EA As The Next Disney

ducomputergeek writes "There is an article over at Business2.0.com about how EA may just surpass Disney as the number #1 media company in the world. Considering that EA has turned out some great games over the years, including Wing Commander, many sports games for consoles, and the SIMS, it wouldn't surprise me."

Oh yeah, no sweat...

[sootman]

...all they have to do is create several dozen movies that are regarded as classics for generations, open a couple theme parks, buy a handful of movie and television companies... They should be done by Q2 2003.

Re:When did it stop being EOA?

[The Tyro]

"Guess you missed the phreaking/call extender train too!"

Heheheh... I didn't say I paid 400$ EVERY month...

Re:The Empire of Disney is Collapsing

[stratjakt]

Oh c'mon now!

Treasure Planet will turn things around!

Re:Wing Commander...

[gr0ngb0t]

ergh - stop drinking before posting...

Just checked my original box to make sure. The Kilrathi saga is the first one I've got that has the EA logo on it, the earlier ones are all Origin.

Re:Competition makes things good.

[boa13]

It seems to me that the quality of their stuff has been dropping horribly.

Or perhaps you have aged terribly? ;-)

yes, EA really is that big.

[herrd0kt0r]

EA has made 1.5 billion in revenue last year, and reaped 100 million wingwangs this year alone. you can read about it here [wired.com]. the scale of their sports franchise alone is staggering: with tens of millions of clams being spent for marketing their sports games this year!

you might think of EA churning out craptastic games that leave you consistently overwhelmed, but the truth is that there are lots of people out there playing their console games. i mean, people i normally don't associate with, like, you know. people who play sports. and exercise. and stuff. physical exertion. pull-ups. push-ups. i dunno. i'm outta my league here now. but you know, like, THOSE people. the meatheads.

they like EA games.

and there are lots of meatheads out there.

me? i prefer more academic pursuits. if EA came out with a game like Madden for people like me, i'd give them a lot o my coin. say, instead of Madden, they had Fiercesome Librarian 2003. or Raging Geeks League Slide Rule Competition '02 (RGL '02).

but nooooo. they did their market research and realized that these sports fans can beat people like me-- the people who program these games, up. so they make stuff to appease them.

and it's gotten them a lot of moolah!

why, i remember loading up Racing Destruction Set on my c64, and watching the big square/circle/triangle change colors. i also remember modifying my 1541 drive with JiffyDos, which was a small add-on cache for the drive. SUPER LOAD TIMES!

i'm rambling. the point i'm trying to make is that yes, EA really is that big. and they're getting bigger. the sports nuts/meatheads control the market. and their population grows! fellow slashdotter, you know how always find yourself at home, alone, on friday nights? that's cause all the HAWT chix0rz are out getting their mack on, and their clothes off, with the big burly men who buy EA Sports games.

CITIZENS OF SLASHDOT! SCREW THE RIAA! SCREW THE MPAA!
FOCUS YOUR EFFORTS ON EA!
WORK HARD! GET MUSCLES!
AND TOGETHER WE CAN SCORE TEH HAWT CHIX0RZ!

Yeah!

[RyanFenton]

If this keeps up "Mickey Mouse" might end up meaning cheap and unreliable. Wouldn't want that to happen! ;^)

Ryan Fenton

Re:When did it stop being EOA?

[seann]

Shut up, pops. Go take some Bayer for yer arthritis.

Electronic Arts?

[sladelink]

heh, I remember when saying "Electronic Arts" to a villager in Ultima would make them say "With language like that, how did you become an avatar?". I'd pay money to see Lord British saying that in Ultima Online :)