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CM Hooe · 01-30-2018, 06:46 PM

Microsoft wouldn't make FIFA and Madden first-party exclusives. Those games are too big to be first-party exclusives and I have to imagine the licensing agreements block that sort of arrangement.

In addition MSFT has already embraced other platforms they don't own with how they've handled the billion-dollar acquisition of Mojang AB, the studio behind Minecraft. That game already had strong multiplatform success before MSFT bought it and today it's on every platform under the sun.

What'd be more likely to happen if MSFT bought EA, IMO, is a folding of Origin into the Windows Store, an increased emphasis on the development of Windows PC games to better position Windows 10 against Steam, and a focus on the company's Cross Play feature between Windows PC games and XBOX One X games. Whether that'd get a Madden return to PC is anyone's guess, though.

01-30-2018, 06:46 PM	#59
CM Hooe Dead! OVR: 45 Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Culver City, CA Posts: 20,951	Re: Microsoft May Buy EA - What Could This Mean for Sports Games? Microsoft wouldn't make FIFA and Madden first-party exclusives. Those games are too big to be first-party exclusives and I have to imagine the licensing agreements block that sort of arrangement. In addition MSFT has already embraced other platforms they don't own with how they've handled the billion-dollar acquisition of Mojang AB, the studio behind Minecraft. That game already had strong multiplatform success before MSFT bought it and today it's on every platform under the sun. What'd be more likely to happen if MSFT bought EA, IMO, is a folding of Origin into the Windows Store, an increased emphasis on the development of Windows PC games to better position Windows 10 against Steam, and a focus on the company's Cross Play feature between Windows PC games and XBOX One X games. Whether that'd get a Madden return to PC is anyone's guess, though. Last edited by CM Hooe; 01-30-2018 at 06:48 PM.