Do you think EA games is having a monopoly over the gaming industry?
I mean, they’re going to buy Take Two, so I guess it’ll be a matter of time when they completely take over the gaming industry. I REALLY hate EA games! Their games lack quality now, especially EA Sports which are all repetitive and cost $60.00. I don’t think they even care about the player, just their corrupt industry.
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it looks like that’s what they’re trying to do. outside of Madden, i don’t buy too many EA titles. i support Ubisoft and 2K alot, Epic, etc.
take two is just one company.
and its not a very big one.
so of coarse ea can buy it.
but as for companys like 2k and epic and such no way
there to big of companies and ea only makes sports games so they can only make money from one type of game.
EA definitely has the monopoly on sports games. In this day and age, I don’t think it’s that rare for companies to merge and try to force other companies out of business or to dominate a genre. Activision and Blizzard merge. Activision is good at making games, but include Blizzard, and now Activision becomes a player in the MMORPG and RTS games. Square and Enix merged about a decade ago, and it pretty much has control over the JRPG genre. EA isn’t very good at making other games besides sports games, so it needs to acquire another company to help it get into other genres. Take-Two is a good company to buy. It’s probably the most dominant force in sandbox games. By getting Take-Two, EA can get it’s foot into the sandbox genre.
In the business industry, the name of the game is to corner as much of the market share as possible. In this world (and especially in this economy) one strategy they use to do this by is with mergers, to assist them in gaining a (presumably) already loyal customer base.
Whether or not they care about the player is really subjective, as I happen to enjoy a number of EA games quite a bit. However, as far as having enough to be considered a Monopoly? No.
Top 10 selling games from 2007? Breaks down as follows, by developer:
Bungie - 1
Nintendo (EAD) - 2
Activision - 1
Red Octane (in partnership with Activision) - 1
Game Freak - 1
Ubisoft - 1
Hudson Soft - 1
EA - a whopping 1, at #7, with Madden NFL 08
So maybe it can be argued that they’re cornering computer games or Playstation, since that’s what they primarily make?
BUT, in looking at top 10 PS3 games of 2007, EA only scores 1 out of 10, in spot #9, with another sports game. Sony itself has a far greater presence here.
Computer games? They have games in slots #4 (in collaboration with Crytek) and #10. So while they fare a bit better here, they still by no means own a huge corner of the market.
And seeing that Take Two isn’t on any of these lists, I don’t imagine that their acquisition will change too much…