EA Take-Two takeover bid? How didn't I hear about that?

Cymro · 01-31-2009, 12:24 AM

I just accidentally stumbled on this story from last year. What the fuck? How phenomenally bad would that have turned out? Jesus.

Why can't psychos go shoot up board rooms instead of schools?

Bean · 01-31-2009, 01:31 AM

I'm not sure why EA would WANT to takeover Take 2 to begin with. Grand Theft Auto is the flagship game, and there's no way with their "family values" that EA would publish a sequel.

The only thing I can think is that they wanted to take them over merely to kill the competition.

Cymro · 01-31-2009, 02:17 AM

That's kinda why I'm horrified. Though EA did publish "The Godfather", which was at least fairly violent, but was Sesame street compared to the stuff Take-Two publishes. Could you imagine just how bad Rockstar's (and that's who we're really talking about) franchises would be with EA's influence? I have my issues with Rockstar - particularly their PC ports, and even more particularly GTA IV, but underneath the bugs and the lack of optimization the game itself is...just...phenomenal. EA would just gut them, take the franchise, take the money away, sell two more games based on name recognition alone before people realised the franchise wasn't what it was and then it would die a disgusting death as a shadow of it's former self.

iamspenagain · 01-31-2009, 04:22 AM

That would be horrible. 2K Sports games are much better than their EA counterparts. And what would EA do to the Elder Scrolls series? No, this would have been horrible.

Bean · 01-31-2009, 08:32 AM

Cymro, I really don't think EA would release another GTA title. I think they would have buried the whole franchise. The Godfather, while a decent enough game, was nothing compared to GTA which it was obviously styled after.

I think they would have bought the company, continued production on whatever GTA game Rockstar is working on (and let's face it, you know that GTA5 is already in the pipes) and then they would have caved to public outrage at the potential release of another GTA game. They would have gutted the studio, kept the name brand just to slap it on some future GTA close (The Godfather?) and we'd never get another GTA game again. This has been EA's style over the last decade. If there's another company that releases a kick ass game, they buy that company. Not necesarily to gain that particular product, often enough they buy the company just to bury the game.

I have to agree with your assessment of GTA4. I've played about 10 minutes of it on the 360, couldn't get it to run on my PC despite a video upgrade, and running at the lowest possible settings. But still, it's a phenomenal game. Hopefully now that I have a PS3 I'll have a few extra bucks to go out and buy it in a week.

I don't fault Rockstar for this either. They had a choice, make the game easier to run, or make it difficult to run, but give themselves the chance to go all out creatively, I think they made the right choice.

Closet Racist · 01-31-2009, 08:52 AM

We'll never get to see this??:

01-31-2009, 12:24 AM	#1 (permalink)
Cymro Religious Fanatic Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Shitsville, CF63 Posts: 4,912	EA Take-Two takeover bid? How didn't I hear about that? I just accidentally stumbled on this story from last year. What the fuck? How phenomenally bad would that have turned out? Jesus. Why can't psychos go shoot up board rooms instead of schools? __________________ "Let me tell you something about humans, nephew: They're a wonderful, friendly people - as long as their bellies are full and their holosuites are working. "But take away their creature comforts, deprive them of food, sleep, sonic showers, put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period of time and those friendly, intelligent, wonderful people...will become as nasty and as violent as the most blood-thirsty klingon."

01-31-2009, 01:31 AM	#2 (permalink)
Bean The Awesome One Join Date: Jan 1970 Location: Canada eh! Posts: 5,036	Re: EA Take-Two takeover bid? How didn't I hear about that? I'm not sure why EA would WANT to takeover Take 2 to begin with. Grand Theft Auto is the flagship game, and there's no way with their "family values" that EA would publish a sequel. The only thing I can think is that they wanted to take them over merely to kill the competition. __________________ "I haven't faced death. I've cheated death. I've tricked my way out of death and patted myself on the back for my ingenuity. I know nothing." --James T. Kirk

01-31-2009, 02:17 AM	#3 (permalink)
Cymro Religious Fanatic Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Shitsville, CF63 Posts: 4,912 View Edit History:	Re: EA Take-Two takeover bid? How didn't I hear about that? That's kinda why I'm horrified. Though EA did publish "The Godfather", which was at least fairly violent, but was Sesame street compared to the stuff Take-Two publishes. Could you imagine just how bad Rockstar's (and that's who we're really talking about) franchises would be with EA's influence? I have my issues with Rockstar - particularly their PC ports, and even more particularly GTA IV, but underneath the bugs and the lack of optimization the game itself is...just...phenomenal. EA would just gut them, take the franchise, take the money away, sell two more games based on name recognition alone before people realised the franchise wasn't what it was and then it would die a disgusting death as a shadow of it's former self. __________________ "Let me tell you something about humans, nephew: They're a wonderful, friendly people - as long as their bellies are full and their holosuites are working. "But take away their creature comforts, deprive them of food, sleep, sonic showers, put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period of time and those friendly, intelligent, wonderful people...will become as nasty and as violent as the most blood-thirsty klingon."

01-31-2009, 04:22 AM	#4 (permalink)
iamspenagain Cymro's Bitch Join Date: Jan 1970 Location: The Nast 'Nati, Ohio Posts: 494	Re: EA Take-Two takeover bid? How didn't I hear about that? That would be horrible. 2K Sports games are much better than their EA counterparts. And what would EA do to the Elder Scrolls series? No, this would have been horrible. __________________ If I could, I would marry a Magnum bar.

01-31-2009, 08:32 AM	#5 (permalink)
Bean The Awesome One Join Date: Jan 1970 Location: Canada eh! Posts: 5,036	Re: EA Take-Two takeover bid? How didn't I hear about that? Cymro, I really don't think EA would release another GTA title. I think they would have buried the whole franchise. The Godfather, while a decent enough game, was nothing compared to GTA which it was obviously styled after. I think they would have bought the company, continued production on whatever GTA game Rockstar is working on (and let's face it, you know that GTA5 is already in the pipes) and then they would have caved to public outrage at the potential release of another GTA game. They would have gutted the studio, kept the name brand just to slap it on some future GTA close (The Godfather?) and we'd never get another GTA game again. This has been EA's style over the last decade. If there's another company that releases a kick ass game, they buy that company. Not necesarily to gain that particular product, often enough they buy the company just to bury the game. I have to agree with your assessment of GTA4. I've played about 10 minutes of it on the 360, couldn't get it to run on my PC despite a video upgrade, and running at the lowest possible settings. But still, it's a phenomenal game. Hopefully now that I have a PS3 I'll have a few extra bucks to go out and buy it in a week. I don't fault Rockstar for this either. They had a choice, make the game easier to run, or make it difficult to run, but give themselves the chance to go all out creatively, I think they made the right choice. __________________ "I haven't faced death. I've cheated death. I've tricked my way out of death and patted myself on the back for my ingenuity. I know nothing." --James T. Kirk

01-31-2009, 08:52 AM	#6 (permalink)
Closet Racist Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: With a side of fava beans and a nice chianti... Posts: 1,202	Re: EA Take-Two takeover bid? How didn't I hear about that? We'll never get to see this??: __________________ Last edited by Closet Racist; 10-27-2010 at 09:34 PM.

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