S00N3R FR3AK Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 IGN Free-to-play developer/publisher Nexon could be looking to buy Electronic Arts. According to Bloomberg, which picked up on the news from a Korean newspaper, Nexon "has contacted EA about making an offer." No word on whether this would see EA absorbed or merged. EA's shares are, as of press time, up almost six percent following the alleged report, which is the highest they've been in six weeks. I feel like this could only hurt EA games and I would like to see some of their studios sold off or spun out if it does, mainly Bioware and DICE. Though they are what gives EA a lot of value so I doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3ntury Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Who the hell are Nexon? Edit - So it turns out these guys are big, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexon_Co._Ltd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astra.Xtreme Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Hmm, so a company that makes almost all of it's money in South Korea wants to buy a company that makes most of it's money in the US. That just sounds like a formula for both companies to lose a ton of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Hmm, so a company that makes almost all of it's money in South Korea wants to buy a company that makes most of it's money in the US. That just sounds like a formula for both companies to lose a ton of money. Why? Then they could become an extremely large company that makes most of it's money from SK and the US Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkl Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Over 850 mil EUR revenue by basically just making some MMOs for Asian market. Not bad, not bad at all. Today was the first time I heard of this company as well. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hell-In-A-Handbasket Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 LoL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajputwarrior Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 i just don't see this happening... remixedcat 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threetonesun Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 "We'll sell you our company for $5 billion. Once purchased, if you want to the keys to the EA Sports office, that will be $1 billion more. The keys to Bioware can be purchased six months later, and will cost another $1 billion. If you decide to sell EA in the future, the purchasing company will have to buy an activation license for $400 million, payable to us, to use any of the employees currently hired, and repurchase all subsidiary companies you may have purchased." soniqstylz, remixedcat, CentralDogma and 1 other 4 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SierraSonic Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Let it happen, maybe ea will end finally. Mando, Brandon H and neo1911 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medium_pimpin Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Let it happen, maybe ea will end finally. neo1911 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firey Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Let it happen, maybe ea will end finally. neo1911 and remixedcat 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajputwarrior Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Let it happen, maybe ea will end finally. neo1911 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CentralDogma Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Let it happen, maybe ea will end finally. neo1911 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon H Supervisor Posted April 26, 2012 Supervisor Share Posted April 26, 2012 Let it happen, maybe ea will end finally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crisp Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 I love ruining the repeating trend :rofl: remixedcat 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon H Supervisor Posted April 26, 2012 Supervisor Share Posted April 26, 2012 I love ruining things... ca-ca-ca-ca-combo-breaker :rofl: remixedcat, Crisp and KRazpopov 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neufuse Veteran Posted April 26, 2012 Veteran Share Posted April 26, 2012 Let it happen, maybe ea will end finally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amarok Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 I'd rather EA just stay as it is. Well I'd rather it be slightly less evil, but yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firey Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 I'd rather EA just stay as it is. Well I'd rather it be slightly less evil, but yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zain Adeel Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 I'd rather EA just stay as it is. Well I'd rather it be slightly less evil, but yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajputwarrior Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 I'd rather EA just stay as it is. Well I'd rather it be slightly less evil, but yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anibal P Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Combat Arms is pretty good for a freemium FPS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neonix1 Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Let it happen, maybe ea will end finally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Yeah let's end ea the company that stopped using drm and started just using plain old keys and then steam like activation, which according to all the steamboats is just fine(well when steam does it anyway). Let's leave the game distribution to activision and ubisoft, everything will be so much better then. I just don't see is end well, but then I don't really see it happening. But I don't see any south Korean company being able to run a western game distributor without killing it at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dotdot Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 I dont care tbh, I just hope that they make good games. Nexon aint to hot on there own in that department, EA much better track record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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