Vision Software
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Company type | Video games |
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Industry | Computer and video game software distribution |
Founded | 1990 |
Defunct | 1996 |
Fate | Acquired by Electronic Arts, Inc. |
Headquarters | Johannesburg, South Africa |
Vision Software was a computer and video game software distributor, headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa. It was founded in 1990. The company had regional offices in the cities of Durban and Cape Town, and had a high amount of growth in sales to Kenya, and to neighbors of South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana and Eswatini.
Vision Software was acquired by Electronic Arts (EA) on April 8, 1996. Vision was the leader of software sales in South Africa at the time of its purchase by EA.[1] It was acquired in order to allow direct distribution of software to the South African and neighboring regions.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Electronic Arts Acquires Vision Software PTY Ltd.; EA Moves Into Continent of Africa". .thefreelibrary.com. 8 April 1996. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
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- Companies based in Johannesburg
- Video game companies established in 1990
- Electronic Arts subsidiaries
- Software companies of South Africa
- 1990 establishments in South Africa
- Video game companies disestablished in 1996
- 1996 disestablishments in South Africa
- 1996 mergers and acquisitions
- Defunct video game companies
- South African company stubs
- Electronic Arts stubs