[bf1942] BF2 delayed until Q2 this year?

[Dave Snodgrass]

Not so much a coincidence - This was an investor earnings conference 
call with shareholders, they were announcing a major aquisition., and 
this is the most important product of that major aquisition.

Now that they have further control of the game (Not that they didnt 
before - being the distributors) - They will rearrange the delivery time 
to even out the books over the year - Offset the aquisition costs with 
the additional revenue generated on a near quarter with a major product.

Get over the consipiracy theories, etc - EA is just a company out to 
most money for their shareholders. As a shareholder, i appreciate it :)

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=ERTS&t=5d

This is their 5 day stock outlook - 25th was the day of the conference 
call. See the stock jump?  :)


./d


Einar S. Idsø wrote:

>On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 10:23:01 -0600
>"Michael Ressen" <netadmin at michiganburbs.com> wrote:
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>>So true, Dave.. So true.   Then again, maybe the delay is to take
>>place after the aquisition of DICE.   I know they've been trying to
>>buy them for some time.. Don't know if it's going anywhere though, but
>>they do have an awful lot of money to throw around.
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>Incidentally, EA's purchase of DICE happened the day before the
>announcement of the delay of BF2. Coincidence? I think not ;)
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>http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050125/246091_1.html
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>BTW: I tried to send a message to this list yesterday regarding the
>purchase, but it didn't make it. I wonder why...?
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>Cheers,	
>Einar (aka Kybber)
>Battlefield.no - Norway's largest Battlefield community
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