According to a Bloomberg report, senior officials Disney is pushing his boss Bob Iger to turn the company into a gaming giant. Instead of licensing their biggest brands such as star Wars or Marvel Should Disney make their own games? Buying one of the world’s leading publishers would likely help him. Electronic art. Iger has still not decided on the direction of the company.
Disney has historically had a good relationship with EA. Until recently, the parties maintained a ten-year exclusive partnership to publish games under the Star Wars license. Although Disney has changed its practices and licenses it to other publishers (Sony, Ubisoft), EA is still involved in creating, for example, the Star Wars Jedi series. EA teams are also working on Iron Man and Black Panther games.
Electronic Arts is then considered a possible long-term acquisition target. Amazon or Apple should have been interested, they were the closest to acquiring NBCUniversal.
Source :Indian TV
