18 replies to this topic

[Carebear]

Pretty stunning news. Bigger fishes goes after little ones.

http://www.computera...fer-from-nexon/

I definitely see this possible. In my opinion EA reached the peak already, its gonna be downhill now. Some of the shareholders wanna take the money and leave the ship. So we are looking at possible merge or even buyout.

Edited by Carebear, 27 April 2012 - 09:51 AM.

[Claw55]

I just want to see EA gone. They go to such effort to ruin great games, all in the name of profit. I'm sure I'm not the only one to share this viewpoint. Adios.

[Fecal]

Battlefield / EA Sports / Army of Two taken over by Maple Story. That's hilarious.

[Carebear]

EA can go all I care. They were in for the money. Nexon sounds good place for EA TBH. Further they go from game industry the better.

Edited by Carebear, 27 April 2012 - 10:28 AM.

[Der BruzZzler von Wiesndoof]

Claw55, on 27 April 2012 - 10:22 AM, said:

I just want to see EA gone. They go to such effort to ruin great games, all in the name of profit. I'm sure I'm not the only one to share this viewpoint. Adios.

Seyla!

[Chunklets]

yea ea takes all the good games down and ruins alot of everything else. i miss the days i played on silent death online.

[Volthorne]

You're kidding right? Nexon is filled with ******** who don't know how to make a decent game. That's why all their **** is free and designed for 10-year-olds who can blindly hammer at the keyboard and still win. Vindictus (their most recent free MMO) is their first step towards serious gaming, and that was only with the help of the Source Engine. It still sucks.

Nexon's approach to balance is also a joke: "Something too OP? BUFF EVERYTHING ELSE INSTEAD OF NERFING THE OP THING"

I'd rather see EA continue to live and be moneygrubbing asshats than Nexon take over and completely balls up all of EA's current titles.

Edited by Volthorne, 27 April 2012 - 10:36 AM.

[Carebear]

Volthorne, on 27 April 2012 - 10:34 AM, said:

You're kidding right? Nexon is filled with ******** who don't know how to make a decent game. That's why all their **** is free and designed for 10-year-olds who can blindly hammer at the keyboard and still win. Vindictus (their most recent free MMO) is their first step towards serious gaming, and that was only with the help of the Source Engine. It still sucks.

Nexon's approach to balance is also a joke: "Something too OP? BUFF EVERYTHING ELSE INSTEAD OF NERFING THE OP THING"

I'd rather see EA continue to live and be moneygrubbing asshats than Nexon take over and completely balls up all of EA's current titles.

So is EA, thats why this is good. Ive actually heard from this forum already, people want that EA focuses on publishing etc, its time to leave this game industry.

Edited by Carebear, 27 April 2012 - 10:53 AM.

[Hayashi]

Carebear, on 27 April 2012 - 10:52 AM, said:

So is EA, thats why this is good. Ive actually heard from this forum already, people want that EA focuses on publishing etc, its time to leave this game industry.

Let them all join up, die and we can have that golden age of gaming again. By this, I mean the 1990-2000 age.

Led by PGI!

[Fetladral]

plus in Combat Arms half the people cry HACKER on someone whos only FAIRLY GOOD and is still only in the middle of the pack. was annoying had 2 accounts that got frozen because a bunch of people called me a hacker (which I didn't ever unless a virus on my computer was somehow reading as a hack) nexon games arnt that great really.

Personally I want westwood to come back and buy the C&C titles. is C&C 4 even considered canon? piece of crap game that was 3 wasn't that good either.

Edited by Fetladral, 27 April 2012 - 10:59 AM.

[Riin Suul]

I havent really liked EA for a long time based on their treatment of classic game series, but Origin was the last straw for me.
in addition to not putting their new titles on steam, the EULA for origin is TERRIFYING.
I dont know how many of you heard about this, but their EULA lets them do nearly ANYTHING TO YOUR COMPUTER
I really wanted to play battlefield 3 (their best IP, in my opinion) but I am not willing to install origin to do so.

good riddance to EA, I hope they fail miserably and are forced to sell their IPs to decent developers

Edited by Riin Suul, 27 April 2012 - 11:14 AM.

[SquareSphere]

I wonder much EA is in debt for a Nexon to even entertain a take over.

[Volthorne]

Carebear, on 27 April 2012 - 10:52 AM, said:

So is EA, thats why this is good. Ive actually heard from this forum already, people want that EA focuses on publishing etc, its time to leave this game industry.

...You realize EA is 70% publisher, 30% developer, right? They've published FAR more games than they've exclusively made. And a few of their franchises (BF, Madden, NFS) are all considered AAA titles.

Edited by Volthorne, 27 April 2012 - 12:10 PM.

[Carebear]

Volthorne, on 27 April 2012 - 12:08 PM, said:

...You realize EA is 70% publisher, 30% developer, right? They've published FAR more games than they've exclusively made. And a few of their franchises (BF, Madden, NFS) are all considered AAA titles.

Yep, but they like to keep developers on a leash and very short one.

I hope this is true, maybe EA should become something like Sony. Theres million of ways to make money if thats what you want. I even hope more EA to disappear but sadly this is going to happen. Nexon is going to teach some new tricks to EA if this is true, no vice versa.

Edited by Carebear, 27 April 2012 - 12:45 PM.

[Monky]

In all honesty, EA enabled some truly enjoyable games in the past. Not by being awesome enough to produce them by themselves but by providing financing and support etc.

However lately, it all seems to be bad decision after bad decision.... web interface for BF3, overrun with hackers and still using ineffective punkbuster technology... Mass effect 3 has a 'push button' ending after all of that 'your decisions affect the outcome' stuff... Origin being forced on people and giving terrible customer support (I work in a helpdesk, and if I ever treated anyone like I've seen EA do, I'd be fired on the spot)...

I think it may be for the best. Maybe they'll focus solely on games for the Iphone? I hear they're profitable.

[Volthorne]

Carebear, on 27 April 2012 - 12:33 PM, said:

Nexon is going to teach some new tricks to EA if this is true, no vice versa.

That's like saying a vegetable can teach an alcoholic to be sober.

Edited by Volthorne, 27 April 2012 - 12:58 PM.

[Hayashi]

Carebear, on 27 April 2012 - 12:33 PM, said:

I hope this is true, maybe EA should become something like Sony. Theres million of ways to make money if thats what you want. I even hope more EA to disappear but sadly this is going to happen. Nexon is going to teach some new tricks to EA if this is true, no vice versa.

Sony is ALSO making large losses, if they become something like Sony, it might have more than just that effect you seem to be indicating.

[Volthorne]

Hayashi, on 27 April 2012 - 01:02 PM, said:

Sony is ALSO making large losses, if they become something like Sony, it might have more than just that effect you seem to be indicating.

If anything, EA should aspire to be Valve.

Edited by Volthorne, 27 April 2012 - 01:03 PM.

[Insidious Johnson]

Change. It is time for EA to have some. The stock is running @ a year long LOW. It is time to DO something. I'd love to see the stock go up on speculation of a buyout to someone overseas. Lord knows it is more legitimate than US companies hiring only in foreign markets these days. Only when enough jobs have left the country and the debt excedes GDP will significant change happen... oh wait, that just happened today. Regardless, EA is a bargain right now and the US is now officially Greece (Debt = 107% of GDP)... would love to see both profitable and producing anything of quality again within my lifetime.