Apple Eyeing EA?

[ElCapichan]

Shut up Biff, EA loves sony

[B-Ri]

Nah, you're wrong there buddy.

Apple would be retarded to throw away the billions EA rakes in on the xbox. Plus having a foothold on your competitor is a major plus.

As for the eventual "Shut up Biff, EA loves sony"

Well see here kids, if I'm a guy who makes bumpers for cars, I'm going to make a bumper for the chevy that every family has, not the land rover that only 30 people in town have.

PS3, PC Sales Lead EA Revenue in Q1 2009
by Aaron Linde Jul 29, 2008 6:51pm CST tags: Electronic Arts, Software Sales, PC Gaming
Earnings from Electronic Arts' PC and PlayStation 3 publishing and development businesses contributed to net revenue of $804 million in the company's fiscal year 2009 first quarter, the publisher revealed today.
The figure marks a $409M year-over-year increase above EA's 2008 Q1 revenue of $395M, led by PlayStation 3 sales amounting to $139M. PC software followed at $86M, while Xbox 360 sales came in third with $81M in the quarter ending June 30, 2008.

Meanwhile, net loss for the quarter was $95 million, down from $132 million from the first quarter of last year.

The company cited EA DICE's Battlefield: Bad Company (PS3, 360) and the BioWare and Demiurge co-developed PC edition of Mass Effect as examples of critically well-received games released in the quarter.

"We are now seeing the early returns of the change agenda we started last year," said EA CEO John Riccitiello. "Innovation and quality are rising, our games are more accessible and fun, and we have more new titles than at any time in our history."

[Othello Harrington]

Yeah, go out an pull me the total numbers to date, idiot.

[Josh]

To be successful, I don't disagree. But Nintendo has those too and look what they are now. A shithole.

A shithole that makes a shit ton of money.

[B-Ri]

Yeah, go out an pull me the total numbers to date, idiot.

EA is making a comparatively large amount of cash on both systems.

If apple was to do anything about consoles, their number one would be to damage microsoft as much as possible over anything else.

[soundwave]

apple is capable of making a strong enough system. It's a question of whether they're willing to lose enough money to put out a strong enough system at a reasonable pp, but since it's apple i'm sure if they ever released a console it'd be mad expensive.

Have you ever heard of the Apple Bandai Pippin for $599 US Dollars?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandai_Pippin



If anything Apple would learn about the video game business from EA but its all speculation anyway.

[Othello Harrington]

They would love to damage microsoft, but they can't. Sorry B-Ri the X360 is the PS2 of this generation, they won. (Well technically Nintendo did, but they can waggle the fuck off)

EA pulls from Sony, and sony probably cans the product line, and I'm not kidding.

[kingoffighters]

If apple was to do anything about consoles, their number one would be to damage microsoft as much as possible over anything else.

Why? If Apple jumps in the console war, they want to take out everyone, including Sony/Nintendo. Just because you love Sony/Apple doesn't mean they will sleep together.

[B-Ri]

I dont care what systems is what, youre bringing system wars into this.

I brought in that the consoles are making comparative amounts of cash to EA, and Apple first priority isnt to help microsoft take over any form of consumer electronics.

Why? If Apple jumps in the console war, they want to take out everyone, including Sony/Nintendo. Just because you love Sony/Apple doesn't mean they will sleep together.

i never said anything about apple+ea going with sony, you did.

[Othello Harrington]

And how do you suppose apple would stop them? I mean are they not failing already?