End of days for Crytek?

[Zandog]

EA executive hints of possible acquisition of Crytek on TG Daily (http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/08/25/ea_may_acxquire_crytek/) is a story speculating about EA's interest in the German developer, saying: "According to article published in 'Die Welt,' EA's executive vice president and general manager of international publishing Gerhard Florin described Crytek as a 'very, very interesting candidate' for an acquisition." Of course I consider Angelina Jolie a very, very interesting candidate for a mistress, but that doesn't mean MrsBlue or Brad Pitt need to start lining up private investigators, so we shall see what comes of this.

[Koen]

I would read it if I had acces to it, heh..

[Zandog]

Dunno, posted in the thread though.

This would be a very bad decision by Crytek and the start of a down hill spiral for this franchise. EA's reputation for picking up top development houses and driving the projects they possess is well documented. The pressures by EA as a publisher have put the franchises as the Battlefield series and Medal Of Honor series in a state of disarray with pressure from EA to complete series projects and a huge lack of game support to it's communities.

In my opinion EA looks as this as a another quick money making opportunity, with no interest on how the game really turns out or the future support of it.

FarCry fans should be alil nervous and should express thier concerns to Crytek.

[ReaperOfsouls]

As long as the game comes out good I do not care who owns what.

[Noobownage11]

if EA aquires crytek I will not buy the game. period.

[ReaperOfsouls]

Well I think they already have seeins how there logos are all over the latest trailers.

[Noobownage11]

no ea is just producing it doesn't own the company.

[Repent]

EA is just a distributor anyways, they don't "code" or "make" games, they are basically like a record company, they find a good title they think they can make money on, and then they "fund" it, and distribute it.

Everyone always blames EA for patches and stuff, they don't do that, they finalize everything, if you want to "hate" someone for "bugs" ot "glitches" or even patch releases, you'll have to hate the creators, like for instance BF2, hate DiCE for anything that you don't like about BF2, cause they "made" it.

;)

[Noobownage11]

well ea bought Dice and when they did that they RUSHED them to ship out a half coded game. I DON'T want want crytek to follow in its footsteps.

[ReaperOfsouls]

I will agree with ownage on that, EA did rush out BF2.

And as far as the buggy patches, there are two DICE studios. One in Sweeden and one in Canida.

Guess who makes all the patches?

[AT39]

I will agree with ownage on that, EA did rush out BF2.

And as far as the buggy patches, there are two DICE studios. One in Sweeden and one in Canida.

Guess who makes all the patches?

What you trying to say, eh? :p

[Zyxthior]

EA does still have some 'in-house coding', most likely the remenants of Westwood studios they acquired a little while back.

Yes, DICE is responsible for the coding...EA is responsible for the Timetable and schedule. The fact that Crysis is nearing completion, and an acquisition by EA would take time, I see no reason NOT to buy this game just because of an impending merger--of even if EA bought Crysis today. I'll wait, play the demo, read some independent reviews, and then make my decision.

[Repent]

EA is the "Wal-Mart®" of the gaming industry.

They distribute, and market half broken stuff from other countries.

;)

[Alm()nd J()y]

EA is the "Wal-Mart®" of the gaming industry.

They distribute, and market half broken stuff from other countries.

;)

EA, like Wal-Mart, employ the mentally challenged and retarded.

[Zyxthior]

And the mentally challenged and retarded keep EA in business by buying their games....

Their strategy is working....their stock price continues to go up....and more and more people buy their software...

[Kadath]

As far as I know it was demented, but that says nothing, I really hope they don't eat crytek, cause it's a german company.

[PuertoRecon]

EA shouldn't intervene with Crytek in any manner. Their current issues with their titles, plus the ones to come in other titles will just drive people away from Crysis.

[ReaperOfsouls]

I do not think we have to worry, they are not going to ruin a block buster hit.

[DarQraven]

And the mentally challenged and retarded keep EA in business by buying their games....

Their strategy is working....their stock price continues to go up....and more and more people buy their software...

