[RUMOR] EA To Be Bought By Nexon?

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According to Bloomberg News there appears to be a possibility that Nexon, the free-to-play publisher known for MapleStory, may be in talks to acquire the U.S. publisher Electronic Arts. Nexon had previously announced plans for buying smartphone and mobile gaming developers.

This rumor has caused a significant jump in EA’s stocks today, which closed at around $16 a share, marking the largest increase since November 30, 2011. Meanwhile Nexon’s stock decreased by 2.3 percent at the close of trading yesterday.

So what will this mean in the long run? Well, if EA does get bought out by a bigger company, chances are it could make a return from being considered “The Worst Company in America” by The Consumerist. Then again, maybe not. As of right now this is all rumor and speculation and neither company has made any comments as to what is fact or fiction.

We will keep you updated as new developments arise.

How do you think this will affect future EA games if they get bought by a predominantly F2P company?

Posted: Apr 26, 2012 10:40 pm

Source: http://aggregame.com/news/2012/04/26/rumor-ea-to-be-bought-by-nexon/

Comments

xDesasterx707Posted: Fri. May 04, 2012

TCT_Productions 10 years ago: EA was pure.

5 years ago: They still were pure and yet enjoyed the income.

3 years ago: At least they don't have online passes.

Preset: Dude they little thieves have got has greedy as Activision. Don't get EA confused w/ dice. DICE is NOT greedy.

Good to see someone understands. EA and Activision have gotten greedy as ****. Activision with it's ridiculous prices on DLC and EA with their pain in the ass "Online Pass".

-CurtisPosted: Thu. May 03, 2012

I Think EA Should just be kept the same , they are an amazing company and bring amazing games to the world , it will be sad to let them go ,by being bought by NeXon

FazezzPosted: Mon. Apr 30, 2012

This doesnt make any sense at all? Isn't EA worth almost 4 times as much as Nexon?

alphakilla27Posted: Mon. Apr 30, 2012

lmao

MightyMitchPosted: Mon. Apr 30, 2012

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Johnny_3_Tears EA needs to be soldout they are the worse company they ruined everything.

EA is boss, Battlefield 3 is an amazing game, and all sports games.

They don't make those games, they publish them.

But they do time constrain them so games come out extremely buggy and unfinished.

Is Activision any different?

No they're not.

FIFA 12 will get a patch to fix a massive issue i.e being able to control the other team online after 4 months of complaining because EA don't want to pay for patches, MW3 online hacks were patched in 2 weeks, I am not saying MW3 is better than FIFA or anything. I am saying Activision > EA nuff nuff

You're silly. Charging for cinematics in games. West/Zampella lawsuit. Destroying entire Guitar Hero franchise. Neither is free of error.

TCT_ProductionsPosted: Sun. Apr 29, 2012

10 years ago: EA was pure.

5 years ago: They still were pure and yet enjoyed the income.

3 years ago: At least they don't have online passes.

Preset: Dude they little thieves have got has greedy as Activision. Don't get EA confused w/ dice. DICE is NOT greedy.

ChristianLackeyPosted: Sat. Apr 28, 2012

Dwyane_Wade They couldn't even afford to buy EA. This equivalent to an 9 year old buying Microsoft.

You obviously didn't read the article very well.

NinjaNoFearPosted: Sat. Apr 28, 2012

Nexon's market cap is around $8 billion, and their CEO owns over 50% of the stock. Float is around $1.5 billion. If they did a stock-for-stock deal for EA at $20 very unlikely that this would be the price.

My takeaway is that this deal cannot happen.

hazmatt420Posted: Sat. Apr 28, 2012

Nexon is bigger than EA? Weird. Hopefully Nexon buys them out, then fires everyone on staff and replaces them with their own Nexon staff. Maybe then we will see less "Online Passes" and other bullshit associated with EA Games.

I personally boycott almost every EA Game. I suggest you do the same. EA are Money Mongers. Whorders. (yes I spelled that incorrectly on purpose). They are greedy little midgets and dwarfs whose primary purpose in life is to deprive you of your hard earned rapidly inflating u.s. currency.