I kinda support this since it means Disney will probably kill it off in a year.
really though you can thank microsoft buying activision for this trend
You don’t think embracer deserves some of the credit here? They’ve been buying up studios for a decade now and just got to the point where they are closing them. It’s popular IP consolidation.
I love that “innovation” with big US companies always means acquiring another company. Not like EA is a big innovator either.
Or AOL-Time-Warner-Pepsico-Viacom-Halliburton-Skynet-Toyota-Trader-Joe’s from Bojack Horseman
“Wait so how many companies are there in the world now?”
“Nine.”
Yeah, but don’t worry. It’s not a monopoly until only one company bought every other.
Ooohhhh, please don’t suggest anyone buy Trader Joe’s. That would F Up my world.
Trader Joe’s is privately owned, but it is owned by Aldi.
More specifically, by the heirs of Theo Albrecht, one of the two brothers that founded the two Aldi companies.
Hrrrrmm, TIL. As long as they keep it running the same, that’s OK.
Albrecht has owned it for most of its existence. The first TJ was opened '67, Albrecht owned the chain since '79, so out of itd 56 years, 48 have been in possession of himself or his family.
I actually like both Trader Joe’s and Aldi in the states because they both prioritize affordability
The name ALDI literally stood for “Albrecht’s Discount”. It was part of their concept from the start. We can bicker about quality, but if you don’t have the luxury of choice, their prices are generally good here in Germany too.
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But why? Disney has made several attempts before to break into gaming, none of which have worked out well. The best Disney games have all been licensed games by Square Enix, BioWare, Capcom, etc.
Also, Disney doesn’t have the cash to buy EA, so buying EA would involve them going deeply into debt. With today’s interest rates, that would be too risky.
The best Disney games have all been licensed games by Square Enix, BioWare, Capcom, etc.
That’s why they’re going to want to buy those studios.
I can only think of Kingdom Hearts and I assume that is square enix.
They can’t buy Square Enix or Capcom; Japan has laws protecting certain Japanese companies from being bought out by foreign companies.
@OfficialThunderbolt @Jinxyface it’s ashamed more countries & gov’t are to fiscally driven to legally prevent monopolies when they’ve been known to be destructive
Video games aren’t in danger of becoming a monopoly, but that kind of measure seems more aimed at preventing foreigners from having too much influence.
Video games aren’t in danger of becoming a monopoly,
Microsoft, a trillion dollar tech conglomerate, has just purchased multiple of the entire video game’s largest publishers. It is entirely in danger of becoming a monopoly
How many games came out in 2023? How many of those do Microsoft own? How much do you think that second number changes over the next 10 years? There are so, so, so many video game companies out there that Microsoft doesn’t own.
If they buy EA I’ll only have to boycott one company, instead of two.
Like, If they are planning on getting into the Console Market not really, If they are planning on taking EA improving on it and keeping Insomniac doing the spider-man / marvel based games I’m all in, it would be nice to see some really good Disney based games (I don’t play star wars jedi but I can see it’s a really good game).
it would be nice to see some really good Disney based games (I don’t play star wars jedi but I can see it’s a really good game).
Nah man. I was open minded with their star wars/marvel shows but they are all the same at this point. The look and feel has become so homogenized. Mando/Andor/Loki are basically the only things with any style of their own at this point and even they still 80% overlap (Andor less so) with Disney’s style executed in all their other shows.
I really lost faith after Obi Wan. Man that show looked and felt so cheap. The story was so boring. What a waste.
I’d add Wandavision to the list of shows with their own style. Mando kind of turned generic after the first season too. Obi Wan was very generic, but had some cool scenes. It could have been so much more, but honestly I didn’t really see the need for the show at all. Same with Book of Boba Fett.
As far as games go, Fallen Order was great. Need to play Jedi Survivor, but I’ve heard they improved a lot of stuff in it. With how they’ve removed creative focus on most of their properties, I don’t think a Disney run studio would have put out Fallen Order or Survivor though.
Wandavision
I loved what it attempted and the first 2 eps worked great, but the bit went too long. It needed to be 2 episodes shorter.
Totally agree. It also seemed like the last couple episodes were them reacting to fan theories instead of having a planned ending.
Don’t they technically already own LucasArts when they bought LucasFilms back in 2012?
Is that not big enough?
Don’t they technically already own LucasArts when they bought LucasFilms back in 2012?
They shut it down within months :\ killed Star Wars 1313 in the process.
Well they can’t make EA any worse, right? Right??
Mouse couldn’t run EA worse than EA is run now. Meet the new boss same as the old boss.
Rule 2 of the videogame industry: if you think something can’t get worse, it absolutely fucking will within a month or two
See also: Unity
My epiphany was when I was almost successfully gaslit that Halo Infinite was actually a nice game and that I just grew out of the franchise
Infinite made me not care about the franchise. Which is impressive because I loved the franchise.
What’s rule 1?
Rule 1: Do not believe the hype and pre-order games
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