Monday, May 26, 2014

Breaking : Comcast And Electronic Arts Partnering To Battle Consoles.

 Maybe one of the most important developments in gaming history is getting ready to take place. Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA) and Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) might be partnering to stream games via T.V using a service which would effectively bypass major gaming consoles. If this would happen (and it looks like it will) EA games would be available to Comcast subscribers. Gamers who use Comcast's service to play games will be able to use their tablets as controllers.
 This deal has come about after wide talk about the inevitable decline of the home gaming console and this deal confronts that possibility head on. Moves are being made in high places in anticipation of video game console decline and this partnership will start the giant wheels turning. The bottom line here is that EA is ahead of its competition by diversifying beyond revenue from console gaming. This deal represents a brilliant key move for both EA and Comcast.
 Cable is getting ready to die off so that the next generation of home entertainment can take over. The future of home entertainment can only be very similar to what EA and Comcast are doing with this partnership and others will surly follow. We all know by now that Xbox1 has chosen to take the T.V entertainment path with features that include watching T.V while playing video games and much, much more. Just maybe Microsoft had seen all this coming and created their next gen console based on a set-top-box concept for a very good reason. I don't know about you but I'm going to go take a look at how much EA stocks are going for because I just might pick up a few.

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