EA walks away from Take-Two

everyone wants a piece of gta

EA is straight garbage. I am reluctant as hell to buy anything from them and im also aware of their whole online deal of taking away games people pay for after a year. EA is strictly about money. Not games. Im not fond of GTA but im glad take two, took a piss on EAs offer. Take Two pushes the bounds of censorship and thats what i love about them.

Go away EA, you can't buy integrity. Buy or build?... BUILD you imbecile's at EA.

funny i was so against EA's bid at first. Looking back, it's still bad that EA tried to buy out Take-two the way they did. but EA looks better now than Activision, who dropped several great looking properties in favor of cheap cash-ins like ice age.

I could care less if they were bought out, GTA can die and the only real good games from it were Duke Nukem

NICE

i say just make sure there will be a steady flow of triple A titles in the future, like gtaIV

holy crap...i dont understand at all!!!!LOL

Great!!!

magusat999 said "but the bad news is that Take Two's shareholders, who only care about making more and more profit every quarter - at any cost (the nature of any shareholder) are probably ticked off and will retailiate against the company." Damn straight, they should retaliate. Take Two has been spending like drunken sailors for years and haven't slowed down. How many times do they have to take themselves to the brink of bankruptcy? And the last time they spoke up and turfed the board they were rewarded with a new board that quickly gave themselves all raises, huge bonuses to the company that hired them for the job and continued to spend. Then they spurned a more than generous offer from a company that could actually save them from themselves. I imagine if EA had succeeded that board would have quickly found their meal tickets revoked. Better to continue to drive the company into the ground and get rich off it while it lasts. "What ever happened to just making great games and gaining capital by simply doing that?" Indeed. Did you ever stop to wonder how Take Two can be behind so many hit games and still be so far in debt, still be a step away from bankruptcy, all the time? Open your eyes.

rojo2500190 said "1. EA does nothing except make sports games....which they should stick to cause they cant make any other type if their lives depended on it." They're primarily a publisher, for one thing. Secondly - Um Spore, Crisis, C&C, Battlefield...just to name a few recent, excellent titles that EA was behind. "2. sure take-two is a small company..but they are one of the top dogs in the business." There's nothing small about take-two. In fact, Take-Two might as well be called Take-Over. They've gobbled up 7 independent studios within the last couple of years, and they've certainly had their share of duds. Some of you guys should really take a second to get informed. I love how Take Two is being somehow portrayed as some kind of underdog in this whole mess. Lunacy.

thank god...for small miracles. 1. EA does nothing except make sports games....which they should stick to cause they cant make any other type if their lives depended on it. 2. sure take-two is a small company..but they are one of the top dogs in the business. sure they may no flood the market with crap...but when they do publish a game you can be damn sure it's one worth spending money on...

On the one hand, this strikes a blow against the monopolization within the gaming industry which is never a bad thing. On the other hand, if I were an owner of TT's stock, I'd be royally peeved right now.

It's good news on one hand - but the bad news is that Take Two's shareholders, who only care about making more and more profit every quarter - at any cost (the nature of any shareholder) are probably ticked off and will retailiate against the company. That's the number one reason companies get swallowed up by larger organizations - greedy shareholders who are looking for a quick buck. They could care less what effect it has on the industry as a whole; they just want to get paid more and more no matter what the cost. So keep watching as news comes out about the aftermath of this decision (stock prices going down, board reshuffles, etc.). What ever happened to just making great games and gaining capital by simply doing that?

oh yea, there is a god!!

Awesome news, now maybe EA will start worrying more about their awful games.

That's good news. It doesn't bode well if all the smaller companies get acquires by the big ones. We need companies like Take Two to show that they can stand their own and it's not the brand name but the game that matters

Electronics arts is well suited for Take-Two ad not Ubisoft and Activision

Whoa VolcanicDemon! You need to check your history if you think EA never releases good games. Back in the 8-bit days, seeing the Electronic Arts logo pretty much meant "buy on sight." Archon and M.U.L.E. would be a couple of examples.

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Take 2 better never merge with Activision or especially Ubisoft. That would doom them just as bad as merging with EA, imo.

Personally, I've never had a problem with lag on either XBL or the PSN. PC, now that's another storey altogether.

At Autolycus: So, your saying that its MS's servers that suck... Well thats even worse, cuz I know they wont do anything to help the lagg! Thats why almost every game has been lagging... I thought it was the publishers fault :(

At Autolycus: So, your saying that its MS's servers that suck... Well thats even worse, cuz I know they wont do anything to help the lagg! Thats why almost every game has been lagging... I thought it was the publishers fault :(

" Alucard_Prime Posted Sep 15, 2008 3:42 pm PT EA please take a few peanuts off the top of that failed 2 billion$ offer and improve server performance for your current(keyword current!) games such as BF:BC(sunday lag anyone?)." ---- Dont have to worry about that on XBOX live because MS hosts all the servers and controls all the standars for the online service. best of luck though.

