| Keep in mind Vivendi is a massive company. Universal and their games division may get split off and sold. I doubt, but its not impossible that Blizzard itself would get sold off from that division. It is their best revenue generator, and therefore the main reason to buy the division in the first place. if it gets split off then there will be much less reason to snag the rest of it. so they are encouraged to sell it as a package.
I don't think EA has the cash to buy the whole thing, and the ammount of debt, and the fact that most game companies do business different than EA, i.e. EA makes most of their money off a few hit games, as opposed to innundating the market with a ton of games and making a little off each, it doesn't make sense for them to pick it up. I don't think EA was happy with their Origin(ultima series) aquisition and after the piss poor, at least compared to expectations, performance of Sims online, they might be hessitant to get back into an online game with a company with a vastly different culture. But who knows what those frenchies will do with vivendi anyway. they live in a country where while 10k people died because they wouldnt open a window or take a cold shower, the president chirac was on vacation in montreal. gg.
Mano |