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Rumor CD Projekt RED To Sign A Publishing Deal Or Be Bought By Electronic Arts
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This rumor is probably wrong.
I was referring to the way that even if they had said negative things about EA, that'd be a pretty minor issue in this industry.
Activision just hired someone who successfully sued them for millions of dollars to be a major staffer at Infinity Ward: http://www.polygon.com/2015/3/16/82...d-designer-returns-to-infinity-ward-executive
Pewpewlazors99
Member
If CD Projekt RED is happy about this, then I'm happy. They are a great studio that deserves to make bank.
I really hope this doesn't happen though.
I really hope this doesn't happen though.
Ghostmaster
Member
Kind of off topic, but man I wonder how much money did Rubin make, no wonder he isn't doing anything right now, he must be among the most affluent video game devs, up there with Cliffy B and the Bioware Docs.
Azure Dream
Member
This, unfortunately. Rumor is probably fake (but cynic in me says it's just horrible enough to be true), but if it was true, they're going to lie about it in casual inquiries for as long as they need to. They have to.
Doesn't mean I want it to be true or think it's true. Just that a key figure playing dumb or laughing about how "foolish" a rumor is ultimately means nothing.
Interfectum
Member
Reminds me of a scene from Mr Robot... nothing is personal is corporate America. It's all business.
Ghostmaster
Member
As far as I know there were also some problems in Respawn as well, I think West also left the company but I'm not sure.
Tatsumi Oga
Banned
So right now this is all up in the air? I hope it's not true. Witcher 3 did incredibly well, you'd think CDPR don't need such a deal.
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
Me too, I was only sorry it wasn't the first reply
Generalpsyduck
Banned
so cdpr is going to get bought and then gets shut down in 5-10 years. sounds like a good idea
Neuromancer
Member
It's not so much up in the air as much as it is almost certainly BS, given the facts of the story anyway. Edit: as far as being bought anyway. I can see them shopping around for publishers for Cyberpunk.
Tatsumi Oga
Banned
Good...real real good.
Felix Lighter
Member
The EA Exec shouldn't have been measuring the closet space in front of the employees.
Was their mission statement "we hate money"?
Given their ethos behind GOG and going DRM free plus releasing free DLC seems to suggest that a move like this would counter all their hard work.
RipperGrim
Member
No DRM? You think EA is gona let GoG still run in competition to Origin or let any game they publish not use Denuvo or whatever else DRM shit they want to use? I'm calling BS on this rumor, EA and CDPR philosophies are too different for them to merge unless CDPR goes against everything they have said about themselves and the industry.
Needlecrash
Member
I hope it's only for publishing and even then, I hope that doesn't happen. Anyone remember Overstrike, only for it to be renamed Fuze and completely changed the characters due to EA's involvement? We don't need EA buying out another studio, gutting it and closing it.
KingdomHeartsFan
Member
They are polar opposites, CDPR hates all the bs shit that EA loves.
CassidyIzABeast
Member
RIP to CDPR
CecilRousso
Member
Can't EA just improve their own RPG's instead of trashing their competitor like this?
Its called Capitalism, big money always wins, buy out the competition to eliminate it
MillionStabs
Banned
Nuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu ;_;
Buy yourselves CDPR, you can do eet.
Buy yourselves CDPR, you can do eet.
True, however when money is involved hate turns into love. If CDPR resists EA's rumored advances I would be pleasantly surprised.
Perfect Cha0s
Member
Get Cyberpunk out the door and then you can do what you want, CDPR.
A publishing deal strikes me as more likely than a buyout, assuming there's any truth to this rumour. Considering CDPR had to defer The Witcher 3 marketing costs to its distribution partners (USD$25m at the least), which entitles them to a cut of sales until their investments have been recouped, it wouldn't shock me to learn that CDPR needs an injection of cash to fully fund its next project.
Anuson.Phan
Banned
Is gog - game of grent. Didn't realize grent was so popular.
Uh.... no. GoG is Good Old Games. A digital service to buy games DRM-free.
No, but it's certainly what I'm calling it from now on.
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
CDPR demanding 1 million dollars for their napkins confirmed
Why?
wanderingprostheyltite
Member
He's currently head of first party content at Oculus (Rift), so he's definitely working.
CDPR and EA's philosophies are so different, that I would be appalled if a buyout was approved.
It would be a disaster like the Activision-Blizzard merger; just look at Blizzard's money grubbing schemes with their recent titles (3 titles for StarCraft II, the failed RMAH for Diablo III, microtransactions for WoW/HS/HotS) I'm sure that EA can do just as worse with CDPR.
The only developer I'd care about then is Valve.
It would be a disaster like the Activision-Blizzard merger; just look at Blizzard's money grubbing schemes with their recent titles (3 titles for StarCraft II, the failed RMAH for Diablo III, microtransactions for WoW/HS/HotS) I'm sure that EA can do just as worse with CDPR.
The only developer I'd care about then is Valve.