Lilalaunebaer
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But this time everything will be alright. I mean, everything´s fine with, Bioware, Bullfrog, Maxis, Pandemic, Westwood, Criterion.....
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Rumor CD Projekt RED To Sign A Publishing Deal Or Be Bought By Electronic Arts
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But this time everything will be alright. I mean, everything´s fine with, Bioware, Bullfrog, Maxis, Pandemic, Westwood, Criterion.....
For the clicks
and the lulz.
GavinUK86
Member
lol they're not. it's false. that was my point.
It's not like DSO had any serious cred anyway.
Well there really isn't any objective truth here. but I don't agree at all with that.
The games that really change the industry and go on to be copied are rarely ones driven only by finance. Games like Minecraft, Dark Souls, Shadow of the Colossus, etc, are not made with financial decisions coming before creative ones.
Bioware's games have become homogenized and forgettable. 10 years from now no one is going to be making comparisons by saying "oh yeah it's this generations's Dragon Age Inquisition!" If you go back and play KOTOR or Baldur's Gate, Bioware's creative decline is really noticeable. Maybe they are more financially sound now, but that's not the basis of what drives change or enrichment of the industry.
Lasthope106
Member
This is the worst gaming news history I've heard in the past decade. 
Gah damit CD Projejekt. I supported all these years by buying drectly from GOG, and voting with my money. And now you go off and do this shit.
Gah damit CD Projejekt. I supported all these years by buying drectly from GOG, and voting with my money. And now you go off and do this shit.
iNvid02
Member
its kind of comforting knowing some people at CDPR jump to conclusions as fast as us
Saint of Killers
Member
I have no idea about their financial status, but I believe they sold 4 million copies of W3 in two weeks.
GavinUK86
Member
LOLZThis is the worst gaming news history I've heard in the past decade.
Gah damit CD Projejekt. I supported all these years by buying drectly from GOG, and voting with my money. And now you go off and do this shit.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
What a bad ass.
GavinUK86
Member
CDPR helping with the Amy Hennig project.
I know, I got that hence the "I don't understand why they would go through with this" given their success.
GavinUK86
Member
Oh, I thought you meant you don't understand why they'd do this not you don't understand the rumour.
RandomSeed
Member
Pachinko machines are a much more profitable market.
So? Valve needs to physical distributor. That is the only role that EA is playing their. In addition to funding some porting for a little larger share of the sales.
Saint of Killers
Member
Right now, in terms of awfulness, I am finding it a close call between CDPR being bought by EA and having to scroll past yet more wanky meme images in this thread.
Admiral Woofington
Member
Jesus walpurgis going a bit overboard with reaction gifs don't you think?
Audioboxer
Member
EA: They made a game better than ours... Let's buy them and nuke the competition.
Mad Season
Banned
this is the 1st step
If this is true, I am leaving gaming.
Go on, guess.
zero shift
Banned
This is strange. Doesn't CDProjekt take GREAT pride in being independent and pro-consumer? Why side with EA?
RespectThySole
Member
This has to be fake.
FairXchange
Member
Oh, just great. Fuck up a studio that has been keen on doing things the right way for their customers.
Hamster Plugin
Member
Things that CD Projekt may be interested in meeting EA people for:
- More EA games on GOG
- Publishing deal for Cyberpunk (note: EA published retail copies of Valve games, no problem with Steam)
- GOG shuts down, everything goes to Origin now, it's all over
- More EA games on GOG
- Publishing deal for Cyberpunk (note: EA published retail copies of Valve games, no problem with Steam)
- GOG shuts down, everything goes to Origin now, it's all over
Atraveller
Banned
I hope, in time, that human technological progress would allow a cross-world portal to be built, and lead us all into that perfect parallel universe you spoke of.
Spyder_Monkey
Banned
Probably because the rumor is bullshit.
Things that CD Projekt may be interested in meeting EA people for:
- More EA games on GOG
- Publishing deal for Cyberpunk (note: EA published retail copies of Valve games, no problem with Steam)
- GOG shuts down, everything goes to Origin now, it's all over
This is the most likely outcome.
vagabondarts
Member
We started hearing about previous EA buyouts through "fake rumors" as well, hence the jitters.
Good to know about the CDP/GOG distinction
The fun thing is, if this would really be true, we wouldn't even get more or the same amounts of Big RPGs as today, they would probably only take a slot every 3 years that would otherwise be a Bioware game.
Can't have two big RPGs in one fiscal year.
Quality will go down, and we would probably see less (as to EA and CDP alone). Hooray!
Can't have two big RPGs in one fiscal year.
Quality will go down, and we would probably see less (as to EA and CDP alone). Hooray!
Alcoholikaust
Member
Request for "TROLOLOLOLOLO" to be added to the poll
Palette Swap
Member
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They're just the console publisher for-hire.