EA will take over the world...slowly but surely... - Page 5

Perfect Stu · 12-21-2004, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Jason1

EA Probably will buy Ubisoft just like they seem to buy everything else. They will then most likely proceed to turn Rayman into a Black Eyed peas game and twist Prince of Persia into a girl, voiced by Brooke Burke. EA needs to be stopped.

Typhoid · 12-21-2004, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by deejzguy

DOes EA have any actual origianl characters of their own that people know them by?
Capcom: Megaman, Dante, Viewtiful Joe, others
Yadda yadda yadda.

Not to re-quote this, and yeah its old. But I had nothing to do at work today, so for some strange reason I thought of this.

Megaman, is not only a character, but a game name.
Dante and Viewtiful Joe, is the same deal. (obviously minus Dante)

EA has game titles people know them from. Sim City, The Sims, Battlefield, Medal of Honor. It doesnt matter if they were seperate company's at one time, they are EA now.

Jason1 · 12-21-2004, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Typhoid

Not to re-quote this, and yeah its old. But I had nothing to do at work today, so for some strange reason I thought of this.

Megaman, is not only a character, but a game name.
Dante and Viewtiful Joe, is the same deal. (obviously minus Dante)

EA has game titles people know them from. Sim City, The Sims, Battlefield, Medal of Honor. It doesnt matter if they were seperate company's at one time, they are EA now.

What does Viewtiful Joe have to do with anything? Its made by Capcom........

Typhoid · 12-21-2004, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Jason1

What does Viewtiful Joe have to do with anything? Its made by Capcom........

And So is Megaman...

If you READ what he said.

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DOes EA have any actual origianl characters of their own that people know them by?

Followed by:

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Capcom: Megaman, Dante, Viewtiful Joe, others

Meaning when people hear "Capcom" they think of "Megaman" or "Viewtaful Joe", or the other way around.

Then I said:

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Megaman, is not only a character, but a game name.
Dante and Viewtiful Joe, is the same deal. (obviously minus Dante)

EA has game titles people know them from. Sim City, The Sims, Battlefield, Medal of Honor. It doesnt matter if they were seperate company's at one time, they are EA now.

Meaning that when people hear "EA" they think of the games stated above, or the other way around.

And im not like...meaning this in any assholish tone...although I know it comes accross as arrogant.

Swan · 12-21-2004, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Typhoid

And im not like...meaning this in any assholish tone...although I know it comes accross as arrogant.

Yes, yes it does. But we love you anyways.

Vampyr · 12-21-2004, 11:48 PM

EA actually owns more of Ubisoft than the original founders. The founders own about 15 percent.

Stonecutter · 01-10-2005, 10:47 PM

EA just bought the exclusive rights to the arena football league, and no, this isn't some parody.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/01...s_6116065.html

Somebody on the PA forums said it best. It wasn't bad enough that they disembowled and decapitated someone, they had to piss on their corpse as well. This was pretty much the only other football league that someone could make a game for (keep in mind that you can't put college players names in a college game, so that's kind of moot.)

Assholes.

Typhoid · 01-10-2005, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Stonecutter

Assholes.

Are you forgetting this is a business?

They are doing what businesses strive to do, in fact, it is the main objective for most businesses, which is to monopolize your category or area.

They are doing that. They are doing it like any otehr company would given the right amount of money.

You cant tell me that any company would pass up the chance to put a rival company out, and get them more profit.

Null · 01-10-2005, 11:03 PM

i love how everyone gets mad at EA for doing something any other company encluding ESPN/SEGA would do if they could. Why not be mad at the NFL or AFL for selling out to a company?

Ginkasa · 01-10-2005, 11:19 PM

It doesn't matter if the move was good for that one company or if every single other company in the world would do the same thing if given the opportunity. It still has a negative effect on the business in general, which ticks people off who can realize that.

People are complaining about what EA did, not that it was EA that did it.

*shrugs and walks away*

Null · 01-11-2005, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Linkey

It doesn't matter if the move was good for that one company or if every single other company in the world would do the same thing if given the opportunity. It still has a negative effect on the business in general, which ticks people off who can realize that.

People are complaining about what EA did, not that it was EA that did it.

no, it has quite a bit to do with EA being the ones who did it. and it does matter, thats business, deal with it.

im just sayin, perhaps they're getting mad at the wrong people.

Jason1 · 01-11-2005, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Typhoid

EA has game titles people know them from. Sim City, The Sims, Battlefield, Medal of Honor. It doesnt matter if they were seperate company's at one time, they are EA now.

But this strays from the origional point: That EA dosent really have any origional Characters that they themselves created...

Yea the have Sim City, but that was created by Maxis long before the EA BUYOUT

buyout is the key word there...thats all they do. Buy liscenses, companies, ect. They couldnt make an origional game out of their assholes.

Bond · 01-11-2005, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Typhoid

Are you forgetting this is a business?

Stonecutter doesn't like large corporations. He prefers small hometown grocery stores.

Typhoid · 01-11-2005, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Jason1

But this strays from the origional point: That EA dosent really have any origional Characters that they themselves created...

Yea the have Sim City, but that was created by Maxis long before the EA BUYOUT

buyout is the key word there...thats all they do. Buy liscenses, companies, ect. They couldnt make an origional game out of their assholes.

So what.

Who said the gaming world is based on Original Characters?

Is there some sort of corporate rule saying if you don't have any Original character that your company loses all credibility despite the smart business moves you make?

GiMpY-wAnNaBe · 01-12-2005, 08:10 PM

am i the only one here who thinks that more recent Bond games from EA aren't horrid? When nightfire cameout, it slowly started to improve, with Everything or Nothing, it had some SERIOUSLY fun scenarios that i played over and over again, am I missing something here? or am i not being gamer-patriotic by supporting a game that is a virtual sequel to a classic released a while ago. Golden eye was great, no doubt, it ushered in a whole new age in fps's on consoles, but can you honestly say that Everything or Nothing isn't better in everysingle way when compared to it? Rogue agent is a letdown in many ways, but thats because of a number of reasons, they went TOO far from the Bond Formula. and the midst of experimenting, they released it in the midst of Halo 2 and Half Life 2, both of which, well....pWn it. All in all, I actually enjoyed most of EA's bond titles, and this isn't going to at all into my love for the SSX series. EA is not a company that all of a sudden came into the gaming scene and bought massive shares and expects to just make money, they've had more than their fair share of good games, and so i still believe in them.