Polygon: Microsoft looking into acquiring EA, says reliable source close to Microsoft (and others)

[LightyKD]

can you imagine M$ making FIFA Xbox exclusive....


alot of bros will lose they shit...

i fucking hope so.

That's where's P.E.S. comes in. I was pretty fond of their Wii versions.

 

[330]

Hey, maybe EA will actually make good games this time.

I get that EA practices sometimes are perceived as bad, but claiming that EA has never made good games? Really?

 

[the_randomizer]

I get that EA practices sometimes are perceived as bad, but claiming that EA has never made good games? Really?

It's called hyperbole, Battlefront II has been absolute shit with their stupid loot crates. Kinda hard to trust a company that's ruined the Burnout and Need for Speed franchises.

 

[Kioku]

It's called hyperbole, Battlefront II has been absolute shit with their stupid loot crates. Kinda hard to trust a company that's ruined the Burnout and Need for Speed franchises.

Publisher and developer are two different things. Battlefront 2 is a good game, at its core. It was just sloshed around and its reputation destroyed by a shitty business practice.

 

[the_randomizer]

Publisher and developer are two different things. Battlefront 2 is a good game, at its core. It was just sloshed around and its reputation destroyed by a shitty business practice.

A shitty business decision by EA, they're hardly innocent in this regard. Nothing says "online gaming fun" than by giving players unfair advantage, right? And NFS being utterly butchered, same with Burnout, what else can I list?

Any company that uses a loot crate system should be forced to shut down.

 

[Kioku]

A shitty business decision by EA, they're hardly innocent in this regard. Nothing says "online gaming fun" than by giving players unfair advantage, right? And NFS being utterly butchered, same with Burnout, what else can I list?

Need for Speed went to shit because the devs gave up on quality. Burnout died, but I can't see how EA has a hand in that. Also, nobody said EA was innocent.

 

[Fishmalk]

A lot of EAs value in the console scene is the FIFA license, and FIFA is not going to let their licensed games leave the playstation. If MS buys EA, EA will not get their license renewed.