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Good for them. :)
Personally, I think they chose the perfect time to be purchased. They've had great success with what they've released so far, but I'm not sure if they can re-create that success in the future. So let EA foot the bill and never have to worry about money or creating a hit ever again. :)
Personally, I think they chose the perfect time to be purchased. They've had great success with what they've released so far, but I'm not sure if they can re-create that success in the future. So let EA foot the bill and never have to worry about money or creating a hit ever again. :)
In unrelated news, Activision is currently working on buying a newly created software developer, who's only previous work has been the popular software known as "Skynet". When asked about this potential buy out, CEO Bobby Kotick responded with "We feel that with our guidance we can take Skynet to whole new levels, implementing it into our popular franchises in the next two years".
Are you kidding me? that's horrible news, this means future popcap games would likely be a ORIGIN exclusive if that happens.
The only bright side of this is that future popcaps game has the chance to be released on every platform around the same time
No! NO! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
*face melts*
I'll wait and see what EA's plans are, but I'm not holding out much hope...
*face melts*
I'll wait and see what EA's plans are, but I'm not holding out much hope...
I don't know if they'll be outright Origin exclusives, as they're far more mainstream than Battlefield or ME3, but I would expect them to be timed exclusives for sure.
I disagree. I think EA is stupid enough to screw this up. They'll have Popcap work on making smaller versions of their console franchises and make them tie into each other in some way. Origin will track whatever substitute for achievements they have, and you'll have to register all you games through their system to unlock the extra content or play online.
Tell me you can't see EA doing that.
Tell me you can't see EA doing that.
These games are for people without dedicated gaming platforms or intimate knowledge of games. Primarily anyways. By restricting them down to a more "game-savvy" publisher, they just might lose the majority of their market.
So any bets in how long it will take EA to try to milk popcap dry, muck the whole thing up and liquidate the studio (See: fire everyone?
Anyhow, you will be missed PopCap.
Anyhow, you will be missed PopCap.
Lawl. I think the worst that will happen will either be 18,000 pieces of useless DLC that people will complain about but doesn't actually affect anything (oh nooo, the zombie customizer is a dollar now, whatever will I dooo). That and opportunity costs, which are ephemeral. Personally, I could care less as long as the quality of their games doesn't go down
Oh yeah, and I guess people will pay attention to how Popcap exploits the hell out of their games and blame EA for it (despite it already happening).
Oh yeah, and I guess people will pay attention to how Popcap exploits the hell out of their games and blame EA for it (despite it already happening).
Glad to see. EA is usually smart when it comes to being a publisher that stays out of the way after acquiring a company. Hoping PopCap can use up EA resources and do well.
Owch, oh well I hope Popcap are 'allowed' to remain Indie while being owned by EA or if EA will simply take their game IP's make crappy sequels and eventually sack the guys at Popcap sometime down the line.
its not like these guys needed the money, doesn't make any sense. probably aught to buy bejeweled 3 off of steam now before they remove it
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