EA VP Says Apple Paid EA a 'Truckload of Money' to Delay Android Version of Plants vs Zombies 2

[samcraig]

Let's see... make a dumb, and quite possibly inaccurate, comment that offends MAJOR partner...

Gibeau is *so* fired.

Except he never made that statement. So no.

They have not paid for a golden handcuffs deal they have paid for the developer to delay launch on a competitors platform. What is up with you people?

I never said otherwise. And again - I stated who cares either way. It's not news or unique to any industry.

 

[ZacNicholson]

Calling a game dumb is dumb.

calling someone dumb for calling a game dumb is dumb.

 

[komocode]

Source?

my pet fish.

 

[Michaelgtrusa]

Apple Denies Paying EA to Delay Plants vs. Zombies 2 on Android [UPDATED] http://daringfireball.net/linked/2013/09/25/ea-app-store

 

[.Asa]

More like, Samsung paid EA a truckload of money to say that Apple paid them a 'truckload of money' to delay Android.

Only on macrumors could this post get 70+ up votes...
Samsung is an electronics company and has nothing to do with this.
This is a very trollish fanboy comment.

 

[komocode]

Only on macrumors could this post get 70+ up votes...
Samsung is an electronics company and has nothing to do with this.
This is a very trollish fanboy comment.

Ok.

 

[1=1?]

Oh well then I'm buying a brand new ipad now to play this game.

 

[donutbagel]

You missed an important word. Known. Plus, this is MacRumors not Rueters so take it all with a pinch of salt.

So do you know of a different case where Apple paid for exclusivity of apps that we just haven't heard of yet?

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Only on macrumors could this post get 70+ up votes...
Samsung is an electronics company and has nothing to do with this.
This is a very trollish fanboy comment.

Samsung is a rival of Apple. They want Apple to look bad. It's still a troll comment, but it's not without any reasoning. A few steps up would be accusing Samsung of killing a worker in a Foxconn factory producing iPhones but making it look like a suicide.

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Calling a game dumb is dumb.

Angry Video Game Nerd would disagree.

 

[jm001]

I heard there's a new exec position open at EA. Just opened.

 

[deepen03]

gotta love EA's response to the leaked comments.. when they have to backtrack, you know it was something that actually happened. Just another example of Apple trying to manipulate the market for their own gain! So happy I left iPhones for good and got an S4 in April.. NEVER AGAIN.

 

[charlesdayton]

These kinds of deals have existed in the Game Console industry for a long time now. BUT they are always under a NDA by both companies.

And now that both, EA and Apple have publicly denied the existence of that "truckload of money"/agreement Frank Gibeau will likely be getting a truckload of trouble.

 

[coolspot18]

This could mean big trouble for Apple.

??? Microsoft and Sony have been doing this for years with their launch exclusives.

It's not illegal, Apple just purchased the exclusive rights for X months for Y dollars.

 

[AppleRobert]

Never mind.

 

[TMay]

Except he never made that statement. So no.



I never said otherwise. And again - I stated who cares either way. It's not news or unique to any industry.

Well, you, I and quite a few other people have an interest so it is important to establish facts, isn't it?

It is quite probable the he did in fact make the statement as a joke and it was taken out of context by at least one party.

In effect, everybody is telling the truth as they see it.

http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/25/bo...hanged-to-keep-plants-vs-zombies-off-android/

 

[koruki]

And that fraction is???

There are many games/apps that you have to pay for on itunes but those same ones are free on Play

exactly as a greedy business why would you want to give it out for free on the Playstore

 

[applefan10466]

It's not. It's just interesting. However - it does start to artificially skew the perception that developers aren't interesting in Android. Which, no doubt, is part of the "master plan"

Developers themselves have stated they prefer ios, though. And I don't mean big time developers like EA. Even small no names.

http://www.inferse.com/8192/ios-still-developers-first-choice-android/

 

[chatin]

Deal only helps sales of Android.

EA has been voted worst company in America two years running. If Apple paid them any money I'm ashamed to be an Apple customer. Will have to keep up on this story,

 

[Powermichiel]

really nice move of EA to cash in the money and then tell everyone that apple bribed them...

That is why i don't think it is true at all.