in case you guys have forgotten.
That'll be the battle of the century.
with black prostitutes shooting each other. It's called "Call of Booty: Modern Whorefare".
I'm not sure why everyone is ignoring this:
The quality of BioWare games has actually DECLINED since they went multiplatform and started making games for PS3.
BioWare's latest game Dragon Age only scores 87 at Metascores. That's not even good for BioWare, which used to score mostly in the 90s.
They're making sh!tload of money off Steam.
Just like Windows PC overtook Mac.
Because Android, like Windows PC, is a much more "free" environment for developers and users. i.e., I can't freely customize and personalize the hardware for a Mac, but I can for a PC.
why would Microsoft even comment on a rumor?!?
Microsoft will acquire a few studios from EA.
BOTH Microsoft and EA stocks jumped at the rumor, which means the takeover will benefit both companies, as far as the stock market/investors/shareholders are concerned.
And it is very possible. If Microsoft could afford to buy Yahoo, then Microsoft CAN afford to buy EA.
The biggest obstacle to this deal is Sony may file a complaint to FTC, and FTC may not allow it.
The Live subscriptions are bringing in the money.
If OnLive becomes successful, Microsoft and Xbox will be hit harder than Sony or Nintendo -- because Microsoft does not have many first-party studios and exclusive franchises.
All the third-party studios would love to away from Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo consoles. Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo will have to rely on their own internal studios and exclusive titles to attract consumers to their own consoles. Sony and Nintendo will do fine as they have very strong internal studio...
Shorter = better.
So Blizzard is still number one. Stupid article.
And the economy is still in a recession.
The reboot.
Although none of those console titles will be as big as StarCraft II and Diablo III. (i.e., South Korea is going to declare the launch date of StarCraft II as a national holiday; lol, that is how big that game will be.)
However, games by Bethesda, BioWare, and Valve are better on the PC.
Square Enix and other Japanese developers ported a few games to the PC... they were horrible.
World of WarCraft
StarCraft II
Diablo III
Those three games make Activision-Blizzard "boycott-proof."
Wow, Microsoft is cheap.
You could tell just how much PS3 fanboys really, really want Mass Effect.
Steam is crapping money for Valve.
Valve's contempt for consoles -- both Xbox 360 and PS3 -- is obvious.
Valve is doing Xbox 360 gamers a big favor by even bother to port their games to a console. The only reason Valve is working on Xbox 360 is because it's easier and faster to port PC games over to Xbox 360 than to another console.
Valve doesn't even want to bother with PS3.
then you will have to deal with SecuROM, just like the original Mass Effect PC version. Only three activations are allowed for each purchase.