The videogame industry surpassed the film industry quite a while back, so the valuation doesn't seem off to me.
EA bought in hard with the DEI stuff in recent years and it has really hurt them. Bad. Ubisoft is another one I expect to go up on the chopping block before too long.
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Several recent AAA games have exceeded $1 billion in production cost. Grand Theft Auto VI is expected to cost about $2 billion. The mobile version on Monopoly is around $1 billion. Video games ain’t no joke.
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Originally posted by Orguss: Several recent AAA games have exceeded $1 billion in production cost. Grand Theft Auto VI is expected to cost about $2 billion. The mobile version on Monopoly is around $1 billion. Video games ain’t no joke.
Yeah, I used to think movies made $$$ until I saw the #'s from companies like EA's main video games. They make more on the first day than most movies earn in their lifetime.
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Thanks to EA and other AAA studios iterating worse and worse games, I haven't played a video game in years. So, thanks EA. I won't weep for you.This message has been edited. Last edited by: Vgex,
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The programmer for EA/Ozark, Daniel Paul Bunten, who wrote Seven Cities of Gold had gender altering surgery in November, 1992. Also the name was changed to Danielle Bunten Berry. Wiki states that he later regretted the surgery.
I was surprised by this. When my family owned a C64 forty years ago I enjoyed Seven Cities.
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Originally posted by mr kablammo: The programmer for EA/Ozark, Daniel Paul Bunten, who wrote Seven Cities of Gold had gender altering surgery in November, 1992. Also the name was changed to Danielle Bunten Berry. Wiki states that he later regretted the surgery.
I was surprised by this. When my family owned a C64 forty years ago I enjoyed Seven Cities.
Another game Bunten wrote that I still play via DosBox is "Global Conquest" from 1992.
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