It's official, EA eats yet another company

SmokingTarpan · 10-02-2006, 01:04 PM

http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/10/02/ea_acquires_dice/

One more step on the spiral down towards monopoly. And evil. Eeeeeeeeeeeevil.

Steel_Penguin · 10-02-2006, 01:34 PM

Heh EA already owned DICE in every sense but official anyway as far as i'm concerned. As long as i don't see a Ubi/EA merger i'll feel moderately secure.

Oh BTW i'm sure there's some sort of masonic conspiracy behind EA's rise to power

Bommando · 10-02-2006, 02:24 PM

I'd have to say that the gaming industry is pretty far from experiencing a state of monopoly. The primary difference between entertainment and business is that with entertainment, we at least have more of a choice.

If I have an objection to Fox Studios, it's no great loss for me to not see any of their movies. Likewise, if I have that much of an objection to EA, I don't think it's going to hurt me to not play their games. I am not at that stage with either company, but I could happily boycott either of them if I felt so inclined. For example, unless Ubisoft do something drastically amazing to mitigate my horrible experience with the terminally crippled GRAW, then I intend to make that very choice with every half-assed game they release in the near future. There is nothing tying me to them at this stage. Monopolies in commodities or computer hardware for example are of a greater magnitude simply for the fact that there are very few players in the market. That's not to say gaming will not progress that way, but it's a way off yet.

**Acid** · 10-02-2006, 02:28 PM

What's with all of the big-name mergers/aquires this past year? It's only EA/DICE, and as Bom said, we have lots of choices in games.

perry · 10-05-2006, 06:20 PM

And they promptly closed DICE Canada. Aside from BFV and BF2:SF, it's where the BF2 patching was being done.

SmokingTarpan · 10-06-2006, 01:15 AM

Guess that's likely to be the end of BF2 support. That's one way to force people to buy your new game. Or just stop playing the series, that works too. :P

**Foxoq** · 10-06-2006, 01:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by perry

And they promptly closed DICE Canada. Aside from BFV and BF2:SF, it's where the BF2 patching was being done.

Gah. First ATI, now DICE Canada. Can't you guys leave us with something to take pride in?

But on a more serious note, this sucks. But like Penguin said, it was all but official in my eyes.

**Vulcan** · 10-09-2006, 07:54 PM

The only good game EA makes is madden and bf2. The rest are highly marketed pieces of trash! :P

Just so you have a bit more confidence in developers, check out the complete list.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ame_developers

10-02-2006, 01:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
SmokingTarpan Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,432	It's official, EA eats yet another company http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/10/02/ea_acquires_dice/ One more step on the spiral down towards monopoly. And evil. Eeeeeeeeeeeevil. __________________ [squadl] "I am the prettiest african-american, vietnamese..cong..person." -SugarNCamo

10-02-2006, 01:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
Steel_Penguin Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Florida,USA Age: 20 Posts: 1,970	Re: It's official, EA eats yet another company Heh EA already owned DICE in every sense but official anyway as far as i'm concerned. As long as i don't see a Ubi/EA merger i'll feel moderately secure. Oh BTW i'm sure there's some sort of masonic conspiracy behind EA's rise to power __________________ _____________________ ---

10-02-2006, 02:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
Bommando Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 29 Posts: 4,294	Re: It's official, EA eats yet another company I'd have to say that the gaming industry is pretty far from experiencing a state of monopoly. The primary difference between entertainment and business is that with entertainment, we at least have more of a choice. If I have an objection to Fox Studios, it's no great loss for me to not see any of their movies. Likewise, if I have that much of an objection to EA, I don't think it's going to hurt me to not play their games. I am not at that stage with either company, but I could happily boycott either of them if I felt so inclined. For example, unless Ubisoft do something drastically amazing to mitigate my horrible experience with the terminally crippled GRAW, then I intend to make that very choice with every half-assed game they release in the near future. There is nothing tying me to them at this stage. Monopolies in commodities or computer hardware for example are of a greater magnitude simply for the fact that there are very few players in the market. That's not to say gaming will not progress that way, but it's a way off yet.

10-02-2006, 02:28 PM	#4 (permalink)
Acid Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: MA Posts: 3,581	Re: It's official, EA eats yet another company What's with all of the big-name mergers/aquires this past year? It's only EA/DICE, and as Bom said, we have lots of choices in games. __________________

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10-06-2006, 01:15 AM	#6 (permalink)
SmokingTarpan Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,432	Re: It's official, EA eats yet another company Guess that's likely to be the end of BF2 support. That's one way to force people to buy your new game. Or just stop playing the series, that works too. :P __________________ [squadl] "I am the prettiest african-american, vietnamese..cong..person." -SugarNCamo

10-09-2006, 07:54 PM	#8 (permalink)
Vulcan Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Montreal Age: 29 Posts: 6,847	Re: It's official, EA eats yet another company The only good game EA makes is madden and bf2. The rest are highly marketed pieces of trash! :P Just so you have a bit more confidence in developers, check out the complete list. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ame_developers __________________ TG Primer - CSS SOP's - INS SOP's

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