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Why hasn’t Disney acquired EA yet?
- Thread starter Digital-Kill3r-7
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DIE wasn't terrible, I think Disney could make it work again if they focused on their more marketable IP. Focus on Marvel and Star Wars IP and I think it would be a very successful endeavour, but they'd have to be very selective in who can develop games for them.
For every Insomniac there will be an EA. (EA's complete mishandling of Star Wars is beyond infuriating)
Possible I suppose, but I think they just continue loaning out their I.Ps, probably a lot of easy money in that for them, hardest part would just be finding the right partners.
In terms of Star Wars mismanaged both firms would complete eath other quite well. Appart from that there are little reasons for Disney to buy EA.
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We've left the age of games doing well just because they're based on beloved IP. A lot of people will pass on the Avengers game if it gets terrible reviews and has horrible word of mouth. Sure, it might end up selling okay by the standards of other games, but an Avengers AAA game should sell just as well as a Call of Duty or GTA, and that doesn't look feasible currently.
Oh yeah, if it doesn't review well, its sales will probably tank. But if it's at least decent, SE Avengers should be fine.
Either way, outside of the Avengers game being terrible, I can't really see it bombing.
LOL. In my world these massive media conglomerates would be pulled apart, not linked up even more.
Like many said. Disney currently does fine licensing their franchises. Especially, as long they can invest more into any form of their blockbuster business, that offers much larger profits than video games can do right now. Especially because it's a market they aren't familiar with. The only thing I can see them doing anything with games in the future might be trying to get some video game IPs to put them into AAA movies.
EA, op? Fuck, if anything, have Disney buy Capcom:
1. The Marvel Fighting series is preserved for all times.
2. The awesome Disney/Capcom relationship is revived.
3. Maybe we can get some awesome Capcom game-movies finally!
With that last point, Fox had the rights to Megaman, correct? I dream of a world where "Phase 6 or 7" involves a live action MvC.
1. The Marvel Fighting series is preserved for all times.
2. The awesome Disney/Capcom relationship is revived.
3. Maybe we can get some awesome Capcom game-movies finally!
With that last point, Fox had the rights to Megaman, correct? I dream of a world where "Phase 6 or 7" involves a live action MvC.
I could only assume the ONLY reason Disney would even be interested in EA is for Madden and FIFA because of the revenue those two bring in. If Disney is going to get back in the video game business, I'd much rather see them resurrect the Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned game that Propaganda was working on. That looked promising.
Disney fucked up so bad when they were in video game publishing to the point they completely got out. That's why they just license out to publishers to use their IPs and leave it at that.
Eh what? You do know that Sony is not only SIE?
Sony is a lot bigger than Disney. ( based on Revenue ).
That's why I mentioned the Spider-Man rights from their Pictures division. There's no way to buy SIE from Sony without buying the whole company due to how much they need it.
Disney is significantly larger than Sony in market value which is what counts, not revenue. Sony is too complicated to be outright purchased however.
At some point, traditional media companies will start looking at gaming companies. Not just for IP to mine, but expansion into eSports. Investment banks all across the street are showing them gaming companies as traditional media opportunities become more scarce. EA/Activision are massive.
I'd imagine Take Two would go first. But the best fit for Disney would be Sega or Nintendo.
Disney doesn't want to make video games. If they did, they wouldn't have shut down their video game division and all but shuttered Lucasarts when they bought out Lucasfilm.
Why would they buy EA?
Why would they buy EA?
Well yeah. But there seem to be an especially large group who are slaves to the House of Mouse. And I'm not just talking about the few who feel this way in this forum.
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Hey Disney please buy us at about $300 per share evaluation in aboutttt 2.5 years that would be greatttt
How many times has EA won that worst company award? They have the most down voted post on Reddit, relating to a Disney IP. Someone from the company just talked about how they had to deal with seeing the company as evil. Weren't there rumors about how they were looking for another company to work with on Star Wars?
Why the hell would they buy that company? They're a PR nightmare.
Why the hell would they buy that company? They're a PR nightmare.
Dunno, maybe the families of the 10,000 or so people that are in organisation. Maybe those.
Isn't that the heart of it, they want to be a business where everything they do is a big success and gives a great return on investment. Game publishing seems to always be hit and miss. Licensing their ip is far safer.
With the IPs they own, they only need good marketing and productions values to have a success on their hands.
Make any game in a franchise to be an event like once a generation and everyone will flock to it.
Why hasn't Apple acquired Disney yet? Apple wants to be an entertainment company too. So much cash waiting to be spend.
