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Spielberg: We shouldn't have sold EA Medal of Honor

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Speaking once again to Reuters, movie man Steven Spielberg has said that he shouldn't have sold Dreamworks Interactive to EA, allowing them to pick up the hit Medal of Honor franchise in the process. "The smartest and dumbest thing I ever did was to sell my company to EA," the veteran entertainment boss conceded.
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Vip3r - 217 days 3 hours ago
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*slow clap*

Really...?
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Cajun Chicken - 217 days 3 hours ago
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Yeah. Well, just form another game company.
Get back into producing cartoon series again too, Speilberg. Tiny Toons, Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain and Freakazoid freaking rocked.
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Crazyglues - 217 days 2 hours ago
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2.1 - Really...
I didn't know they made Pinky and the Brain, I love that cartoon and I'm a grown ass man... LoL

Really done well...
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Shbzshar - 217 days 2 hours ago
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did he even start production on tinitn ? .. why is he getting distracted by the game industry
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Cajun Chicken - 217 days 2 hours ago
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Yeah, I hope that Tintin is faithful. Looking forward to that, love Tintin adventures.

@Crazyglues - That wasn't Dreamworks, that was Amblin another company Speilberg had once. Not sure if he still owns it or not, but Speilberg did produce most of those WB cartoon series in that era from my understanding.
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SpoonyRedMage - 217 days 1 hour ago
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Didn't Spielberg make Boom Blox?
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Cajun Chicken - 217 days 1 hour ago
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He assisted with it. No idea how he fit into that in the development personally. Probably just came up with the simple idea and put out some money for it.
Boom Blox any good? Been after a copy for my Wii since people say its quite entertaining and its cheap with the sequel coming out.
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SpoonyRedMage - 217 days ago
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Yes, it's one of those quirky, non serious Wii games. Just a bit of fun.
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Alcohog - 217 days ago
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MOHAA was a great game. He was involved in that one, right? That sniper level through the destroyed town in the rain is one of my favorite FPS levels ever. The multiplayer was awesome in that game too...I have fond memories of the V2 Rocket Facility and The Hunt. Good sh**.
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Shbzshar - 216 days 23 hours ago
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3.1 - WE SHOULD ACTUALLY WORSHIP THIS GUY
if it wasnt for him and his superb Saving Private Rayan.. there wouldnt have been the artistic style of war games that we have today... the level marked d day in moh aaa .... was a shot by shot ... playthrough of the opening sequence from svp...
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Alcohog - 216 days 22 hours ago
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Yeah man it was a sweet game. Paved the way for cinematic gameplay. That is correct, IW were involved in the development of MOHAA, then Activision bought them in 03. Then they went on to make COD in that mold. And in my opinion COD1 is the best war FPS to date. I wish they would have made COD4 a little more like their older games. Storming the Red Square and running up that mountain was just freaking epic, holding nothing but a clip! So awesome. They need to return to their roots man.
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mirroredderorrim - 217 days ago
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4 - "did he even start production on tinitn ? .. why is he getting distracted by the game industry "
Because Hollywood's revenue stream is shrinking, while Games revenue is only growing, since it's an expanding market, while the movies industry is already well established.
(Hollywood knows this)

So tell me... who has the potential for more growth?
I feel the games industry is being setup for the elite, much like the movie industry.

I can see a movie star getting picked to do a voice-over, over someone else who could have gotten their start, or someone else who has worked in games as a voice actor.

Basically, I see Spielberg's words as "I had a chance to work in the industry RIGHT NOW with my very own IP, and I blew it!"

It would have meant extra money for him, RIGHT NOW. But let's be real here... would he have made the decisions that EA made with the franchise?

Probably not, in fact... it's probably a good thing, because if Infinity Ward has proven anything, along with many other devs, it's that they and we do NOT need Hollywood's influence on our games.
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zlatko - 216 days 23 hours ago
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The one thing I don't like about Steven is lately he gives away big movie plot twists and such super fast if it says he helped on it. Every movie lately with him somewhere in the project lead to aliens which is 100% obvious once you see his name.

As for his comment on EA well...I really like Dead Space, but yeah the rest of the games from EA are really not worth my time or money. :(
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RH06 - 216 days 23 hours ago
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5.1 - ^^ I agree...
One thing that EA(Evil Association) does good is buy out every other developer, then seem to somehow make the same games over and over...Yes don't get me wrong there are "some" good games that they help publish, like Burnout Paradise, Dead Space, maybe Rock Band...
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lukeb4dunk - 216 days 21 hours ago
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5.2 - Dead Space was awesome!
I really wished that it did better sales wise than it did, just for the sole reason of wanting a sequel.
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BlackIceJoe - 216 days 21 hours ago
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With the money Spielberg has he should start his own game company like his friend Lucas has LucasArts. I wonder what kind of games Spielberg could bring out. Would it be stuff like Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park or whole new IPs.

I would love to see what He could do with brand new IPs.
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