Street.com Columnist: EA Could "Kill the Spirit" of Take Two
Street.com Columnist: EA Could "Kill the Spirit" of Take Two
February 25, 2008
GamePolitics sought reaction to EA's run at Take Two from Priya Ganapati, who has written frequently about Take Two for TheStreet.com.
I am surprised but not shocked. This is the best time to bid for Take-Two before the release of Grand Theft Auto IV. If EA buys Take-Two it stands to make significant financial gains--which fits in with [EA CEO] John Riccitiello's recent financial goals set for the company.
But the bigger question is can EA stomach Take-Two, its baggage and the controversies that it brings with it? EA's corporate culture probably will clamp down and sanitize Take-Two, which will kill the spirit of the company. And I do think that the Rockstar folks will take off if the merger goes through - which negates the point of the deal.
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Posted 11/07/09 at 04:27pm
ZippyDSMlee: man I got alot of junk and dup files too >< god I need orginization...and no not the knee capping media mafia kind :P
ZippyDSMlee: man I got alot of junk and dup files too >< god I need orginization...and no not the knee capping media mafia kind :P
Posted 11/07/09 at 04:26pm
ZippyDSMlee: replaced :P
ZippyDSMlee: replaced :P
Posted 11/07/09 at 04:23pm
ZippyDSMlee: beemoh:hey its like 60GB porn,400GB anime 100GB games and crap I have took from all my DVDs, I hate waiting on dvds to install stuff..... oh and 40GB of my porn was in the found.000 folder...mostly corrupted.... least I got names of wut needs to be repa
ZippyDSMlee: beemoh:hey its like 60GB porn,400GB anime 100GB games and crap I have took from all my DVDs, I hate waiting on dvds to install stuff..... oh and 40GB of my porn was in the found.000 folder...mostly corrupted.... least I got names of wut needs to be repa
Posted 11/07/09 at 04:18pm
beemoh: @Zip: ...and you'd have to spend all that time re-downloading that porn?
beemoh: @Zip: ...and you'd have to spend all that time re-downloading that porn?
Posted 11/07/09 at 03:34pm
ZippyDSMlee: ggrrrrr......vista lost one of my hard drives and I had a heart attack thinking I lost 1TB of data....
ZippyDSMlee: ggrrrrr......vista lost one of my hard drives and I had a heart attack thinking I lost 1TB of data....
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:58am
JDKJ: Which could be explained by both (a) and (b).
JDKJ: Which could be explained by both (a) and (b).
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:56am
Austin_Lewis: JDKJ: You forgot C) the fact that, for some reason, every time he did something that would suggest he shouldn't be in the military, let alone an officer, higher ups ignored it or let it slide.
Austin_Lewis: JDKJ: You forgot C) the fact that, for some reason, every time he did something that would suggest he shouldn't be in the military, let alone an officer, higher ups ignored it or let it slide.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:51am
JDKJ: Part of the problem is, I believe, that (a) the Army had a lot of time and money already invested in him and which they were unwilling to simply write-off and (b) an increasing need for the type of skills and services he provided.
JDKJ: Part of the problem is, I believe, that (a) the Army had a lot of time and money already invested in him and which they were unwilling to simply write-off and (b) an increasing need for the type of skills and services he provided.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:48am
JDKJ: And that even if he was begging not to get cut loose, he was apparently a real good candidate for being cut loose, anyway.
JDKJ: And that even if he was begging not to get cut loose, he was apparently a real good candidate for being cut loose, anyway.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:11am
JDKJ: @chada: And while Kennedy once noted that there's usually more than enough blame for everyone to get a slice, the possibility that the Army was unwilling to cut loose someone who was asking to get cut loose could be a factor.
JDKJ: @chada: And while Kennedy once noted that there's usually more than enough blame for everyone to get a slice, the possibility that the Army was unwilling to cut loose someone who was asking to get cut loose could be a factor.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:07am
ZippyDSMlee: *noms on his feet*..nomnomnomnom*droooll* ...wuuutttttt uuu looking at?
ZippyDSMlee: *noms on his feet*..nomnomnomnom*droooll* ...wuuutttttt uuu looking at?
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:05am
JDKJ: I'm no psychologist, but I'm told that crazy people have a tendency to do crazy things.
JDKJ: I'm no psychologist, but I'm told that crazy people have a tendency to do crazy things.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:03am
chadachada321: Whoops, was out of the convo for awhile. I do wonder what type of ammo he used etc, but the real issue is WHY he did it, not HOW
chadachada321: Whoops, was out of the convo for awhile. I do wonder what type of ammo he used etc, but the real issue is WHY he did it, not HOW
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:56am
JDKJ: But if it turns out that they actually did, they'll have Hell to pay.
JDKJ: But if it turns out that they actually did, they'll have Hell to pay.
