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Polygon: Microsoft is looking into acquiring EA says reliable source close to Microsoft (and others)
- Thread starter Rychu
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EA has a market capitalization of $36.26 billion. Microsoft's market capitalization is $726.17 billion.
There is no way in hell MS is going to spend 5% of its market capitalization to acquire EA.
There is no way in hell MS is going to spend 5% of its market capitalization to acquire EA.
That's not how this would work. Not releasing Fifa on PS4 or Switch? How do you think they'll make their money back?
I would not be surprised, to be honest. Buying up a big publisher like EA with a lot of studios and IPs would go a long way to expanding the Xbox exclusive library. Buying Valve would put Microsoft back in the #1 spot of PC gaming.
I would not mind this. If EA were a Microsoft subsidiary and theoretically exclusive to them and PC, there is no way they could hold onto exclusive rights for franchises such as Star Wars, and there would be a huge opportunity for competition in the sports games zone.
I'm still waiting on Microsoft to buy Silent Hills for billions. The game has been 80% done for a long time now.
Very, very, very doubtful. Microsoft is looking to downscale game projects, not go all in on an investment like this. I would be shocked if this were true.
Sure...
EAs biggest Game Fifa sells 70+% of its units every year on Playstation and EA made even more money with the current Fifa than ever before cause they have now the marketing deal with Sony = Europe Domination and they will get rid of all that to serve under someone who is dead outside of 2 markets in which they get beaten easily too by Sony?Makes sense!
EAs biggest Game Fifa sells 70+% of its units every year on Playstation and EA made even more money with the current Fifa than ever before cause they have now the marketing deal with Sony = Europe Domination and they will get rid of all that to serve under someone who is dead outside of 2 markets in which they get beaten easily too by Sony?Makes sense!
That would be pointless given their sports franchises (eg FIFA) require them to be multiplatfom. Unless Microsoft is going... No I won't say it :p
Microsoft has always treated inherited franchises with the thoughtfulness and care they deserve.
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Obviously details aside but they'd potentially have two of the four largest console games on their books (and not a given exclusively - see Minecraft).
Lack of FIFA would be a career ender for Sony.
Actually, I'm willing to bet that it would do just the opposite and push many PC gamers away.
This seems borderline illegal. Obviously not actually illegal, but there should be steps in place to prevent it from happening.
The only way I could see this being a worthwhile investment for Microsoft is if they plan to get out of the console business entirely, and want to use EA's infrastructure to basically become the unquestioned king of third party publishing. Maintaining EA as a subsidiary would be way too expensive for someone who still wants to run a console business.
The only way I could see this being a worthwhile investment for Microsoft is if they plan to get out of the console business entirely, and want to use EA's infrastructure to basically become the unquestioned king of third party publishing. Maintaining EA as a subsidiary would be way too expensive for someone who still wants to run a console business.
Sounds a lot like Disney's purchase of Fox, when you consider the implications on their on-demand/streaming service. With MS clearly going all-in on their Game Pass, it would make sense for them to fill out their stable with other significant properties that they could put as exclusives within Game Pass.
I doubt this will happen, though.
I doubt this will happen, though.
If it did happen they'd just be buying the name EA.
EA wouldn't be able to hold their biggest properties. Madden wouldn't be the name in football anymore. They'd lose Fifa. They'd lose Star Wars.
It's be tens of billions in an acquisition and they'd get little for it.
I'd say false. If not false then mindbogglingly dumb.
EA wouldn't be able to hold their biggest properties. Madden wouldn't be the name in football anymore. They'd lose Fifa. They'd lose Star Wars.
It's be tens of billions in an acquisition and they'd get little for it.
I'd say false. If not false then mindbogglingly dumb.
