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Disney could help EA to improve by buying them
- Thread starter fireflame
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but do you think Disney will just watch
i think if Apple want buy Sony movie division Disney will join to make this not happen
they want all marvel properties back
now they are good with Sony and have deal with them to let them use spider-man in their movies
Yeah, this is like the only possible scenario where EA will get even worse than it is now.
I mean.. I know that many of us have problems EA. But people deserve to have a job... If you know what I mean :/
Disney could do jack. They are still processing the costs of their largest acquisition, and though they are now worth more then Comcast. They pale in comparison to Apple. Basically if Apple decided they want you, there is little you can do. Also apparently there is a stipulation in the contract that gives Spiderman back to Marvel if someone bought Sony. Also Apple and Disney are friends and Bob Iger is on the Apple board. So I don't think they would mind anyway.
Disney is already causing enough havoc/restrictions with IP's due to super stringent requirements. We don't need them anymore involved than they are.
It would suck for the people and developers. The company brand and name I wouldn't share a tear.
Why not? Are you happy with the current EA? Do you believe that Disney would make it worse?
oh
so it mean its better for Disney if Apple buy Sony movie division
because they will get right of spider-man movies without cost anything
interesting
if disney did buy them, the irony of EA being bought then shut down a year later when Disney decides to leace te game business again would not be lost
No. But I would like to see some Nintendo published Disney games and for Disney to give Nintendo's ip the theme park treatment. Those two go together like peanut butter and jelly imo. I think that partnership just makes sense.
Disney's history with videogames certainly doesn't suggest they would make it better.
Why would we want someone who walked away from publishing videogames, to buy up a large publisher, and all of their development teams?
Makes no sense.
Makes no sense.
Until they decide to sit on you.
But no, Disney is notoriously bad at handling video games. Other than parks and live entertainment, they're notoriously bad at handling anything that takes longer than 15 months to complete.
Well, much as I'd like to see EA execs hoist by their own petard, Disney's mis-handling of it's games studios over the years makes EA look like sound managers and nurturers of talent by comparison.
When they bought Lucasfilm, they inherited Lucasarts and promptly shut them down and then gave the license to EA, who have fumbled it even worse than Lucasarts.
Disney's deal now- licensing and outsourcing to outside devs and pubs- is probably safer for the studios. If Avengers goes south (I think it will do fine and make a lot of profit, but will come up againts the dreaded 'expectations'), then it probably won't take all of Crystal Dynamics and The other SE studios working on it. If they were in-house, they'd be toast.
When they bought Lucasfilm, they inherited Lucasarts and promptly shut them down and then gave the license to EA, who have fumbled it even worse than Lucasarts.
Disney's deal now- licensing and outsourcing to outside devs and pubs- is probably safer for the studios. If Avengers goes south (I think it will do fine and make a lot of profit, but will come up againts the dreaded 'expectations'), then it probably won't take all of Crystal Dynamics and The other SE studios working on it. If they were in-house, they'd be toast.
They sure love to crank out a lot of MTX mobile games though!
No, of course not. I hate EA with a passion, they in turn bought a lot of my favorite game studios and drove them to the ground eventually. Be that as it may, Disney is already a giant, don't give them more power and money. It's as simple as that.
wait what the f, even when you dont cash them in? Am I missing something?
Disney has never been good at games. Ever. That's the entire reason they killed LucasArts; they just don't understand the business and feel like they can make more money licensing their properties out to people that do.
Now if you're implying that you want EA to be shut down, this would be an easy way to do it, but as much of a problem as I have with their games, they are by and large a relatively decent employer.
Now if you're implying that you want EA to be shut down, this would be an easy way to do it, but as much of a problem as I have with their games, they are by and large a relatively decent employer.
Disney has been acquiring IPs to exploit through buying the likes of Marvel and Star Wars (the less said about their ability to turn around The Muppets the better I suppose) which allowed them to move into more 'boy orientated' franchises which they infamously never had for decades. They had incredible success with franchises/content aimed at families and girls but outside of Tron etc they could never really get an IP that appealed to boys.
Where does EA fit into that mold? Disney has shown on multiple occasions that they don't want to be in the video game industry, it's completely outside their wheelhouse so how exactly could they turn around EA? It's totally outside their realm of expertise.
EA doesn't have any big hitter IPs that Disney could use for film or TV (Madden and FIFA are licensed and they won't want Battlefield) so what exactly would they bring to the table?
Do y'all get favorable stock options working for EA?