It's about time they gave up, I was beginning to think TT wouldn't be TT anymore had the hostile takeover actually fallen through. Love live TT and Rockstar!

Lately all of the gaming companies have been trying to eat all the other ones and turn them into a giant(er) corporation that releases nothing but crap games made specifically on what charts say generates the most profits. Ubisoft is another big one, but they generally release slightly better games than EA...generally...not always.

Thank u Take-Two u did the rite thing!

About time they left them alone! What? They never heard about "No means, NO"?..

"blackace Good, now Microsoft can merge with Take-Two and grab GTA IV and 2K Sports titles exclusively for the 360. lol!! At least Take-Two wouldn't have to worry about funds, that for sure. Does the sad M$ fanboy want some attention? Anyways, I think Take-Two and Capcom should team up" Hey, at least MS Game Studios have decent quality control, unlike EA! Lol.

"blackace Good, now Microsoft can merge with Take-Two and grab GTA IV and 2K Sports titles exclusively for the 360. lol!! At least Take-Two wouldn't have to worry about funds, that for sure. Does the sad M$ fanboy want some attention? Anyways, I think Take-Two and Capcom should team up" Hey, at least MS Game Studios have decent quality control, unlike EA! Lol.

EA would have definately ruined GTA.....but it seems that Rockstar seem to be doing a good job of that themselves. GTA4 was about OK but it was nothing amazing. All 5 games before it were more fun and rewarding.

Next up: A deal from Sega Corporation to obtian struggling publisher for overseas development. EA is really having serious problems. This bid is more then likely to shoot EA in the back and put them in red. Except them to go bankrupt next year.

It's about time this is over.

Looks like your in some trouble ea :P

EA please take a few peanuts off the top of that failed 2 billion$ offer and improve server performance for your current(keyword current!) games such as BF:BC(sunday lag anyone?).

Take Two made the right choice.

oh supa badman(ha), the bank is about to control it, take will be begging for EA b/c EA > BANKRUPT

Does the sad M$ fanboy want some attention? Anyways, I think Take-Two and Capcom should team up ************************************* Dude, sad about what? I own all 3 next-gen game consoles. I don't have a thing to be sad about. LOL!!

thats one develper you wont control EA.

Good that EA lost this another blow to that crappy company

blackace Good, now Microsoft can merge with Take-Two and grab GTA IV and 2K Sports titles exclusively for the 360. lol!! At least Take-Two wouldn't have to worry about funds, that for sure. Does the sad M$ fanboy want some attention? Anyways, I think Take-Two and Capcom should team up

Smart on Take-Two's part.

In your dreams, blackace. Take Two rejected EA because they don't want to be tied down or absorbed. MS games studios is faling apart, so there's no way they're going to just go out and buy a the third biggest publisher in North America.

Nerd_Alert_78 said "Canadian Stock Broker? Oh, it all makes sence now...do you even need your series 7 for that?" It's different up here. To be licensed to trade you need your Canadian Securities Course and Conduct and Practices course. These are the equivalent to your Series 7. Then you're licensed. It's actually good enough to trade in the US as well, as I had been US liscensed for a number of years in the states that allowed it. There aren't any restrictions on which markets I can trade on, just which countries residents I could trade for. All the other professional designations are just me adding to my education and expertise to further assist my clients.

Good, now Microsoft can merge with Take-Two and grab GTA IV and 2K Sports titles exclusively for the 360. lol!! At least Take-Two wouldn't have to worry about funds, that for sure.

@ Nerd_Alert_78. Also, as a financial planner and accountant, shouldn't you be helping people with their mortgages and mutual fund purchases? Usually the Financial Analysts are support staff for IA's like myself.

@darkride66 Canadian Stock Broker? Oh, it all makes sence now...do you even need your series 7 for that?

@ Nerd_Alert_78. You'd think then that your reading comprehension would be a little better, because I clearly did not state that anyone had a Buy on TTWO (I simply mentioned targets) nor did I misquote EA's offer as you claimed. I also never once used the phrase "price target valuation". Seriously, Mr. Financial Analyst with Morgan Stanely, I'm not saying you're wrong, everything you pointed out can be easily verified by anyone familiar with the use of "Google" What I took issue with was you misquoting pretty much everything I had said. If you carefully exam my previous posts you will see that I was 100% bang on. Personally, I'm a Canadian Stock Broker, CFP, FMA (Financial Management Advisor designation), FCSI (Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute) and have been a licensed rep for 8 years (6 years as a licensed Options trader and counting) for 2 of Canada's largest brokerage houses and financial institutions (who I will not name as it's against company policy on internet postings). Prior to that, I was a karaoke host. :P

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