Adamant Hardhat Beetle Moderator It's teh fun!!! Level: 37  Posts: 397/551 EXP: 316129 For next: 22124 Since: 03-15-04 From: Halden, Norway Since last post: 22 hours Last activity: 14 hours |
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Originally posted by Xeogred Road Rash didn't suck. Yes, it took me some time to think of an example. I doubt I can come up with another one. They won't release their own console though, since they'll make more money by releasing their games for every single console still supported. People don't buy EA games because they are EA games, they buy them because they have the official license. Appearantly, if you're playing as G. O. Solsker instead of O. G. Solskaer, the experience is a lot worse,even if the game is better. |
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HyperLamer <||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 2968/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| Dammit, Sega can't afford this, and they're one of the best game developers around. I'm officially boycotting EA within my household, and wherever else I can. |
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Xeolord - B l u e s - Power Metal > All Level: 81 Posts: 1040/3418 EXP: 4884196 For next: 108653 Since: 03-15-04 From: Yeah Since last post: 15 hours Last activity: 15 hours |
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| I'm really interested in what Sega might do / say because of this. It's a fact that for quite some time their ESPN licensed games were selling far better than EA's sport lineups, even when they were selling their games for 20$ a piece. (Sega's, while EA still went for 50$, Sega still accumulated a higher profit.) Give it back to Sega. =O (edited by Xeogred on 01-18-05 05:03 PM) |
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Colleen Administrator Level: 136 Posts: 6249/11302 EXP: 29369328 For next: 727587 Since: 03-15-04 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| According to Gamespot via the Wall Street Journal, Take-Two might counter by going after the MLB license, which I can't imagine would go for peanuts. If nothing else, it would ease the pain by allowing Sega to market the only MLB game in town, although baseball isn't a top-seller last I checked. EDIT: It would be an exclusive third-party license. Long story short, if Sony, Nintendo or Microsoft wanted to make a MLB game, they could. But Take-Two would be the only ones to make a third-party MLB game. (That's a VERY nice "take that!" to EA, I think.) (edited by Colleen on 01-18-05 08:34 PM) |
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Valcion YOU WA SHOCK Level: 50  Posts: 677/1139 EXP: 939607 For next: 7710 Since: 03-15-04 From: internets. Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| more like EArth is next lol. this probably'll sadly put a nail on the coffin...not many people like the new sonic games (LOL KIDDIE GAME IT SUX YARR HALO AND DOOM), and i'm not really sure if they have a fairly strong series they can work off of otherwise. |
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Toxic in a sublime state of mind Level: 75  Posts: 2300/2857 EXP: 3732709 For next: 94195 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 3 days Last activity: 8 hours |
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What... the hell.....NO 20 DOLLAR ESPN GAMES ANYMORE  |
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alte Hexe Star Mario I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night Alive as you and me "But Joe you're ten years dead!" "I never died" said he "I never died!" said he Level: 99 Posts: 2519/5458 EXP: 9854489 For next: 145511 Since: 03-15-04 From: ... Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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Originally posted by Colleen Sega doesn't have the money. Really, I think that gamers world wide need to do a boycott. But I doubt it'll do shit. |
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Colleen Administrator Level: 136 Posts: 6250/11302 EXP: 29369328 For next: 727587 Since: 03-15-04 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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Take-Two. Not Sega. Big difference there since Take-Two = Visual Concepts = makers of Sega Sports games. They're rolling in GTA riches.  Toxic: They were taking the $20 price point away from the games anyways. |
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