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1. Take Two eats up more baseball

   

   Topic by Joshua Stubbles · Jan 2005 · Home› General Discussion

   Take Two now has exclusive rights to not only the MLBPA, but also the MLBP, and MLB Advanced Media. I hope this isn't going to become standard practice, with big name publishers gobbling up every concievable license out there... Here's the full article: http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/01/30/news_6117499.html

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   Reply by Joshua Stubbles · Jan 2005 · Home› General Discussion

   Well, it's always been a business, Adam. But it's becoming more of a monopoly than anything else. More than 1/3 of the industries 3rd party developers went out of businuess last year. With big names devouring major licenses, it leaves little quick-content, for those struggling to survive.

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   Reply by PaK · Feb 2005 · Home› General Discussion

   [ QUOTE ] well, since license games mostly suck, let them have them, and let smaller companys make good original stuff [/ QUOTE ] Agreed. It's the larger companies that 'make' the liecenced titles suck in my opinion. The bootom line is every product has to have it's selling point, an unestablished IP can't ride the hype…

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   Reply by pogonip · Feb 2005 · Home› General Discussion

   I can't think of any REALLY good licensed games besides Riddick: escape from butchers bay ..but then again I don't like sports games .

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   Reply by adam · Jan 2005 · Home› General Discussion

   Yah, seems extremely silly to me for companies to be doing this. But man, money talks I guess. Its a shame that this is becoming less of an art form and more of a business. :\ Bah.

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   Reply by KeyserSoze · Feb 2005 · Home› General Discussion

   [ QUOTE ] well, since license games mostly suck, let them have them, and let smaller companys make good original stuff [/ QUOTE ] This is a moot point when it comes to sports games; an unlicensed sports game lacks appeal. Just imagine what the reaction would be if it were discovered that the next Gran Turismo game didn't…

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   Reply by KMan · Feb 2005 · Home› General Discussion

   Amen to that.

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   Reply by Mojo2k · Feb 2005 · Home› General Discussion

   well, since license games mostly suck, let them have them, and let smaller companys make good original stuff

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   Reply by Foehammer · Feb 2005 · Home› General Discussion

   wow, yeah the business is changing drastically for sure, there is still room for smaller Development Houses to create orginal games, but it seems as if the idea is good the company gets bought by one of the bigger publishers and then the cycle repeats