[News] EA shares lowest since '99 - is it now a takeover target?

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Electronic Arts has been the rumor mill's favorite grist for years -- but in recent weeks, the company has found itself the subject of even more whispers than usual. Reports that Nexon was planning a bid for the company proved to be a significant misunderstanding by a major news outlet, but with the company's revelation Monday that subscribers to Star Wars: The Old Republic are leaving at an alarming pace and that the future earnings ...

[Untradeable]

Now Nexon buys them out.

[MuscleWizard]

valve pls buy ea

[Coogi]

Someone needs to save the Madden franchise, I hope someone buys it.

[Mazz]

Now Nexon buys them out.

Buy them out

AND DRIVE THEM INTO THE GROUND

[Untradeable]

Buy them out

AND DRIVE THEM INTO THE GROUND

TAKING THEMSELVES WITH IT.

[Seanny]

1.Buy now.

2. Wait for next Battlefield Release.

3.????

4. PROFIT.

Not sure if battlefield can reach 'flavor of the generation' status though. Like how GTA /Halo and CoD has. it remains to be seen.

[danielcatu]

the only thing I like from EA is playfish so yeah go nexon go

[Moonlapse]

Lol. Free to play, pay to win Star Wars: The Old Republic.

[Exidous]

EA has been employing a short term strategy for too long. They buy smaller studios with games they think they can hype to commercial success, but then when they crank them through the sequel machine and turn their franchises into yet another EA abortion, sales fall off. Not to mention the original talent leaves the studio. EA is left with excess studios, inadequate talent, and scorched franchises.

[Corn]

valve pls buy ea

Nuuu. I don't want Valve contaminated with the foul stench of EA.

[Zelkova]

I just hear this:

"BUY IT NOW! BUY IT NOW!"

Ala

Spoiler

[koplje]

I have no idea what Nexon could even get from EA and what makes it even worth buying.
Half of the internet hates the guts out of it anyways.

[Polantaris]

This is what happens when you give yourself the reputation of being the worst gaming company ever, and do nothing at all to improve that reputation.

Nexon buying EA makes no sense, mostly for one reason: Nexon has no idea what they're doing with anything other than MMOs. It was mentioned in one of those "Why Nexon wouldn't be buying EA" news articles and it's true. Nexon would do far more damage than good, and not just because they're a bad company, but because they would have no idea what they were doing.

[Flonne]

This is what happens when you give yourself the reputation of being the worst gaming company ever, and do nothing at all to improve that reputation.

Nexon buying EA makes no sense, mostly for one reason: Nexon has no idea what they're doing with anything other than MMOs. It was mentioned in one of those "Why Nexon wouldn't be buying EA" news articles and it's true. Nexon would do far more damage than good, and not just because they're a bad company, but because they would have no idea what they were doing.

on the plus side, if they bought it they would both sink together.

[Devil]

Lol. Free to play, pay to win Star Wars: The Old Republic.

Darth Vader: Luke, I'm buying moar NX
Luke Skywalker: Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!

:')

[TheBlackMage]

So wait i can cube my gun in battlefield 3 now?!

/sarcasm

[Combattente]

Nexon buying EA makes no sense, mostly for one reason: Nexon has no idea what they're doing with anything other than MMOs. It was mentioned in one of those "Why Nexon wouldn't be buying EA" news articles and it's true. Nexon would do far more damage than good, and not just because they're a bad company, but because they would have no idea what they were doing.

> implying they have any idea of what they are doing with their MMOs

[Polantaris]

> implying they have any idea of what they are doing with their MMOs

Obviously they have enough of one to keep them alive and running for 9 years in some cases.

[X~Blazin~X]

Nexon only wanted publishing rights to FIFA Online 3. I don't know where all this EA takeover bull came from.
Source: http://www.mmoculture.com/2012/05/ru...-canceled.html
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