if EA really go on a spree of trying to buy up independant developers dont be suprised to see MS, Sony, Ninentendo do something along the same lines, especially with their second party developers to try and combat it. otherwise as soon as EA buys them their titles go multiplatform and they lose their exclusivity.
i think it'd be more likely that EA signs an exclusivity deal of some sort with MS or Sony which gives them MS/Sony's share on each game (the $10 ben suggested) than they release their own console. they dont have to spend the money on r+d and its not that big of a risk. signing an exlusivity deal will significantly boost sales of either system and rather rapidly so they wont lose too much on cross platform sales. what they do lose will be made up in the short term by MS/Sony's share theyre getting which will eventually develop into significant profit.
im guessing here as obviously i dont know the exact figures involved but i bet it isnt something the bosses at EA havent thought about.
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if EA really go on a spree of trying to buy up independant developers dont be suprised to see MS, Sony, Ninentendo do something along the same lines, especially with their second party developers to try and combat it. otherwise as soon as EA buys them their titles go multiplatform and they lose their exclusivity.
i think it'd be more likely that EA signs an exclusivity deal of some sort with MS or Sony which gives them MS/Sony's share on each game (the $10 ben suggested) than they release their own console. they dont have to spend the money on r+d and its not that big of a risk. signing an exlusivity deal will significantly boost sales of either system and rather rapidly so they wont lose too much on cross platform sales. what they do lose will be made up in the short term by MS/Sony's share theyre getting which will eventually develop into significant profit.
im guessing here as obviously i dont know the exact figures involved but i bet it isnt something the bosses at EA havent thought about.