tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13266751.post3766106365757610679..comments2023-10-16T06:10:08.321-04:00Comments on Heartlessgamer.com: EA Purchases Biowareheartlessgamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02809717223567961650noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13266751.post-60589379817819479462007-10-17T11:11:00.000-04:002007-10-17T11:11:00.000-04:00I think this move makes a lot of sense.My reasonin...I think this move makes a lot of sense.<BR/><BR/>My reasoning is that EA does a lot of.. uhm what do you call it... franchise games? Licensed games? Where one company comes to them with an IP and says, "Make a game for me." anyways I forget the right word but I'm sure you know what I'm talking about.<BR/><BR/>Well, on that note Bioware does a lot of the same thing for their games! Sure they are well known for making some solid RP games but they have don the same IP thing, and done it really well.<BR/><BR/>I just hope bioware still has a lot of control over its products, but with TES3 and its consoleness (ie: too easy, RPG lite as a friend put it) I fear for the end of the old-school RPG even more then I did before.<BR/><BR/>We'll see what kind of games come out of this marriage!Cow Nose the 50 Pound Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09411220724045003684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13266751.post-37514864805409951802007-10-13T01:02:00.000-04:002007-10-13T01:02:00.000-04:00Oh, and SIMMS online - another EA MMORPG project t...Oh, and SIMMS online - another EA MMORPG project they have... <BR/>EA publishes a lot of great games? umm... ok.. Sports come to mind, which have been done after the last x amount of years, basically the same stuff. The car MMO (can't think of the name offhand) and Earth & Beyond both got canceled.<BR/>Hey, what have they put out lately that was original again lately?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13266751.post-28023633677386313782007-10-13T00:55:00.000-04:002007-10-13T00:55:00.000-04:00Aaron obviously hasn't seen Ultima Online, which h...Aaron obviously hasn't seen Ultima Online, which has been going for 10 years (so yea, they are known in the MMORPG space). They bought Bioware to shut down competition - From a business point, it makes sense. Look at the other 4+ companies EA has bought out and shut down.<BR/>just my opinion, and I seriously hope I'm wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13266751.post-79355695389297257852007-10-11T23:13:00.000-04:002007-10-11T23:13:00.000-04:00A complete surprise here, too. This coverage of a ...A complete surprise here, too. This coverage of a conference call with EA and Bioware explains it best: http://kotaku.com/gaming/liveblogging/eas-bioware-pandemic-conference-call-309944.php<BR/><BR/>It definitely makes sense for EA, since they're not known for RPGs yet. EA's a strong marketer and financial resource for Bioware, though I'm not sure this will turn out great for them in the long run. Bioware has a reputation similar to Blizzard's, so jumping in bed with a publisher who doesn't only focus on quality might dim that reputation somewhere down the line. <BR/><BR/>Don't get me wrong. EA publishes a lot of great games (including the upcoming Spore), but they're also the publisher of a lot of crap... film games, in particular.Aaron Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06397235341719388657noreply@blogger.com