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EA to Destroy Videogaming Starting August 21st

Industry giant and evil overlord Electronic Arts reported this morning that it had finished its wheeling and dealing with the Federal Trade Commission concerning the takeover of Take Two Interactive.
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EA says has complied with F... - news.yahoo.com | By: harry190
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Published: 529 days 19 hours ago | News | Gaming | Industry News
 
 

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Twizlex - 529 days 19 hours ago
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Oh my god, I hate EA so much...
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Will-UK - 529 days 19 hours ago
1.1 - GTA
gta is finished its going to be crap from now
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staub91 - 529 days 19 hours ago
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Say it ain't so...
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Statix - 529 days 19 hours ago
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It's amazing how much EA sucks.
1.4 Nigger Nigger Nigger | 529 days 18 hours ago - deleted by mod -
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boodybandit - 529 days 17 hours ago
1.5 - N4G moderator will hopefully ban ^^^
this racist ASAP!
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Gerard Way - 529 days 16 hours ago
1.6 - @ N*gger N*gger N*gger
I laughed. But thats naughty, shh.
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Enigma_2099 - 529 days 13 hours ago
1.7 - Yeah, with a handle like that, you're bound to go places...
... and if we're all lucky, it'll be REAL hot when you get there...
1.8 Bloodwar | 529 days 9 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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Shadow Flare - 529 days 3 hours ago
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The burnout series actually got better when EA took over though
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MIAMIFROST - 529 days 2 hours ago
1.10 - I dont know who I hate more.........
Microsoft or EA !! Fu*kin greedy bastards. EA used to care about games and gamers. Now they are so big , they just care about more and more $$$. The more $ you make , the more you want.
1.11 godofthunder10 | 529 days ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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Gerard Way - 528 days 21 hours ago
1.12 - @disagrees..
Calm down ya crazy bunch of liberals.
I'm Black. Douchebags.
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Overr8ed - 528 days 21 hours ago
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Great n0w the gaming industry is going to become like communist Russia. And the most F*&k up part is that its starts on my Birthday =(
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Mainman - 528 days 21 hours ago
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Why is GTA dead though? Aren't Rockstar going to be free next year?
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Enigma_2099 - 527 days 13 hours ago
1.15 - Hmmm....
... someone disagreed with me... I wonder whoooooo....
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Ace Killa 08 - 526 days 18 hours ago
1.16 - Oh Sorry the purpose of a company is to make a limited amount of money.
no EA or MS would just want to make money no matter wat, if EA bought take 2 than there no more comp as said in the link for any sports game, so people would have to buy EA's games since there's no other football or baseball game to buy except there's. And its not greedy is call entrepreneurship and that's how America and probably the world works
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Enigma_2099 - 524 days 11 hours ago
1.17 - @Gerard Way
You know, if Microsoft can ban tags like GayGamer, and RichardGaywood...

And nobody ASKED you what color you were... I'm black too... what's your point?
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VaeVictus - 529 days 19 hours ago
2 - The "Banner of d0uchebaggery"
is indeed strong w/ EA. (and UBISoft)

Lol @ the article. Let us hope that somehow, EA's attempts fail.
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GiantEnemyCrab - 529 days 19 hours ago
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This is going to be sad if/when this happens.
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thereapersson - 529 days 12 hours ago
3.1 - Only for PS3-only owners
Heh...
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Lord Vader - 528 days 22 hours ago
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EA = SKYNET
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Isaac - 529 days 19 hours ago
4 - EA?
But they make some of the best games, including sports games, mini-games, shovelware, generic FPS, you name it, there is some of the best garbage for everyone. I don't think that is bad for gaming.
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Statix - 529 days 19 hours ago
5 - Jesus
I don't understand why the FTC can't step in and stop this horsesh** from happening. This is complete and total anti-competition in the sports videogame industry. They need to stop this before it's too late, for the love of all that's good and just!
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Twizlex - 529 days 19 hours ago
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Couldn't agree with you more... because n4g won't let me :(
5.2 Bloodwar | 529 days 9 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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SIX - 529 days 19 hours ago
6 - Yup
I just hope we don't see an EA gaming console in the future.
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Ghoul - 529 days 19 hours ago
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that is also my biggest concern,

ea has so many studios and publishers bought they could easily make 10+ exclusives a year of EA branded games, for a ea console.
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Xiphos - 529 days 19 hours ago
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That's a recurring fear of mine whenever their little evil empire expands. Do not want.
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Rob4Vendetta - 529 days 18 hours ago
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fine with me...I dont buy their games anyway
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Xiphos - 529 days 16 hours ago
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Neither do I, but what happens when they consume a company you do buy games from?
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lwsbrck - 529 days 15 hours ago
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you know, i wouldn't mind.

