EA will buy Codemasters,will this affects future NFS?

[GK3512]

https://news.sky.com/story/games-giant-electronic-arts-gatecrashes-725m-codemasters-takeover-1216058...

In this Sky News report,EA is buying Codemasters just before Rockstar finished the deal.The exact price may be revealed tomorrow.If this is true,will Codemasters replace the still hiring Fake Criterion as new NFS developer?

[GK3512]

https://codemasters.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/2/home?c=codemasters
Also since this September Codemasters is hiring lots of positions.If this is for new project after EA's purchase,maybe CM will also be a NFS developer in the end.

[ZeroMcDol]

It will be another gaming company added to the long list of gaming companies that EA has destroyed.  It's only a matter of time.

[BLVD69]

@ZeroMcDol  

Yes, I fully agree with you.

It's just more of the same garbage we have already been getting for many years now!

EA never seems to learn its lesson from its base of consumers who complain about EA's short-sighted business approach in this franchise.

Have a great day. 

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[GK3512]

@BLVD69 Yes CM may be also wasted in the end,but the question is how many games will they put out before being wasted and how long will it survive.Since CM hired ex-Evolution(ex-Bizarre) team before being purchased by EA,will they forced to make NFS and put out some kind of continuation to Shift or PGR in the end?(It's like when Criterion was forced to work on NFS it still has Burnout style in it)

[Wireworm5]

IMO the game F1 alone is worth the 1.2 Billion dollars to EA. Formula One IMO is a Universal type game that potentially could appeal and be acceptable to a wide range of ages, countries. With Cross-play, new HDTV tech such as The Wall TV, pin point audio being developed, the game may become a Worldwide Electronic Gaming Sport.

[GK3512]

@Wireworm5 IMO this buyout is bad for CM,EA is well-known for it's Buy Rush Kill cycle.If CM being forced to make new games in a rush(Just like Criterion was forced to put out MW2 project in less than 18 months) EA will certainly blame the team for poor sales of the rushed game.In the end CM will also be shut down after few failures.EA killed Blackbox/Distinctive(Core people already left in 2013)/Westwood/Origin(not the store but the dev) and lots of others.Normal situation if CM is killed after few games.

[Sockskeepyouwarm]

Not sure if you are aware there is already a F1 ESports.

[Wireworm5]

No I wasn't aware (I'm am old fart) F1 esports is already up and running. Did a search and guess what Software they are using?

So EA probably sees the potential of F1 by Codemasters.

[GK3512]

@Wireworm5 CM currently has F1/CMR(Dirt)/Project Cars(SMS)/Onrush(Bizarre/Evolution)/Motorstorm(Bizarre/Evolution) so EA has lots to choose from.Either continue the series or shut them down.