Damnmother!........

EA Buys Into Ubisoft
Posted by: Jeff on Monday, December 20th, 2004
Type: News
Source: http://www.totalvideogames.com

The ever expanding tentacles of EA reached across to France today as the US firm have announced that they have bought 19.9% of Ubisoft Entertainment. The terms of the agreement are yet to be disclosed, with the deal waiting for U.S. Antitrust clearance before it gets signed. Ubisoft has an approximate market value of €300 million, which means that the deal is worth somewhere in the region of around €59.7 million – although this is unconfirmed.

Whether EA has its sights on the rest of Ubisoft is of course anybody’s guess, but it is a development that further increases EA’s strength within the industry.

We’ll have more news on this story when the details are disclosed.



IF ONLY THE TALIBAN HAD BLOWN UP EA'S HEADQUARTERS ON 9/11/01.



*EDIT* I JUST REALIZED THAT THIS WAS THE TOPIC OF AN OLDER THREAD, , EVEN THOUGH THIS STORY WAS DATED FOR TODAY.

EVEN SO..........MOTHERPHUCKERRRRRRS!

 

IT'S OFFICAL........."EA" STANDS FOR EVIL A55HOLES

 

YOU CAN'T REALLY BE THAT IGNORANT, CAN YOU? (THAT WAS A RHETORICAL QUESTION)
LOOK AT WHAT 'MASTER CHIEF' POSTED; THAT'S THE "BIG DEAL". IF THIS TREND CONTINUES....AS IT LIKELY WILL.....'EA' WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE A CONTROLLING INTEREST IN ABOUT 90% OF THE GAMES PRODUCED IN THE FUTURE........WHICH SPELLS D...O...O...M, FOR GAMING AND GAMERS.
YOU REALLY NEED TO STEP OUTSIDE YOUR LITTLE 'MGS3' SOLITARY CELL THERE, AND STEP INTO THE DAYLIGHT; A WHOLE WORLD AWAITS YOU.

 

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT; AT LEAST MS CARES ABOUT MAKING QUALITY GAMES.

 

YEAH, 'CAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT UBISOFT ONLY MAKES GAMES FOR XBOX.

 

THAT'S SOME REALLY SCREWED UP LOGIC YOU HAVE THERE, 'HIPPIE'. JUST SO YOU KNOW, A DEVELOPER NEVER SETS OUT TO MAKE A VERSION OF THEIR GAME BETTER FOR ONE CONSOLE, THAN FOR THE OTHER. AS I'VE POINTED OUT NUMEROUS TIMES, THE SAD FACT IS.......THE PS2 HURTS THE OVERALL QUALITY OF MULTIPLATFORM GAMES. THE FACT THAT THE PS2 VERSION OF A GAME ISN'T AS GOOD AS THAT OF THE XBOX OR EVEN GAMECUBE, ONLY PROVES IT'S THE LCD OF THE 3 SYSTEMS. PLEASE POINT OUT JUST ONE INSTANCE WHERE 'EA' MADE A GAME, AND THEY MADE "THE BEST VERSION FOR THE PS2". AN EXTRA MODE, OR LEVEL, OR CHARACTER, OR TRACK........ANY LITTLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CONSOLE VERSIONS......DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A "BETTER" VERSION. THAT IS PLAIN AND SIMPLE A MATTER OF MONEY, WHERE EVERYONE PAYS THE DEVELOPER FOR A LITTLE SOMETHING "DIFFERENT", TO HELP SELL THEIR VERSION, OVER THE OTHERS. IF YOU THINK THERE'S PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT LIKE THAT, FROM 'EA', WHY WOULD THEY HAVE FINALLY STARTED DEVELOPING WITH 'LIVE' SUPPORT FOR THE XBOX? I'LL TELL YOU WHY.........MONEY, ONCE AGAIN. IT WAS THE ONLY REASON THERE WAS EVER A RIFT BETWEEN 'EA' AND MS, AND IT WAS ULTIMATELY WHAT REPAIRED IT. IT'S NOT LIKE THE CEO OF 'EA' WOKE UP ONE MORNING AND THOUGHT, "YOU KNOW, THOSE GUYS AT 'MS' AREN'T REALLY SO BAD.......MAYBE I SHOULD GIVE THEM SOME OF THE SAME LOVE I HAVE FOR SONY AFTERALL".

 

BELIEVE WHAT YOU WANT.......I ONLY DEAL IN FACTS.

 

WELL, BY YOUR OWN ADMISSION, THIS CLEARLY WOULDN'T QUALIFY. 'HIPPIE' WOULD HAVE US BELIEVE THAT 'EA' WANTS THEIR GAMES TO BE BETTER ON THE PS2, THAN ON XBOX. APPARENTLY, 'NFS:HP2' WAS DEVELOPED AS A PS2 EXCLUSIVE, INTITIALLY, AND THEN HAD A CRAPPY PORT DONE FOR EVERYTHING ELSE; THAT IS NOT THE SAME AS SIMULTANEOUSLY DEV'ING A GAME FOR ALL PLATFORMS, AND HAVING YOUR FAVORITE SYSTEM GET THE BEST OF ALL VERSIONS. HELL, LOOK AT 'ROCKSTAR': THEY STILL HAVE THAT WACKY "EXCLUSIVITY" CONTRACT WITH SONY, ON THE GTA SERIES...........YET THEY RELEASE A SUPERIOR VERSION LATER ON THE XBOX AND PC. AGAIN, IT'S ALL ABOUT MONEY......AND THE SHORTCOMINGS OF THE PS2.