EA would be dumb not to release a console of their own next-gen..... :(

Lets face it...EA is a majority of the gaming industry. EA owns thousands of well known franchises ( Madden, 007, etc.) and owns the most studios...

If EA were to release a console...and develop exclusivley for said console...there wouldn't be any competition. What would Nintendo do? Release Mario, Zelda, MP and SSB...while EA would have 100's of games from their own studios each month.

It would be a grim future....but I can see EA releaseing a console next-gen (2010-11).

Lets face it...EA is a majority of the gaming industry. EA owns thousands of well known franchises ( Madden, 007, etc.) and owns the most studios...

no!

If EA were to release a console...and develop exclusivley for said console...there wouldn't be any competition. What would Nintendo do? Release Mario, Zelda, MP and SSB...while EA would have 100's of games from their own studios each month.

It would be a grim future....but I can see EA releaseing a console next-gen (2010-11).

-D3MO-

thats actually not a bad idea

they have tons of games.

thats actually not a bad idea

they have tons of games.

i-lick-monkeys

that was actually a rumor for this generation. now it looks like it might come true. all they would need to do now is finish taking over ubisoft.

There is no way I would ever buy an EA console.OXIIIIXO

agreed. i would quit gaming. i hate them so much.

[QUOTE="OXIIIIXO"]There is no way I would ever buy an EA console.azshorty2003

agreed. i would quit gaming. i hate them so much.

The mainstream would probably flock to their console; that's the sad truth.

[QUOTE="i-lick-monkeys"]

thats actually not a bad idea

they have tons of games.

azshorty2003

that was actually a rumor for this generation. now it looks like it might come true. all they would need to do now is finish taking over ubisoft.

indeed (don't they already own like 25%+ of Ubi?)

There is no way I would ever buy an EA console.OXIIIIXO

[QUOTE="azshorty2003"][QUOTE="i-lick-monkeys"]

thats actually not a bad idea

they have tons of games.

-D3MO-

that was actually a rumor for this generation. now it looks like it might come true. all they would need to do now is finish taking over ubisoft.

indeed (don't they already own like 25%+ of Ubi?)

they own a very large chunk. i think just below 20%, which is still huge considering.

[QUOTE="azshorty2003"]

[QUOTE="OXIIIIXO"]There is no way I would ever buy an EA console.ToScA-

agreed. i would quit gaming. i hate them so much.

The mainstream would probably flock to their console; that's the sad truth.

i know, thats what i hate. the whole crap about buying the same sports game every year for full price is what i hate most about them. then they release crap game in general.

There is no way I would ever buy an EA console.OXIIIIXO

ditto..

besides, i don't think an EA console would be a good idea, there'd be lots of EA games, but who else?

and why would anyone wanna buy an EA console, unless all they ever play is EA games anyway

EA makes waaaayyyy more money third party than they would as first party. They release all of those sports games on every freaking system out there. And if EA were to enter and win, the industry would either be just EA and nintendo or the industry would just plain crash.

If they were going to release a console, I think it would be dumb to release it next gen. They would be better off doing it half way through this gen.

But I think there own console would hurt them more then help them. They are already plenty successful being a 3rd party, if there console didn't sell, they would be dead.

Microsoft spent4 BILLION just to penetrate the market....

Let me get this straight. EA would make more money off their own console, vice releasing their rehash sports titles on multiple consoles? Hardware is expensive, the marketing is expensive and EA would have to do their best to negotiate withformer rivalThird party pubs to support their console.Releasing their own console would destroy them.

Lets face it...EA is a majority of the gaming industry. EA owns thousands of well known franchises ( Madden, 007, etc.) and owns the most studios...

If EA were to release a console...and develop exclusivley for said console...there wouldn't be any competition. What would Nintendo do? Release Mario, Zelda, MP and SSB...while EA would have 100's of games from their own studios each month.

It would be a grim future....but I can see EA releaseing a console next-gen (2010-11).

-D3MO-

I agree that if EA was to release a console it would sell in the US and Europe for it's casual appeal, yet it would be like the 360 in Japan. But seriously, though, EA wouldn't have hundreds of games a month. They would only haveon-two from each franchise a year .... but still, I reckon EA will release a new console.

