EA + T2i?
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it'll never work. they knew it. and now they are going the underhand way to buy up shares / investors? Denying they want take two for the sports titles...
the GTA franchise has survived thus far (DMA [psygnosis], sony [post-psygnosis], take two. I doubt it would survive EA. Or is this the way of the industry?
No bones about EA, but do they really need to own everything? And when they cannot, why the underhand take over?
the GTA franchise has survived thus far (DMA [psygnosis], sony [post-psygnosis], take two. I doubt it would survive EA. Or is this the way of the industry?
No bones about EA, but do they really need to own everything? And when they cannot, why the underhand take over?
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I BIG, U LITTLE, GET IN MEH BELLEH!
Last I heard its 26 per share
Why do you doubt R* would survive? EA isn't stupid, they'll let them keep making GTA games as long as they want.
What I want to know is; why havent' I seen a new Max Payne game in forever? Why has it taken so long to make progress on the Mafia sequel?
ea's new strategy lately has been buy a good company and then support them and let them do their thing. i know here at mythic its been nothing but positive
ea's new strategy lately has been buy a good company and then support them and let them do their thing. i know here at mythic its been nothing but positive
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Yes, but they are attempting to buy a whole <u>publisher</u> in this case and not just an independent development studio as they did in Mythic's case.
Competition is <u>good</u> for capitalism; EA buying up strong publishers, thereby eliminating the competition, is a very bad thing for our industry no matter how you look at it.
At least there is one glorious upside. Our industry is one of those select few that is more stable than all others economically.
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=17874
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the GTA franchise has survived thus far (DMA [psygnosis], sony [post-psygnosis], take two. I doubt it would survive EA. Or is this the way of the industry?
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Yea, no doubt the first thing on their agenda would be to screw over one of the largest and most profitable franchises around.
Honestly, Take-Two is known for having some pretty terrible management, as far as the company itself goes, this may be a good thing. Now of course, in the bigger picture it sucks whenever a company as large as EA starts eating up major competitors. So yea, it sucks, but whatever. :P
Yea, I feel like EA has been pretty decent lately. Maybe its necessary for most dev studios to be funded by a massive conglomerate like EA in order for us to support our un-profitable bussiness.
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that wouldn't explain take twos take over, because they are hugely profitable. Rockstar is just one of the few dev houses under their wing.
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Yea, I feel like EA has been pretty decent lately. Maybe its necessary for most dev studios to be funded by a massive conglomerate like EA in order for us to support our un-profitable bussiness.
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that wouldn't explain take twos take over, because they are hugely profitable. Rockstar is just one of the few dev houses under their wing.
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Yea, certainly. The take two stuff is obviously just EA destroying competition. However, I do feel that it's amazing that publishers are able to fund dev studios as much as they do when so much money is lost. Isn't that odd? I mean, I'm pretty sure most games dont make money.