Wall Street Journal To Disney: “Buy EA”.
Electronic Arts (EA), the biggest video game distributor who makes games like Madden football and the upcoming Dante’s Inferno (as discussed here before), has not had the best financial year–well, nobody really has had a good year, financially. I’m sure Disney has taken a hit or two, but perhaps it’s still in the black due to inventing and owning a quarter of the world’s intellectual properties (perhaps a conservative figure).
Anyway, Wall Street is advising Disney that buying up EA would be both a good financial move and a win-win situation for both parties. While this isn’t a sign of the apocalypse (that chihuahua movie sure was close), it’s a pretty big prospect. The kotaku page linked above shows the concern of gamers that if Disney made the deal, they might significantly tone down the violent (i.e. fun) content of some titles. But really, who knows how Disney would handle the games that aren’t directly developed by them? I think combining such talent from these two companies could produce some fantastic games. But, what would it mean for the Inferno game in which I’m interested? More-assured financial backing, I suppose … as long as they don’t make the movie a musical.
