This is like having an alien possess 18.4% of your body. Sure you're still in control now but that one hand keeps trying to do stuff and next thing you know you're killing your whole family and are powerless to stop it. The intruder must be eliminated now before it eliminates you.

Plus 18.4% is pretty damn close to 22.8%. This is a rather blatant attempt at a hostile takeover. It's like for the last few years EA was secretly building up their military forces and now they're starting to invade neighbouring countries.

I wonder how long it'll take for EA to enter the console market...

EA's not dumb enough to enter the console market. They make too much from multi-console releases. I'm pretty sure they're just trying to become the #1 publisher in the world (and they're not doing too badly at the moment), not the the point-blank dictator of the industry.

what they should do is get ubi to fix up this warrior within mess...

They already ARE the #1 publisher in the world. They just want more power, but really, who doesn't?

Although I was all for the NFL-exclusivity deal, I don't like this. Ubi Soft is one of my favorite developers, and I don't wanna see them sink any farther into mediocrity.

One big, amorphous blob of evil. And amorphous blobs without plasma cannons are bad.

"One big, amorphous blob of evil. And amorphous blobs without plasma cannons are bad. "

That's sig worthy

I seem to ask the dumb, obvious questions, but this means EA gets a cut whatever Ubisoft gets, right? Maybe if they slip back to mediocrity, EA will let go. Or maybe just buy them outright, with the pretense of 'turning them around'....

What else does does the big U have up its sleeve this year? One more PoP? Rayman DS becomes a sleeper hit? A sequel to Beyond Good and Evil? Hmmmm...

Maybe if they slip back to mediocrity, EA will let go.

Was mediocrity ever a concern for Electronic Derivatives?