Of course, since EA keeps buying more companies all the time. You'd have a hard time finding 4 big-budget titles that aren't published by EA. ;)
I don't know about this news...it seems a bit fishy, since EA does have a reputation for screwing people. You can argue if they really do that all the time, but the reputation must have come from somewhere, huh?
Look at BF2. Rushed, and some 8 patches later they still cannot fix some problems as simple as showing player names in the right color.

Finalizing code while there are still bugs is gaming suicide. It's really hard to fix existing problems with patches, because you cannot just alter the entire game code structure again. It would probably break more than it would fix.

My advice to EA is: Do something about your PR department. They are screwing up BADLY. Almost no community support, a total lack of info about upcoming patches (you know, we're not going to sue you if you tell us some stuff ok?).
Secondly, STOP RUSHING. Doesn't work in the music industry, doesn't work in the movie industry, doesn't work here. How hard is it? Meeting a holiday season release deadline is not nearly as effective sales-wise as releasing a GOOD game is. You are underestimating the influence of internet reviews.

Aight . that's it for now:p ENough ranting;)

[Kadath]

I dunno, but some think, when something seems to be easy to fix, why they don't do it, so it would say, it isn't sooo easy like everybody is saying and when it is really easy, why is nobody else fixing, of course EA has to do it, so we support them by abuse them, that's the way it is and it is really stupid.


Topic: I've just seen blade runner(can't count it anymore) and there where these coke ads, flashing over the city and it made the hole town more realistic, why should it be different in bf21?

[DarQraven]

I'm not saying that fixing the red tag bug is simple NOW, but it would have been simple before the game was released. NOW, it's embedded in pretty much all the game code, and come on ... being able to identify an enemy is a pretty damn basic game aspect.

[Kadath]

Indeed it is, but I'M proud I never had the bug my hole game plying time. ;)

[Steakslim]

Hopefully they'll have more bugs fixed before I get BF2 (and 2142). Though I'm quite used to bugs (been a long time CS player, and it's no secret on the bugs present in that game, even after all these years), so often they don't bother me too much unless they absolutely disrupt the gameplay, ala wrong name tag color as mentioned above. I'd be getting massive tk's if I had that problem cause I'll often sit it out as a sniper (like in previous BF games) and often I have to rely on tag color only, and at some distances, you don't even get a name tag, you have to guess which dot it is corresponding with your radar and hope that the in the group of 4 people, the one silhouette that isn't one of the 3 blue dots/arrows is the one you are about to shoot.

[ReaperOfsouls]

I got CSS a 5 months ago and I have not had any bug problems.

They just messed up big time with the BF2 patches the game was not that buggy at first but the more times they tried to fix it the worse it got.

[dalton270]

I think that this deal fell through as I have not heard anything about this deal sinse and EA exec's deny this statement...

[Zandog]

I think that this deal fell through as I have not heard anything about this deal sinse and EA exec's deny this statement...

Well I think they already have seeins how there logos are all over the latest trailers.

Agreed. EA has made no official announcement, but I have see their logo on Crysis trailers as well. Makes me wonder how things are coming along in the deal.

[Repent]

GameSpot article (http://www.gamespot.com/news/6156629.html) - Aug 06 (EA says no)


[UPDATE] After this story went live, an EA rep contacted GameSpot to clarify the company's stance on the subject. "Gerhard Florin's comments were misinterpreted," the rep said. "EA is not in negotiation for the acquisition of Crytek."


:)

[Kadath]

It seems, we got two threads about it?

[Repent]

well, these forums are a bit slow ya know...

:)

[ReaperOfsouls]

Indeed.

Good news though.

[PuertoRecon]

well, these forums are a bit slow ya know...

:)

Im sure we will all have a very active/fun forum once the game is just around the corner.

That is good news for many, nice find.

[Repent]

Im sure we will all have a very active/fun forum once the game is just around the corner.

That is good news for many, nice find.

When this game is released, MyIS will have to beef up the server that TotalCrysis is hosted on...this game is going to rock people, I can't wait.

:)

[PuertoRecon]

I dont get what you mean. Beef up the server? Haven't you seen their BF2 forum? About 200 or more people are online there all the time and the site is still smooth to me.

[Kadath]

He's only talking about the tc site.