La Cosa Nostra costs EA $800 mil

EA did not take a hit in in of itself, its stockholders took a hit...that means investment banks, hedge funds, individual holders, some of the top execs, etc. Now EA will have to create more shares for any needed future financings Via stock, as the value is not as high...the article is simplistically misleading.

Shareholders own EA, therefore EA took a hit we can be talking about Shareholders. Most employees also own EA stock (not just execs) because of 401K plans, etc. . .


Thats not the point though. . the point is that Coppola is right. This game will, most likely, be total crap. Wired has an interesting article this month, and it hits right at home here. Movies and Games are different and when people try to make games that feel like movies, you get bored players. . .

Ok first off let me say - this thing of their's will have been played more times than an FBI wire tap. - That is a nice line... this is what i'm talking about, I don't know who wrote this but this is the kind of writing I want to see.

All I would add to this is the stock ticker (ERTS) for those of us who like to buy stocks, and may see this as an opportunity to buy.

However before you rush out and call your broker... keep in mind game stocks are not always a good thing... Acclaim comes to mind - bought that sucka at $2 dollars a share then the latest turok came out, worst game in history (well almost) and the stock and the company went under.

So on that note, the problems with turok where huge but the problem with Godfather and games like it (movie games) is, the movie companies only see the money so when it's time to make the game it usually sucks.

And when they do take the time to make a good game based off the movie they forget it's surpose to be a game. (you know fun to play, they seem to forget that fact)

EA makes some great games so I hope they have found a way to make this a good movie version that remembers it's a game. Only time will tell.

No that IS the point, this article makes it sound like EA is 800 million dollars poorer now, which is not true, their cash reserves are not affected by stock price....

To say that The Godfather game is the single reason that EA's stock is down almost $800M total is really stupid. How about EA spending like $400M to the ESPN and NFL exclusivity rights. Or maybe that their latest batch of sports games have been ass. Or the under supply of Xbox 360s at launch (if you don't have the console, why would you buy the game). Not to mention almost every game publisher's stock went down over the last fiscal year.

But no, it's all The Godfather's fault.... *rolls eyes*