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:45am
JDKJ: And I'd tend to rule out the possibilty of FN Herstal supplying restricted ammunition to someone merely because they're ordering it from a military base.
JDKJ: And I'd tend to rule out the possibilty of FN Herstal supplying restricted ammunition to someone merely because they're ordering it from a military base.
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:37am
JDKJ: I know you don't leave your gated community and get around much in dark alleys, so you may be surprised to learn that there's this thing called "the black market" where, if you've got enough money, ain't too much of anything which can't be bought.
JDKJ: I know you don't leave your gated community and get around much in dark alleys, so you may be surprised to learn that there's this thing called "the black market" where, if you've got enough money, ain't too much of anything which can't be bought.
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:36am
Austin_Lewis: Or, maybe he or someone else at the base ordered the SS190 from FN Herstal.
Austin_Lewis: Or, maybe he or someone else at the base ordered the SS190 from FN Herstal.
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:32am
Austin_Lewis: the hands of private owners. They run about 300 dollars minimum for a box of 50, and boxes of AP 5.7 are extremely scarce, mainly residing in the hands of Class III stores or individuals who for one reason or another got a demo box of it.
Austin_Lewis: the hands of private owners. They run about 300 dollars minimum for a box of 50, and boxes of AP 5.7 are extremely scarce, mainly residing in the hands of Class III stores or individuals who for one reason or another got a demo box of it.
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:30am
Austin_Lewis: There are other firearms that fire the 5.7. However, I too would like to know where he got the ammo and what kind was used. Maybe Hasan, planning not to live through this, went out and bought one the boxes of SS190 that are floating around in
Austin_Lewis: There are other firearms that fire the 5.7. However, I too would like to know where he got the ammo and what kind was used. Maybe Hasan, planning not to live through this, went out and bought one the boxes of SS190 that are floating around in
Posted 11/07/09 at 08:44am
JDKJ: And it isn't yet clear what type of ammunition Hasan used. It's strange that he purchased a gun but didn't purchase ammunition for it at the same place and time. Especially because the calibre required is peculiar to the actual gun.
JDKJ: And it isn't yet clear what type of ammunition Hasan used. It's strange that he purchased a gun but didn't purchase ammunition for it at the same place and time. Especially because the calibre required is peculiar to the actual gun.
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Because monopoly is so much more fun when you use real money.
All the more reason for me to NOT care about it... XD
Kill is just to simple a word. They don't kill anything. They assimilate anything they touch into bland mediocrity. Once the original staff is fed up enough with the water constantly being added to their games, they quit or are forced out and replaced with what I think are robots programmed to release the same game over and over again each year with minimal changes.
we'd end up with watereddown gta expantion packs.
The Rockstar guys will just split off, and Ken Levine wouldn't stay for long.
I'd prefer Ubisoft over EA, and thats saying something!!
You'll get the initial GTA game - where you can get in the car and get a simple handgun. If you want to do anymore, you'll need the expansion pack..
Rinse, Repeat.
I bought the newest expansion for the Sims 2 - due to installation issues, it's sitting, uninstalled. I don't feel up to reinstalling the original game and all like 8 expansion packs again.
EA seen the last of my purchases with that, it's just too much of a hassle.
We were asked to make a video game version of monopoly and we took it way too literally.
I have to say that I'm not particularly worried about GTA being sucked dry. There have been enough installments in the franchise for me. What alarms me is that Take Two owns 2K Sports. This takeover would be the final deathblow to competition in American football games.
What a load of rubbish. Priya seems to be under the impression EA are paying $2 billion just to get hold of GTA. EA are after T2 for the sport titles. Of course they'd would like to get publishing rights to GTA but that's hardly going to be a deal breaker.
End of story.
The GTA and Bully franchises will get raped to death by numerous sequals, and Bioshock as well. Which is sad considering Bioshock works better as a single game.
At the same time, the developers at Rockstar and Irrational can go elseway and be innovative.
I doubt that 2K sports is the main focus of this deal, considering how close it is to the release of GTA IV. Sure, having a monopoly on American football would be nice, but having GTA and Bioshock would seem much more appealing to me.
Shame on you EA for killing good games, may your own souls burn like the souls you have sucked out of some good healthy projects!
Oh come on man, whats the worst that could happen? Call Of GTA: Rapture where you drive 1940s cars around an underwater city doing drivebys on splicers that respawn infinitely unless you deactivate the trigger and taking missions from random big daddys on the street to whack other big daddys that have been trying to usurp his control over his little hook... sisters? I mean imagine the fun you could have in massively multiplayer online games...
God I feel like I need a shower for just thinking about that. A shower or a punch in the head...
I don't want EA to buy Take Two either.... but i don't hate EA. heck, I LIKE EA.
I do hate GTA though.