Author Topic: The EA Monopoly? (Read 8679 times)

codyy · « **on:** December 20, 2004, 09:44:58 AM »

What's up with Electronic Arts? First they buy the ENTIRE NFL franchise, effectively eliminating all competition, including the oh-so-close-you're-almost-as-good-as-Madden ESPN sports franchise (not that it mattered to us Cube owners) but now they bought a huge 20% chunk from Ubi Soft? Are they trying to gain a monopoly on the market (duh)? I expected Microsoft to do this, but EA is filling that spot in nicely. This is bad for the market. Competiveness breeds innovation. Will EA buy out other sports, including NBA or MLB or NHL? I'm surprised EA hasn't offered Nintendo a "good fair" price...

joshnickerson · « **Reply #1 on:** December 20, 2004, 10:09:41 AM »

This just in... EA just bought the rights to the word "Monopoly". Parker Brothers is also ordered to pay a steep fine to EA for every copy of the board game "Monopoly" it has sold over the past century. Also, EA's bought the rights to World Wars I and II, as well as the Vietnam conflict. And they also bought the moon. It will be carved into the EA logo, which will be seen from all over the earth, so that everyone will know that EA is watching you and all resistance will be crushed swiftly and harshly.

MaleficentOgre · « **Reply #2 on:** December 20, 2004, 11:24:27 AM »

Don't forget that EA is now the majority stock owner in Ubisoft.

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #3 on:** December 20, 2004, 02:52:45 PM »

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Originally posted by: MaleficentOgre
Don't forget that EA is now the majority stock owner in Ubisoft.

They R? I thought the majority is still owned by the founders of Ubisoft
EA own's the second most amount of stock....... right?

Check out this link -=Gamespot.com=-

It appears that it this was taken as a hostile takeover, and Ubisoft didn't even hear about it until the saw it on the internet

AMac2002 · « **Reply #4 on:** December 20, 2004, 03:53:32 PM »

Ya, they're aren't the majority owners, thank goodness.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #5 on:** December 20, 2004, 06:17:20 PM »

Just another reason to hate EA...

Infernal Monkey · « **Reply #6 on:** December 20, 2004, 07:35:00 PM »

Rayman DS will now have a new final level where you have to go out and buy The Urbz DS or the Rayman cart will blow up, wiping out everything that's not made by EA within a million miles.

kirby_killer_dedede · « **Reply #7 on:** December 21, 2004, 05:51:23 AM »

OH MY GOD EA IS MAKING A MONOPOLY VIDEO GAME

eeeee aaaaaa, goooooooo hoooooome.

Infernal Monkey · « **Reply #8 on:** December 21, 2004, 01:24:37 PM »

Hey, even EA couldn't make a worse Monopoly than the current two or so on GBA. ='(

Doerr · « **Reply #9 on:** December 22, 2004, 02:55:27 AM »

well there are reports that the NBA has rejected EA's exclusive bid.
Thank God

Truthliesn1seyes · « **Reply #10 on:** December 22, 2004, 09:11:35 AM »

Yes, thank god indeed, at least the NBA has some sence of sportsmanship and decency.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #11 on:** December 22, 2004, 01:02:12 PM »

EA just teamed up with Reebok.

"While playing, gamers will have the exclusive chance to be the first to check out the latest Reebok gear before it launches at retail."

vudu · « **Reply #12 on:** December 23, 2004, 06:03:59 AM »

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Originally posted by: Truthliesn1seyes
Yes, thank god indeed, at least the NBA has some sence of sportsmanship and decency.

Or they're just holding out for more moola.

Ian Sane · « **Reply #13 on:** December 23, 2004, 06:15:39 AM »

I heard the reason the NBA refused is that unlike with the NFL there's no one game like Madden that dominates sales. So financially the NBA benefits more from having multiple companies making NBA games.

Avinash_Tyagi · « **Reply #14 on:** December 23, 2004, 10:50:31 AM »

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Yes, thank god indeed, at least the NBA has some sence of sportsmanship and decency.

Yeah right, sportsmanship and decency, this is the same NBA that has players beating up on fans.

ib2kool4u912 · « **Reply #15 on:** December 23, 2004, 12:05:25 PM »

Yes, becasue the NBA told the players to do that.......

nickmitch · « **Reply #16 on:** December 24, 2004, 01:06:44 PM »

The fans were asking for it.

vudu · « **Reply #17 on:** July 11, 2005, 05:30:47 PM »

I don't know how many people here read The Wall Street Journal (very few, I imagine), but there was an excellent article today regarding EA's exclusive deal with the NFL. Two tidbits I hadn't read before are (A) EA paid more than $400 million for the NFL rights(5-year deal) and (B) they paid over $800 million for the rights to the ESPN name (15-year deal). This is the first time I've seen a dollar amount mentioned with either of these deals. It was also mentioned that Take Two paid between $200 and $300 million for the seven-year deal with MLB.

There were also a few really great quotes such as:

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(Referring to releasing updated versions every year) "You can put three more drops of perspiration on a forehead" of a player "and you've got $50" - Carl Yankowski, chief executive of publisher Majesco Entertainment Co.

and (my favorite)

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"We play hard" - Frank Gibeau, EA's senior vice president of North American marketing, seated in a conference room labeled "Resistance is Futile"

Sorry for dredging up an old topic. I didn't want to create a new one, and this was the most recent thread I could find on the subject.

MrMojoRising · « **Reply #18 on:** July 11, 2005, 10:24:06 PM »

They could have bought Rare for that much!!!

...like four times over if you include the espn deal...

Draygaia · « **Reply #19 on:** July 13, 2005, 06:53:28 PM »

I hope other developers push harder to make sports games w/o a popular license. Mario may be milked but I prefer to play the sports games he is in.

Rancid Planet · « **Reply #20 on:** July 19, 2005, 12:13:36 AM »

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Originally posted by: MrMojoRising
They could have bought Rare for that much!!!

...like four times over if you include the espn deal...

Yeah. Why would you want the sole rights to the NFL for your yearly Madden franchise (not to mention sole rights to Madden) when you could have the Rare squad pumping out 2 titles every single console generation?

KDR_11k · « **Reply #21 on:** July 19, 2005, 02:50:05 AM »

EA got Free Radical, EA got Bond, why would EA want Rare?

stevey · « **Reply #22 on:** July 19, 2005, 03:31:32 PM »

EA add Valve to there slave list

nickmitch · « **Reply #23 on:** July 19, 2005, 04:19:20 PM »

It sounds more like EA is just publishing for them.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #24 on:** July 19, 2005, 10:00:44 PM »

Knowing EA that means Valve will get an offer they can't refuse within the next twelve months. EA is powerful, VERY powerful, they could probably even pressure Valve.

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