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- From: raist@rmece02.upr.clu.edu (Ricardo Hernandez)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
- Subject: Re: EA is gone too
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.050556.27165@rmece49.upr.clu.edu>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 05:05:56 GMT
- References: <jconklin.2bai@terapin.com> <1992Nov22.071810.15489@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> <1eod3gINNn0n@mozz.unh.edu>
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- In article <1eod3gINNn0n@mozz.unh.edu>, ggg@kepler.unh.edu (Gregory G Greene) writes:
- |> '> I, personally and professionally, do NOT believe this. BUT, I will call EA to
- |> '> confirm this rumor, or expunge it. If EA drops the Amiga, we may very well be
- |> '> in trouble folks. Sierra is one thing... but *** EA ***!!!
- |> '>
- |> '>Is Electronic Arts US different from Electronic Arts UK? Amiga is probably the
- |> '>biggest selling and most widely supported micro in England. About 1.5 million
- |> '>machines and one of the biggest selling magazines over there is an Amiga Mag.
- |> '>
- |> '>As long as some division of EA is producing amiga software, I'll be happy.
- |>
- |> EA in the US is a mega corporation. It seems like every other week
- |> they acquire another company to add to the list ( just got Origin ). If
- |> they drop Amiga support, that would be an awfully large chunk of game
- |> support that would disappear for Amigans.
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- I think this is getting pretty wild. In the latest AmiWorld,
- they talk about upcoming new games even from EA. BTW, Ultima VII is
- supposed to be planned for the Amiga.
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- |>
- |> Greg Greene
- |> ggg@kepler.unh.edu
- |>
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