This whole "SIMULATION " thing(gray area)

[CM Hooe]

Quote: Originally Posted by zello144

Apparently EA is up for sale https://mobile.twitter.com/stephento...39772373975041

As others have said, Electronic Arts is not for sale.

The proposed business dealing was a merger between Electronic Arts and NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. This is not the same as Comcast buying Electronic Arts outright; the result of the merger would have been a new company which owned all the assets of EA and NBCU, with Comcast owning none of it. Similar to how AT&T spun off Warner Bros.

Per a paywalled article on Puck News, EA has been in talks with several other entities about similar business dealings, including a proposal with Disney which would merge EA and a spun-off ESPN.

All that aside, I have absolutely no idea why this would be discussed in this thread? This would not invalidate any agreements between EA and the NFL / NFLPA, nor does it involve Take 2 in any capacity, much less their upcoming licensed non-simulation football game.

[zello144]

Quote: Originally Posted by CM Hooe

All that aside, I have absolutely no idea why this would be discussed in this thread? This would not invalidate any agreements between EA and the NFL / NFLPA, nor does it involve Take 2 in any capacity, much less their upcoming licensed non-simulation football game.

It could. A sale of EA could impact those contracts.

[CM Hooe]

Quote: Originally Posted by zello144

It could. A sale of EA could impact those contracts.

I could also win the lottery tomorrow.

Surely, any purchase of or merger with Electronic Arts would be contingent on the continued existence of Madden NFL, literally one of the best-selling and most widely-recognized video game franchises in the country, and a series which works in collaboration with the most watched television property on the planet. Come on now.

[JayhawkerStL]

Quote: Originally Posted by CM Hooe

I could also win the lottery tomorrow. Surely, any purchase of or merger with Electronic Arts would be contingent on the continued existence of Madden NFL, literally one of the best-selling and most widely-recognized video game franchises in the country, and a series which works in collaboration with the most watched television property on the planet. Come on now.

Not to mention, it is EA’s strength that makes them attractive to mega corporations. If anything, a willingness to buy the publisher of Madden means you really don’t care about 2K’s football game at all.

[admihai3]

I don't expect them to drop 2k8's spiritual successor by going through loopholes, but I don't think not being simulation means they'll have to go the Blitz route.

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