According to a new report from outlet Bloomberg, Disney CEO Bob Iger has been pressed in recent times about acquiring a "gaming giant" such as EA, in an attempt to "transform" Disney's games business.
It doesn't sound like any sort of approach towards EA has been made, or even a concrete internal plan committed to by Disney higher-ups, but such a move has reportedly been discussed at the entertainment giant.
This isn't the first time we've heard rumours of EA being acquired in some fashion — they were probably even on Microsoft's hitlist at some stage — but at this time the company has managed to remain on its own two feet.
Disney certainly isn't a stranger to an acquisition or two, but for the moment, the CEO seems wary of picking up another huge gaming company. According to the report, Iger has been "noncommittal" to the idea - even if others within Disney think it's something worth pursuing.
Anyway, the full (paywalled) report is available online, although it seems to be a more general look at Disney and its future in entertainment. For now, that future doesn't include EA, but that could all change if this report is accurate and certain Disney execs get their way.
How would you feel about Disney buying EA? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.
[source bloomberg.com]
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@Exerion76 What's bad about Disney other than they just buy everyone out to take their IPs instead of creating their own then milk said IP over and over and over?
Other than that what else?
@Exerion76 I think the only thing much worse than Disney or EA is Disney + EA. (shudders) We would almost never see an original IP again.
Could be another blow to Sony as if Disney buys EA they'll want Spiderman & Wolverine back ASAP.
I'd prefer they didn't.
Eh...this is one I don't see happening.
I get they want EA for the sport franchises, as Disney lacks in that area.
However probably better for Disney to go after Embracer/Tencent - not the full companies - but some of it, especially as both are looking to downsize
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Giant company buying another giant company ? Sounds about right
The article is a fascinating read, but it's pretty apparent from its context that an EA acquisition isn't very serious and was just suggested as a possibility from another exec. This also comes on the heels of months and months of rumors that Disney will sell to Apple, so it's more about Disney's uncertain future than anything else.
Still, it wouldn't shock me if they try and get more into gaming in some capacity.
Why EA specifically? Was there a reason mentioned anywhere?
@AccessibleDaydream it’s an interesting fit as Disney has ESPN and EA has sports games. Also EA has experience making Star Wars games and Disney may want to get into Marvel games in a big way….
There was that article from a while ago about Disney or Marvel wanting to put more emphasis on superhero games, to push them further. Maybe thats the intent behind the EA acquisition. Or they could be unrelated.
Oh man. This is bad. They can't make good movies to save the company so they want to make bad games instead lol?
@Exerion76 Sony owns the movie rights to Spiderman. Marvel owns the gaming rights & Sony had to negotiate exclusive rights when they purchased Insomniac just like Microsoft did with Indiana Jones when they purchased Bethesda.
@Exerion76 Sony only owns the movie rights to spiderman. Sony and Disney/marvel agreed to a gaming deal on one of their superheroes and it was Insomiac specifically that chose Spiderman.
It would certainly make sense for Disney to purchase a major publisher if they want to have more control of their IP in gaming.
EA is already proven to be very profitable so they really don't need to worry about them failing the way they would if they built their own studios/publisher from scratch. The key would be to inject their IP into EAs plans without removing what is already working for EA.
Disney ruins everything it touches. Once passionate Star Wars fans are indifferent to anything related to the IP now. Longtime comic fans aren't interested in the agenda led drivel Marvel is excreting. Indiana Jones was turned into a bumbling buffoon. The live action remakes are losing money at the box office as iconic heroes and heroines are rendered nigh unrecognizable. If I were EA, I would resist this with all possible force. Enough people revile them as it is. They don't need the Disney "magic" making it worse.
@StonyKL Well... You mean other than those IPs they aquire, they churn out rubbish with then. Woke rubbish at that.
@Exerion76 INCREDIBLY incorrect and sooooo tired of reading this sooooo often and sooooo tired of this misconception.
DISNEY own Spider-Man because they OWN Marvel. Sony ONLY own the movie rights and I believe the video game rights. That's it. Nothing more.
Disney own Spider-Man.
@StonyKL because they are playing the race game. They did a black Little Mermaid just for the sake of it. They changed the words to one of the songs because some felt it had a sexual assault tone or was "rapey" Now they are taking it further with a brown Snow White. How does that even work. Snow White's skin was as white as snow hence the name.
Disney owns ABC which has The View. A lot of there shows have become racist and sexist and it's almost celebrated. I use to watch the Good Doctor and Station 19 but then stopped. The Good Doctor had a female character that had barely made it out of her residency tell a male doctor of over 40 years he was mansplaining. They even had him apologize for it. They have had black characters make racist remarks to characters that look white. My mother and aunt look whiter than me and they are 50/50 with Native American. My aunt grew up on a reservation in poverty because my grandfather doesn't have higher than a third grade education. That's because both white and black people didn't want him in their schools. Seventy years later his daughter has to deal with this white privilege nonsense. It's just disgusting.
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