Could Microsoft Buy EA?

[Steve_OS]

According to a recent report from Polygon, citing a reliable source close to Microsoft, there is...

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[longway911]

No. No. A thousand times no. As bad as EA can be, we don't need microsoft moving all of EA's games to xbox. 

[bubbaman11]

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As much as I enjoy The Show and much prefer the PS4 over XB1 (preferred 360 to PS3), if it means potentially a return of MVP and or NCAA, I'm all in...

[chapdaman]

I really think this is a reaction to that Sony commercial about CFB. IMO that was a cryptic tell about bringing CFB back... “Gamebreaker?” If Sony does bring back CFB they’d create an even bigger gap in the market share especially in the US. I think Microsoft realizes that and is going to try and combat that by trying to corner the market with the exclusive licenses they have with games like Madden. With NCAA kinda up for grabs I think Sony took a chance and got a license from the NCAA to market their product as the game itself (playoffs and all) with generic players.  Paying players is the only thing that seems to be keeping the game away. That’s why I think coaches like Harbaugh, and Meyer and former players  Bosa, Henry, and Watson help advertise the game. I think they have the finger on the pulse of what people want... Greatness awaits!

[SportSeasonsNetwork]

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No. No. A thousand times no. As bad as EA can be, we don't need microsoft moving all of EA's games to xbox.*

I agree 100% with this statement, as we already have Forza Motorsport and Horizon and MLB The Show being dedicated to only 1 gaming system we don't need a whole bunch of games like NBA Live, UFC, and FIFA being moved to be XBOX and Microsoft Exclusives

[JayhawkerStL]

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Yet, everyday I read about how Microsoft needs more exclusives. So when they potentially rectify that, now it’s not fair.

Business is never about playing fair.




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[Darth Alru]

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If that means sports games on PC then yes, do it! NHL, MLB, NFL games should finally come where they belong.

[CujoMatty]

Ya I’m torn. Kiss madden goodbye on PS4? That would be a nuclear bomb drop on Sony and honestly not good for gaming. I would however love to get more pc sports games.

EA seems to have a pretty good relationship with Microsoft  with the whole EA access exclusivity thing so maybe this will happen. 

[capnlarge]

But maybe with EA out of the picture, Sony steps up and makes games for the other sports of the same quality as MLB: The Show.

[CujoMatty]

Sony can’t. The NFL deal with EA is different than the MLB one that 2k had. The MLB agreement said that a company could still make a game with the license for their own console. The NFL agreement with EA is completely exclusive to EA  and Microsoft would be purchasing that agreement. 

[Vermin]

Purchasing EA wouldn't guarantee that their franchises become Microsoft exclusives. After all, they continued to market Minecraft as a multi-platform title, because the audience (and their money) was there. Has anybody considered this: "Hey Sony, we would love to continue sharing EA Sports titles with your platform. The market supports it. How about we keep Madden on your platform, and you share MLB The Show with ours?" 
Now I know that's not a one-for-one fair trade, but something similar could be a possibility, no?

[Junior Moe]

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I don't think any of the sport games become exclusive. The PS4s base is double XB1s. I think there may be better Ultimate Team stuff, but that's about it. The other EA games I think would be XB1 exclusive, though.

[Ivan71]

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If Microsoft were to buy EA, it would be smart to not to make EA games exclusive to Xbox only. Game sales is what makes the companies money, not system sells. Microsoft would be in a possible situation to have a better Bottom Line overall. If this happens it can be a win,win situation for Microsoft. They may not sale as many systems as Sony, but with the EA library in their ownership, and available on both systems, their game sales can be huge. They could even use this as leverage to kind of get Sony to port over some of their exclusives like "The Show". They way I see it, Microsoft may not win the Systems battle, but with this acquisition of EA, they can win the overall SALES war!

[JayhawkerStL]

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Microsoft buying EA would be to win the hardware sales war over the long term. I would assume they will make everything they can exclusive. The sports games would surely be the most problematic.

But they could make up for some of the lost PS4 sales by moving them into Play Anywhere titles, and releasing on PC.

[DaveDQ]

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It leaves such a bad taste in my mouth whenever I see a game claim any type of exclusivity. All I see when I see "exclusive" is "we could never imagine this to happen on its own, but our pockets are deep enough to make it happen."

As much as I enjoy Xbox, in particular, xbox live, I can't stomach the artificial love for gaming they claim. There has been, at least with the One X, a genuine nod to the gaming community, but even that comes across as an admission of guilt.

This speculation of an EA buyout just follows suite. It reminds me of the kids that play sports but are disinterested. They have all the new equipment and go to all the extra training exercises. But when they step up to the plate, there's questionable interest and little passion.