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EA vs Take-Two: The Showdown! |
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Written by webshark
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Thursday, 13 March 2008 |
yeah, so i have been seeing articles about this forever and i was wondering why we dont have a thread for it. so now we do 
anyways, as you all ought to know by now, EA is REALLY wanting to absorb T2 right now. after their original offer that was declined, now EA is going for the Hostile Takeover route by appealing directly to the shareholders and offering a cool $26 a share.
i was going to link to some of the pertinent articles on this, but i figure it would just be easier to link to every kotaku article tagged "Take-Two" there are a couple in there about GTA and whatnot, but the vast majority are in one way or another about EA vs. Take-Two. Take-Two - Kotaku
this whole issue also deals alot with the EA console thread, because the possibility of an EA console is getting more and more real with each major buyout.
seriously one would think that there would be some anti-trust or monopolization suits being filed soon. they were the biggest publisher a year ago, and now they have taken over Bioware, they are closing in on T2 (which is one of the biggest publishers around) and they have the power to do a hostile takeover of Ubisoft.
so what are our thoughts about this? think EA will get them and kill off whatever was good about T2 the way they have with countless other companies (RIP westwood, we will never forget)? Will they take over the gaming industry and drive it into the ground with yearly rehashes of the same game until we cannot stand to play games anymore? is this their real goal because they are they in league with Jack Thompson (im sure Leon would support this conspiracy theory)?
one thing is for sure, only time will tell, and until then its getting gamers everywhere a little nervous.
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