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[Screenbetween]

Let's pretend I'm a very wealthy businessman/woman :happy: who is financially backing an upcoming independent game studio. Investers and this studio are extremely interested in owning (and producing) the exclusive rights to the Mass Effect IP, in particular, the multiplayer assets.  Given rumors of it's demise, we think it's the right time to submit an offer..

How much would it take for EA to release their death grip? Everybody has a price, no?

Curious..

Modifié par Screenbetween, 26 mai 2013 - 09:38 .

[ToYz_R_RusH]

... Working as intended.

[Ziegrif]

 ALL YO YENS YIP YIP YAP!!

[Screenbetween]

Star Wars was just bought & sold. Mass Effect could be as well, for less most likely..

[stysiaq]

I think that Zeigrif approximation is correct. I'd definitely sell the franchise for ALL YO YENS YIP YIP YAP, nothing less.

[Nitrocuban]

Human blood and little kitties. At full moon.

Modifié par Nitrocuban, 26 mai 2013 - 09:54 .

[Tokenusername]

Catch 22. Anyone with enough money to buy ME's IP from EA, EA would buy out first.

[stysiaq]

Tokenusername wrote...

Catch 22. Anyone with enough money to buy ME's IP from EA, EA would buy out first.

That ain't quite right Catch-22.

The original was about one's sanity and flying bombers. Anyone who is willingly flying a bomber into battle, is insane, and insane men should not be allowed to fly. But if a man tells the doctor that he won't be flying bombers, because he is insane, this proves his sanity, and therefore he must fly the bombers.


So, the ME IP buyout alternative would be sth like... suppose there's a price on ME IP (ALL YO YENS YIPYIPYAP) and there's a buyer. ME IP can't be sold to an insane person. But anyone who offers ALL HIS YENS YIPYIPYAP must be insane. However, only a sane person is able to gather ALL HIS YENS YIPYIPYAP.

[Jelena Jankovic]

And the forums go off the rails at last...

[rspanther]

Jelena Jankovic wrote...

And the forums go off the rails at last...

I think its been off the rails for some time now.

[k1ngl1ves]

Is it insanity... or indoctrination...?

[SvM madman]

Neofelis Nebulosa wrote...

What are rails?

www.thefreedictionary.com/rail

[Kinom001]

Screenbetween wrote...

Given rumors of it's demise...

I think you're mistaking "ending support" with sheliving the IP. If they're working on the next release it's demise isn't at hand and active IP carries a much heftier price tag than forgotten IP.

[Credit2team]

theoretically its possible, but we would be talking dozens if not hudreds of millions dollars for the mass effect franchise

[Minkfish]

Did someone mention entrails?

Oh, "rails".

Riiiiiight. My bad.

[TODD 5184]

Not for sale. Not yet anyway.

[Ultimate Pheer]

You assume that anyone with enough money to buy mass effect would want to buy it after what EA did to it.

Also, even if EA offered to buy anyone who could buy it, I know some people who would not be willing to be sold... Valve could probably pull it off, and the world would be a better place.

[Violent_Lucidity]

EA... really didn't do anything to Mass Effect, did they?  Aside from publishing and bankrolling it, I mean. Far as I can tell, it was Bioware who made all of the creative decisions.

Modifié par Violent_Lucidity, 26 mai 2013 - 09:24 .

[Tokenusername]

stysiaq wrote...

Tokenusername wrote...

Catch 22. Anyone with enough money to buy ME's IP from EA, EA would buy out first.

That ain't quite right Catch-22.

The original was about one's sanity and flying bombers. Anyone who is willingly flying a bomber into battle, is insane, and insane men should not be allowed to fly. But if a man tells the doctor that he won't be flying bombers, because he is insane, this proves his sanity, and therefore he must fly the bombers.


So, the ME IP buyout alternative would be sth like... suppose there's a price on ME IP (ALL YO YENS YIPYIPYAP) and there's a buyer. ME IP can't be sold to an insane person. But anyone who offers ALL HIS YENS YIPYIPYAP must be insane. However, only a sane person is able to gather ALL HIS YENS YIPYIPYAP.

It's a paradox. A Catch 22 is a situation where it is impossible to win.

[Ziegrif]

Tokenusername wrote...
It's a paradox. A Catch 22 is a situation where it is impossible to win.

Like marriage and elections.

[Mihomiti]

Violent_Lucidity wrote...

EA... really didn't do anything to Mass Effect, did they?  Aside from publishing and bankrolling it, I mean. Far as I can tell, it was Bioware who made all of the creative decisions.

That's the story. I'm more inclined than most to believe it, but I can tell you that most people don't. They see EA as the scum of the Earth. They're somehow worse than military contractors who kill innocent civilians, or banks that take away peoples' homes. They would swallow up our very world and fart it into the sun if they could.

Or they're just the whipping boy. They're the scapegoat that everyone blames, taking heat off of Bioware for them. Their job is to provide funding, and to take the blame so the developers they run can look like innocent angels who only do wrong because big daddy EA made them do it. It's not wittle Bioware's fault! It's not DICE's fault! No no, it could never be the people in charge of making the game...

[AlexMBrennan]

How much would it take for EA to release their death grip? Everybody has a price, no?

It would be stupid to name a price because this way they can haggle no matter what you offer.

A... really didn't do anything to Mass Effect, did they? Aside from publishing and bankrolling it, I mean. Far as I can tell, it was Bioware who made all of the creative decisions.

Pretty sure EA has a lot of influence on the release schedule - and they did need a few high-profile Origin-only releases to promote Origin at launch. If you think that ME3's quality was adversely affected by being rushed then blaming EA would not be totally inappropriate.

They're somehow worse than military contractors who kill innocent civilians, or banks that take away peoples' homes.

Are you referring to EA being named Worst Company again? Because there is an obvious explanation - how many people worldwide have made bad experiences with e.g. Bank of America? Global companies are going to get more negative votes than US-only ones.

Modifié par AlexMBrennan, 26 mai 2013 - 10:25 .

[SectiplaveB4]

Screenbetween wrote...
 the exclusive rights to the Mass Effect IP, in particular, the multiplayer assets.  Given rumors of it's demise

You're indoctrinated bro.

Simply considering ME3 MP packs were in the top 10 items purchased on Xbox Live, means the Mass Effect franchise actually has a fairly lucrative multi player asset, it also ensures ME3 MP servers will likely run for a long time and that ME4 will almost certainly have MP.

Good luck bank rolling that purchase