Sony Gets Electronic Arts on Its Online Gaming Team
Video game software giant Electronic Arts (ERTS Quote) is planning to support the Sony (SNE Quote) PlayStation's fledgling online games initiatives this year, the company said.
EA, the leading independent gamemaker, plans to build online functionalities into its upcoming football game, Madden NFL 2003, for the Sony PlayStation 2, but will not do so in the version the company builds for Microsoft's(MSFT Quote) Xbox, or Nintendo's competing Game Cube.
Shares in the Redwood City, California software company rose 1.87%, or $1.12, to $61.46 in afternoon trading. Electronic Arts' support is an early sign of confidence in No. 1 video game console company Sony, which has shipped more than 30 million units of the system worldwide. Owning more than a 20% market share in games published for consoles worldwide, Electronic Arts has in the past had enormous impact on the success and failure of any given platform. ...
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