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A sad day for RPG fans everywhere.....
EA buys Bioware/Pandemic for $860 million
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6180818...tag=latestnews;title;0
How is Bioware worth $860 million?
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Still sad news, indeed.
They should do a game where you can build athletes
details?
what do they plan on doing with bioware?
dragon age is still under works, correct?
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6180818...tag=latestnews;title;0
wow, didn't realize bioware was working on a mmo
I was just saying that there was too much competition in the marketplace and that what we really need are more cartels.
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If I had the $ to buy bioware I'd buy San Miguel instead.
Does anybody know if there is any truth to the rumours that EA is going to buy the rights to the Civ franchise?
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Dunno, but I hope so. Every time it changes hands new life is breathed into it.
Not if they turn it into a "Sim" clone.
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Nah, Sim is a Civ clone.
Indeed.Originally posted by Vesayen
A sad day for RPG fans everywhere.....
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the tears and suffering of gamers who like bioware isn't worth 860 million$?Originally posted by Sn00py
How is Bioware worth $860 million?
Since the holding company which owned Bioware was itself bought by a venture capital firm a while back this shouldn't come as a surprise. The whole point of venture capital is to find a solid company but struggling company, make some quick changes to goose its market value, then sell it to someone else at a profit.
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I think it's becoming more and more clear that MS is moving away from game content production, considering their close relationship with BioWare.
It's almost as if between Agathon and I, one of us was right about a larger business strategy in the Bungie situation rather than puerile "I don't like you!" moves out of repulsion. Who is surprised?
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But how could it be worth 860 million?
Im not seeing the money here.
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so what's the fear of rpg fans?
I don't see any indication they would force bioware to change their focus of games. Their whole intention according to the article is to acquire companies to round out the genre of games they produce.
I see now reason that bioware would not continue to make rpg games. Of course the fear lies in how much pressure the company will put on them for content (ie dumbing down games for mass market etc).
So you pretty much answered your own question.
I like to remain optimistic
Look at what EA did to Westwood, etc.
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Every company EA buys it turns to crap.Originally posted by Dis
so what's the fear of rpg fans?
I don't see any indication they would force bioware to change their focus of games. Their whole intention according to the article is to acquire companies to round out the genre of games they produce.
I see now reason that bioware would not continue to make rpg games. Of course the fear lies in how much pressure the company will put on them for content (ie dumbing down games for mass market etc).
EA forces its developers to rush games.
EA forces its developers to produce dumbed down games for the mass market.
These things, do not a good RPG mae.
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