As for Nintendo, they will survive with Japan and may be able to release mainstream 'non-gamer' games like Wii Sports 2 ...

Damn, that would actually be a really good idea, they would probably have the most exclusives.

IF they finally decided to become a good company and not rush a lot of their games, then I guess I might buy their console. However, I think if they were developping for their own console they would make it of much better quality.

What if Microsoft then bought EA?DAZZER7

doomsday for cows and sheep!!

What if Microsoft then bought EA?DAZZER7

what if ea bought xbox from microsoft

[QUOTE="DAZZER7"]What if Microsoft then bought EA?snoz_dawg

what if ea bought xbox from microsoft

Doesnt sound reasonable, since MS has more money than EA.

Lets face it...EA is a majority of the gaming industry. EA owns thousands of well known franchises ( Madden, 007, etc.) and owns the most studios...

If EA were to release a console...and develop exclusivley for said console...there wouldn't be any competition. What would Nintendo do? Release Mario, Zelda, MP and SSB...while EA would have 100's of games from their own studios each month.

It would be a grim future....but I can see EA releaseing a console next-gen (2010-11).

-D3MO-

If EA did they wouldnt sell any more games then they do now and they would lose a tone of money selling the Console at a loss. In fact they would sell fewer games because they would all be exclusive. Overall it would be a dumb decision.

MS will never buy EA or any multiplatform publisher and no publisher like EA can ever go exclusive because that would automativally reduce their revenues by half or more.

It would actually be quite stupid for them. Look at all of the high selling multiplatform sales they get from the sports games. If they were to releas a console then madden would go from selling on 3 consoles and 2 handhelds to just one console.lycrof

they would save money and make a killing.

Not to mention ofther game makers would go to the system just because of sales :P I think a mod should remove this topic...leats an EA man finds it and it gives them nasty ideas ¬_¬

I wonder what they'd call it if they ever made one.
ToScA-

PC.

That would be the doom for Microsoft and Sony.... and for Nintendo?... not so much....

Game Developer magazine's highly-anticipated annual Top 20 Publishers report has debuted for 2007, revealing that the overall winner has changed hands for the first time since it began.

The 5th annual countdown, which this year included a wide-ranging reputation survey alongside revenue, average review, and anonymous partner feedback, reveals a resurgent Nintendo taking the top spot from former four-time victor Electronic Arts.

This year's winner Nintendo prevailed due to top marks for its game publishing in the reputation survey, alongside competitive revenue and average review score marks, leaving Electronic Arts in second place for the first time ever.

The 2007 rankings were calculated by considering number of releases by SKU, average game review scores, and publisher revenue from August 2006 to July 2007. It also included the results of a survey conducted to gather opinions on the major video game software publishers.

More than 300 industry professionals from all parts of the game production process were asked to give their opinions - including comments - on the reputations of each publisher in the survey. In addition, scores and commentary was gathered from respondents who had direct experience with the publishers in the recent past, either as workers or partners, including milestone, marketing and pay feedback.

"Adding reputation-based feedback to our survey for the first time has brought an interesting, more well-rounded angle to the much-anticipated countdown," said Simon Carless.

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Lets face it...EA is a majority of the gaming industry. EA owns thousands of well known franchises ( Madden, 007, etc.) and owns the most studios...

If EA were to release a console...and develop exclusivley for said console...there wouldn't be any competition. What would Nintendo do? Release Mario, Zelda, MP and SSB...while EA would have 100's of games from their own studios each month.

It would be a grim future....but I can see EA releaseing a console next-gen (2010-11).

-D3MO-

Meh....Money is in the software not consoles. Why make something that will only limit the amount of your software purchased?? I think they will stay happy just beinga developer of games....there is no need for a 4th choice in hardware.

if ea made their own consoles and made all of their games exclusive

... i wouldnt be missing much

[QUOTE="i-lick-monkeys"]

thats actually not a bad idea

they have tons of games.

azshorty2003

that was actually a rumor for this generation. now it looks like it might come true. all they would need to do now is finish taking over ubisoft.

if they got Ubisoft....I'd buy one.

ea is half ass in just about every game they make. when they finish a game thats it lets move on to the next project no downloads or updates. What makes u think that their console would be any better.