The whole EA/Take-Two almost became a joke (and a waste of ink) it got so drawn out. EA would try to buy Take-Two, Take-Two would reject them, EA would come back, Take-Two would reject them again. It finally all settled with EA giving up hope and Take-Two not being bought. It got a little tiring, really. Why are we bringing it up again? Because someone else has, so don't blame us. 3D Realms' Scott Miller says EA needs to try again.
"I’m actually impressed with some of EA’s recent tries at new IP, such as Dead Space, Army of Two, and Mirror’s Edge," he told Gamesauce. "I hope that the lukewarm sales of these games do not cause them to stop trying to take big swings with new properties. EA really does need to broaden the number of game brands it can rely on—big hitters like a Call of Duty, Gears of War, GTA, and so on. What’s the real shame for them is that they were vigorously pushing for new brands during their recent heyday of soaring stock and untold riches. Like so many other market leaders, they rested on their laurels while Activision—doing its best Avis impersonation (“We’re #2, but we try harder”)—out-EA’ed EA."
He continued, "EA’s only chance, in my opinion, is to acquire Take-Two and add GTA, Max Payne, Duke Nukem, Bioshock, and Civilization to it’s lineup. In fact, they tried acquiring Take-Two already last year. They need to try again."
I think we're all upset by EA's lack of sales for their new IPs since most of them were trying to do some new things and were also good games, but the sad truth is you need money to take risks like that. I'm not sure if EA can do it though, especially with Rockstar being part of the deal. We all know how hard it is to breach the gates of Mordor.
EA Needs to Try Buying Take-Two Again, says Scott Miller [IndustryGamers]
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8:00 AM on 01.31.2010
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Anyway Mass Effect should be a huge new asset to them. Here's to hoping they don't whore it out in desperation.
To be fair EA weren't giving Take Two what they deserved but if they made an offer that is more on target then theres no reason EA wouldn't already own Take Two.
EA are not making record profits right now but then practically all developers are losing money or making very little profit. EA's franchises are valued a small fortune so debtors will be happy to buy Bonds with EA if they were in any trouble.
All in all if EA stopped being so greedy they would own Take Two but the investors were right to shove them off with such a small premium especially considering the stock of the company was about to rise too at that time period.
If EA want Take Two theyll have it.
That should be all the help they need.
EA has shown some nice gamer lover lately. I loved Mirror's Edge [despite what other say about it] and Dead Space was well received [not my kind of game]. BF BC2 should do very well and if the Medal of Honor reboot manages to be a more grounded, balanced and fun game then they may be able to steal some of the marketshare from CoD.
Plus, of course, they have Bioware which means Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and any other IP they might put out. Oh, and there's Dante's Inferno, too.
I'd say it's one of the best games due to come out anytime soon.
I have to agree with MrSwishaTwista about the BFBC2 game.. I've been playing the Beta and it's real lackluster, to say the least. I'm getting my money back ASAP.
I don't know what his problem is telling you that you have horrible tastes in games.. that's obviously way more elitist then anyone needs to be. But, whatever.
I think the vast majority of gamers would disagree with you, based on the reaction I've heard from the demo. The first game's multiplayer was excellent, and the sequel ups the ante. It may not sell in COD numbers but it damn well deserves to from what I can see.
BFBC2 the whole objective and battlefield moves, and kills mean nothing at all. You can get 200 kills and still lose the match easily.
While I think shooting in MW2 feels better, BFBC2 is a much more polished game, shooting from a window and hearing the echo of the shot is just great.
I know. It will turn into a squad-based 5-on-5 domination gameplay...... capture the..... i dont know... capture the bandana game.
Great stuff.. Whats next? Buying Bioware and Blizzard?
@Ghost125
EA also bought BioWare. See: no drop in quality, Mass Effect 2 being better in almost every way than Mass Effect 1.
I mean Star Wars fans will usually fork out for most things related to the brand,
*hides his collection of Clone Trooper Action Figures* <.<
and if EA went with a cheap subscription/micro-transaction system..im sure their subscriber base would be massive.
lol yeah, i renember when EA tryed the first attempt to buy R* ( i think, before take-two buyed it) in the gtaforums, as a joke, the adminds change the main R* tittle in the left bottom of the page for the well knowed EA logo, then the whole forum go crazy with fans asking if that would affect the dev of GTA IV ( for these times, the game wasn't even out yet) when they were imformed that it was a joke and then take-two already buyed R* games, the whole forum started to be in peace again, so EA got screw there, GTA
@RIMoonlight
might be, im not saying it will be, is just than seeing how other franchises got ruined by the mighty EA, then im just a little afraid than such a thing can happend, but as i say before, i don't thing R* is gonna let them to do such a thing
Anyway, I think EA shouldn't pursue it right now. I wouldn't mind if they tried later down the road, but as of now, they really need to focus on advertizing and improving their own IPs. Dead Space and Mirrors Edge were undeniably great games, they just didn't have the recognition they deserved. I'm sure a company like EA has the finances to push their IPs if they really wanted to.
EA has a LONG history of buying successful small game companies, taking hold of the valuable franchise and RUNNING them into the ground. Then firing the developers of those companies, that made those franchise great in the first place. And if you think that this is NOT going to happen to BIoWare.... JUST YOU WAIT.
So @Gee-Man, dig a little deeper at your gaming history. And @AdamantiumHip, stop kissing so much ass. (Maybe that's not your intention, but that's how you come off.)
It would be the greatest tragedy in the world if it happened to bioware, but as long as they remain profitable (and with mass effect and dragon age doing well, it should be for a while) I see no problem.
You seem to suggest they keep losing money for what? Because you like the developer they brought? I loved Pandemic, but if they kept messing up projects (dark knight for example) and were really badly managed like I hear, then it's a shame but not a surprise. They did mercs 2, one of my most fun games ever, but I accept the reality of it, as much as it sucks.
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