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Offline aldo_14

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EA buys 20% of ubisoft
on: December 20, 2004, 08:33:34 am
 

Offline TopAce

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EA buys 20% of ubisoft
Reply #1 on: December 20, 2004, 08:43:13 am
Good for them.
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Offline MatthewPapa

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EA buys 20% of ubisoft
Reply #2 on: December 20, 2004, 09:05:15 am
I hate EA.
 

Offline Gloriano

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EA buys 20% of ubisoft
Reply #3 on: December 20, 2004, 09:30:58 am
Well Ubi soft was turning to another EA anyway, (Rainbow 4 looks like **** and GR2 is bad.

I hate EA
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EA buys 20% of ubisoft
Reply #4 on: December 20, 2004, 09:32:53 am
Looks like EA are trying to take over the world like M$  :mad2:
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Offline Rictor

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EA buys 20% of ubisoft
Reply #5 on: December 20, 2004, 09:43:14 am
:hopping: :hopping:

Greedy corporate monkey ****ers!

They're going to swallow the gaming industry, then **** it out as a sad shadow of its former self.
 

Offline Setekh

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EA buys 20% of ubisoft
Reply #6 on: December 20, 2004, 09:44:38 am
I wonder why they stopped at 20%.
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Offline Rictor

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Reply #7 on: December 20, 2004, 09:50:12 am
anitrust laws maybe?

They've aquired two big game engine companies recently, and are making a bid for DICE (the Battlefield series). Maybe they just ran out of money for the time being.
 

Offline aldo_14

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Reply #8 on: December 20, 2004, 09:54:01 am
Probably if they buy above a certain percentage they have to make a takeover bid... I remember a similar issue over the (aborted) Glazer takeover of Man Utd; if he bought 30% of shares he was duty bound to make a proper takeover offer.  (I don't know why......)
 

Offline Gloriano

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EA buys 20% of ubisoft
Reply #9 on: December 20, 2004, 09:58:06 am
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Originally posted by Rictor
anitrust laws maybe?

 DICE (the Battlefield series). Maybe they just ran out of money for the time being.


They tried already buy it, but share holders refused sell Dice but after this they mighty try again.
 
they did buy only 20%, I think is because share holders didn't want sell whole company. Or they are planning buy it in pieces
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Offline Tiara

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EA buys 20% of ubisoft
Reply #10 on: December 20, 2004, 09:58:14 am
I hate them both so I really couldn't give a flying f**k. :blah:
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Offline Rictor

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Reply #11 on: December 20, 2004, 10:01:22 am
nah, Ubi was/is good. They generally produce quality games, and are nowhere near as evil as EA. They even support some risky/innovative games, which seems to be getting rarer and rarer these days.

IHMO, they're one of the better publishers around.
 

Offline aldo_14

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Reply #12 on: December 20, 2004, 10:04:27 am
Just look at Burnout 2 vs 3 to see how EA can **** up even the best of games

(B3 is still great fun, but the added in interface bits and obtrusive EA sports logos, or the inability to turn off all the music tracks bar the 3 decent ones, threaten to wreck the fun of the game... basically the ea presentation gubbins threaten to completely wreck the games accessibility and fun)
 

Offline Gloriano

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Reply #13 on: December 20, 2004, 03:32:07 pm
Ubi Soft says Electronic Arts stake building is hostile!!

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****ing EA
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Offline .::Tin Can::.

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Reply #14 on: December 20, 2004, 04:52:19 pm
Not to mention they bought the NFL Football games. Now you have to make up your own names or you are violating copyright.

Hungry EA ****ers...
 

Offline Ford Prefect

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EA buys 20% of ubisoft
Reply #15 on: December 20, 2004, 05:28:56 pm
Medal of Honor rocks. EA will pwn j00 all.
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EA buys 20% of ubisoft
Reply #16 on: December 20, 2004, 05:32:39 pm
UbiSoft was good...but there's been problems recently.

We'll see if they can pull out of their current nosedive.
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Offline .::Tin Can::.

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Reply #17 on: December 20, 2004, 05:35:40 pm
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Originally posted by Ford Prefect
Medal of Honor rocks. EA will pwn j00 all.


What I expected from mindless gaming drones. The Medal of Honor series is beginning to get milked as much as possible...
 

Offline Turnsky

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EA buys 20% of ubisoft
Reply #18 on: December 20, 2004, 08:46:34 pm
EA's becoming worse than microsoft in their policies by the looks of it.
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Offline MicroPsycho

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EA buys 20% of ubisoft
Reply #19 on: December 20, 2004, 08:52:37 pm
I just realized that i don't have any games by EA or Ubisoft...
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