EA games would be exclusive to teh EA console,hence all of the trite that they usually deliver will dissapear from the sshelves where the good games are kept.

i mean,

1. EA makes console with exclusive EA titles
2. console bombs
3. EA dies
4. ?????
5. PROFIT!
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Masta_fro - 529 days 11 hours ago
6.6 - haha..
stage 1: steel underpants
Stage 2: (gnomes blink their eyes in confusion)
stage 3: PROFIT!

i love that epidode...

...."hey Matty, whats stage 2?!?"
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duffpaddy187 - 528 days 23 hours ago
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yes that would not be cool at all
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iceman2885 - 529 days 19 hours ago
7 - Screw EA
I still can't believe that they are allowed to have an exclusive license with the NFL to pretty much bar any other company from making a football game. They have single handedly ruined my love for football games ever since they started spewing out the same game with updated rosters since 2005.

Plus, every other game from EA sucks (except for NHL'08), Army of Two was the last straw for me.
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DJ - 529 days 19 hours ago
7.1 - Right?!
I remember Madden titles getting damn near perfect scores year after year until the NFL license was exclusively purchased by EA. The next Madden titles after ended up getting progressively worse.
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delpiero89 - 529 days 16 hours ago
7.2 - almost the same
I totally agree with you , EA almost makes the same thing with us ( soccer ) fans ... but in better way they let us enjoy the Italian teams at least .
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LeShin - 529 days 19 hours ago
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Hold on, this doesn't mean that if this goes through that there won't be any more NBA2k?!!!!!!

If that's the case, no more basketball games for me, I swear it!
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Lumbo - 529 days 18 hours ago
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Why no, you will get 2k games .. only they will be as shi##y as the other EA sports titles and will surely release in a yearly mini updated full prize form.

Competition on the sports games market has hereby ceased to exist.
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Twizlex - 529 days 2 hours ago
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Or maybe, if EA was smart, they would have the NBA2k guys develop the basketball games for them and just call it Live instead.
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Nitrowolf2 - 529 days 19 hours ago
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EA sucks @ss
if they start making a GTA game come out every year i swear to god

EA milk ganme series way to much
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Infernus - 529 days 15 hours ago
9.1 - EA keeps pushin it
EA just pushes the developers to release a game at a said date, so you can expect the next GTA game to be released even if it has some bugs because EA says so, then they'll put out a few patches a few months later after they've raked in the cash.

This now means that 3 of my favourite companies have been taken by EA:
Westwood
Bullfrog
Take Two

Who's next?
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Twizlex - 529 days 1 hour ago
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Everyone is next, it's just a matter of time.
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Yo Mama - 529 days 19 hours ago
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Greed! I hate it. Think about the board members of EA. They're already mega rich, but they aren't satisfied. They're always on the look-out for the next company they can snatch up to bring them even more money. When is enough, enough? And it's not just EA. It's EVERY big corporation. Why can't people just be content with being mega rich? What drives people to crave more? It sucks!
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vic_doom - 529 days 11 hours ago
10.1 - reminds me of a c. montgomery burns quote
i dont remember the exact wording of it but it went something like this, i have more money than i could ever spend and everything anyone could ever want, but id trade it all...for a little more
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grock900 - 529 days 19 hours ago
11 - Petition?
Someone please start an online petition against EA and its takeovers, I would be the first to sign, I personally don't know how or I would,
2k football was on its way to be better than madden until EA signed the exclusivity deal and fucckked over everyone. Now they'll do it again
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Jenzo - 529 days 19 hours ago
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Do you honestly believe that EA will change their business strategies because some videogame fans starts a petition?

"Hey guys! I just got informed about this petition, the deal is off."

L O L
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rhood022 - 529 days 19 hours ago
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Assuming EA doesn't try to get exclusive deals with the NBA and MLB, they have at least some competition with Sony's baseball and basketball brands. However, I see those dying within the next few years.
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fan_of_gaming - 529 days 18 hours ago
12.1 - and soccer
they also have competition in the soccer market with PES from Konami.
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rhood022 - 529 days 18 hours ago
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True.
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