Gotta hand it to those folks at IGN.  They sure know how to knock a hanging piece of traffic bait out of the park!  They are getting it from Bloomberg.

Investors seems to believe such a move would help, if today's stock indications are saying anything.  But the biggest of the F2P developers borgifying EA?

And what would that mean for SW:TOR? 

If this ends up being true, I would not be surprised to see SWTOR going F2P (sooner rather than later) if the merge happens.

Originally posted by Beyorn
Do you think that would happen since they have some type of aggreement with Lucas?

It would be interesting to know what would happen if EA was sold.   I don't honestly see it as even remotely possible... but just to see the implications on products that are based on IP license...  especially with an IP like Star Wars.

Said it before and I will say it again...RIF, it really IS fundamental!

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-04-26-ea-to-be-bought-by-nexon-why-the-deal-cannot-happen-according-to-pachter

Originally posted by Beyorn
Do you think that would happen since they have some type of aggreement with Lucas?

Lucas only gives a damn about money.  As long as they promise to keep filling his coffers, and the new parent company says the (mostly) same people are in control, they'd be okay with it.

Then when the game goes F2P, they remind Lucas how he has been raping the wallets of Star wars customers for decades, and that they are merely inspired by his activities, and doing likewise with their "microtransaction" system, which promotes monetization and is ultimately "player choice" centered where you choose how much you are paying for!  And Lucas will simply say "blah blah blah, how much am i going to get paid?"

EA is trolling the stock market..

They know underhand tactics when they see one and aren't afraid to deploy them..

EA is off the chain man..

Originally posted by Slampig

Said it before and I will say it again...RIF, it really IS fundamental!

 

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-04-26-ea-to-be-bought-by-nexon-why-the-deal-cannot-happen-according-to-pachter

Might be BS.  But eventually these questions are going to have to be asked.  EA most likely won't finish FY2012 in the red.  Yes, they will pull in insane amounts of money through Madden.  But they now admit Mass Effect 3 sold below expectations.  TOR has the potential to not turn a real profit.  (remember, they don't get 100% of box sales, they gotta pay their staff and servers, and they just shelled out a lot more on their marketing blitz, and the loss of revenue over the free month)  Dragon Age 2 was basically a loss.  The game didn't even last a year before any future DLC was shelved.  It is the one time EA wasn't gungho about DLC.  battlefield 3, while technically gorgeous, didn't sell what they thought it would.  Eventually, EA is going to have to realize their pissing contest with Steam over Origin is going to have to be abandoned.

A company like EA wouldn't ever go bankrupt.  But it also can't last in its current form, especially with stocks plunging the way they are.

Originally posted by Slampig

Said it before and I will say it again...RIF, it really IS fundamental!

 

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-04-26-ea-to-be-bought-by-nexon-why-the-deal-cannot-happen-according-to-pachter

good article, which I read - thanks for the link.

Originally posted by Slampig

Said it before and I will say it again...RIF, it really IS fundamental!

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-04-26-ea-to-be-bought-by-nexon-why-the-deal-cannot-happen-according-to-pachter

Interesting article and his points make sense.  The one thing that rings odd to me is that he "still loves EA stock" even after the company has been performing so poorly with what appears to be a bleak outlook for the year.  Still I can't find fault with his points unless he's blowing smoke somewhere.

Originally posted by Torvaldr

Originally posted by Slampig

Said it before and I will say it again...RIF, it really IS fundamental!

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-04-26-ea-to-be-bought-by-nexon-why-the-deal-cannot-happen-according-to-pachter

Interesting article and his points make sense.  The one thing that rings odd to me is that he "still loves EA stock" even after the company has been performing so poorly with what appears to be a bleak outlook for the year.  Still I can't find fault with his points unless he's blowing smoke somewhere.

I'm guessing the guy thinks they will find some way to stop the bleeding until Madden comes out, or he likes the idea of "interconnectivity" that EA is further pondering, such as what was previewed in ME3 where how you progressed in IOS games determined how successful you were on the console/pc version of the game.  (Is it safe to dispense with the idea that you could get the "best" ending and 5k GR by only doing the main campaign yet?)

Originally posted by iceman00

Originally posted by Torvaldr

Originally posted by Slampig

Said it before and I will say it again...RIF, it really IS fundamental!

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-04-26-ea-to-be-bought-by-nexon-why-the-deal-cannot-happen-according-to-pachter

Interesting article and his points make sense.  The one thing that rings odd to me is that he "still loves EA stock" even after the company has been performing so poorly with what appears to be a bleak outlook for the year.  Still I can't find fault with his points unless he's blowing smoke somewhere.

I'm guessing the guy thinks they will find some way to stop the bleeding until Madden comes out, or he likes the idea of "interconnectivity" that EA is further pondering, such as what was previewed in ME3 where how you progressed in IOS games determined how successful you were on the console/pc version of the game.  (Is it safe to dispense with the idea that you could get the "best" ending and 5k GR by only doing the main campaign yet?)

There is an interesting article here on Bloomberg that places a higher value on Nexon and where it's heading.  It doesn't provide contrary arguments to the gamsindustry article, but it doesn't position Nexon as weak and values it much higher.  It will be interesting to see how this unfolds.  I'm more inclined to believe the takeover will fail even if Nexon isn't as weak as the the article you posted claims.

Ahhhh.... the always fun "buyout rumor."

Far more often than not it turns out to be the "last chance to get out with shirt still on your back."

Originally posted by AmbrosiaAmor

If this ends up being true, I would not be surprised to see SWTOR going F2P (sooner rather than later) if the merge happens.

SOE wanted SWG to go F2P, but LA was opposed to SWG going F2P, and hence it got shut down, so I do not see it happening, especially when there is nothing in place to make it F2P. At least SWG had the TCG, so a system was already in place to work with, SWTOR does not have anything like this. Although they could get something added, as SWG did not have it before 2008, but it means more work to get done.

SWTOR will more likely shut down than go F2P, but that is only going by experience of SWG. If all servers were fullish and there was no discussion on server merges / transfers due to low populations, then LA may agree to go F2P, but in its current state I do not see them bothering with making SWTOR F2P either.