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Fragmatic
2005-03-24, 04:22 AM
I'm sure you'll all be devastated, JUST DEVASTATED to hear that the EA stocks fell $8.33 a share or a little over 12%, following EA's warning of lower than expected profits for its fiscal year 2005. "These results are clearly disappointing," said Larry Probst, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "While our new releases are performing reasonably well, they have not been able to offset a significant falloff in catalog sales."

Just devastated...


Woo!

But wait, there's MORE


The warning drove shares of Electronic Arts down $11.20, nearly 17 percent, to $55.15.


Full article here - http://www.marketwatch.com/news/yhoo/story.asp?source=blq/yhoo&siteid=yhoo&dist=yhoo&guid=%7B49256A09%2DA15F%2D47B1%2D9A66%2D21AB13CCC7 8C%7D

Good news for gamers :D

Oh, and Bono bought Eidos.

jsloan31
2005-03-24, 04:26 AM
Just as long as BF2 is out first, I'm happy :p

Fragmatic
2005-03-24, 04:39 AM
Just as long as BF2 is out first, I'm happy :p

Likewise.

QuakCow
2005-03-24, 05:24 AM
EA Must Burn In Hell For All Of Eternity For Shutting Down E&b

ok, i think im done

ChewyLSB
2005-03-24, 06:06 AM
No! I must see SimCity 5!

I MUST SEE IT!

Mag-Mower
2005-03-24, 07:41 AM
omg happy! PARTY TIME!!!!!

EarlyDawn
2005-03-24, 12:22 PM
EA shutting down isn't necessarily a good thing. They have the potential to drag down a huge chunk of the industry if they go under.

Baneblade
2005-03-24, 12:27 PM
As far as Im concerned that chunk of the industry can find jobs at a grocery store.

Strygun
2005-03-24, 01:26 PM
That'd be EA is slowly dying.

*end grammar police*

Giovanni
2005-03-24, 01:28 PM
I really sincerily doubt that EA will truly "go under"... in other words, now would be a good time to buy shares and make a good profit out of it next year. I think it's common sense to assume they didn't pull a profit due to the huge purchases they did in the recent months.

Biohazzard56
2005-03-24, 04:42 PM
EA Must Burn In Hell For All Of Eternity For Shutting Down E&b

ok, i think im done


Indeed.

Fragmatic
2005-03-24, 04:46 PM
That'd be EA is slowly dying.

*end grammar police*

It's a them, not an it, so you are wrong.

ChewyLSB
2005-03-24, 07:04 PM
It's a them, not an it, so you are wrong.

No, a company is a collective singular. Like a band. You don't say "The band is going to start playing soon" because "band" is singular. Even though a "band" is made up of more than one person.

A company operates in the same way.

Fragmatic
2005-03-24, 09:27 PM
No, a company is a collective singular. Like a band. You don't say "The band is going to start playing soon" because "band" is singular. Even though a "band" is made up of more than one person.

A company operates in the same way.

meh, whatever.

screw english.

Giovanni
2005-03-24, 09:45 PM
meh, whatever.

screw english.

BUT YOU'RE ENGLISH!!!

Strygun
2005-03-25, 12:25 AM
BUT YOU'RE ENGLISH!!!
:rofl:

Infernus
2005-03-25, 02:39 AM
EA Must Burn In Hell For All Of Eternity For Shutting Down E&b

ok, i think im done


I agree...

But alas, Orion and EarthCorp live on in my heart.

Corrosion
2005-03-25, 05:04 AM
http://chart.finance.yahoo.com/c/3m/e/erts.gif

Giovanni
2005-03-25, 11:41 AM
Like I said Corrosion... it's only a matter of time before they make back the money they lost. Fact is they purchased way too many licenses and companies this year but with that comes exclusivity for some titles like the NFL games and much much more. EA is not going out of business, I repeat EA is not going out of business. This sort of thing has happened before and it will happen again, a 17% drop in shares will not kill them outright if they play their cards correctly wich I'm sure EA will do.

Hell, Battlefield 2 is coming so... :brow:

Kyonye
2005-03-25, 02:00 PM
Like I said Corrosion... it's only a matter of time before they make back the money they lost. Fact is they purchased way too many licenses and companies this year but with that comes exclusivity for some titles like the NFL games and much much more. EA is not going out of business, I repeat EA is not going out of business. This sort of thing has happened before and it will happen again, a 17% drop in shares will not kill them outright if they play their cards correctly wich I'm sure EA will do.

Hell, Battlefield 2 is coming so... :brow:


He is right...Just because a business just went down that much, doesn't mean they are going out of business. QuikSilver just went down 11% in value from when I bought them. Doesn't mean they are going out of business, they bought a company and the transaction has made them lose some value, but they will go up soon.

Hamma
2005-03-26, 01:11 PM
ahh EA... its because they keep buying up more and more companies.. cant make up a profit buying 300 companies that you just close.

BUGGER
2005-03-26, 11:20 PM
That'd be EA is slowly dying.

*end grammar police*
Thank you for that, can you tell me what rule that follows in grammar? (i've been learning this for the past month in english, sheesh...)


And I personally got no problem with EA, actually maybe a good third of my games are EA opposed to any others. EA wants to monopolize, fine by me. Madden's better than blitz anyways.

ChewyLSB
2005-03-26, 11:37 PM
Thank you for that, can you tell me what rule that follows in grammar? (i've been learning this for the past month in english, sheesh...)


And I personally got no problem with EA, actually maybe a good third of my games are EA opposed to any others. EA wants to monopolize, fine by me. Madden's better than blitz anyways.

It's subject-verb agreement. "EA", although it a collective group of people, is considered a singular noun. A "collective group". "Are", however, is a plural verb. This is why you have to use "EA is" as opposed to "EA are", since "is" is singular and therefore fits.

Fragmatic
2005-03-27, 07:20 PM
http://img222.exs.cx/img222/241/uf0073344my.gif (http://www.imageshack.us)

BUGGER
2005-03-28, 01:23 PM
It's subject-verb agreement. "EA", although it a collective group of people, is considered a singular noun. A "collective group". "Are", however, is a plural verb. This is why you have to use "EA is" as opposed to "EA are", since "is" is singular and therefore fits.

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