Re: [Xbox] Re: Take-Two rejects EA acquisition proposal

Eh, one would hope it's NOT inevitable?? It's spell the end of a whole
lot of stuff and too large of a monopoly, meaning we all get the short
end of the stick.

On 2KSports - it's obvious. Bye-bye. EA Sports would kill off all of
the titles because they're dupes. 2K couldn't score any real licenses
to use real players so that end of things is worthless. EA's after the
GTA franchise and a few other useful parts, they strip down the rest
and dump it in the garbage.

It's a crappy offer, EA's trying to snag it before GTA hits the streets
so they can make out on the deal. Each of us should take any
opportunity we have to help kill the deal, protesting it wherever we
can find sites to do so.

On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 10:45 AM, Ðreddheaddedpoe†(R) <afroloq@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> If this does go thru...which almost seems an inevitability...what happens to
> the sports franchises????
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> --- In Xbox@yahoogroups.com, "Nelson Pacheco" <nelson@...> wrote:
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> > http://feeds.joystiq.com/~r/weblogsinc/joystiq/~3/240539075/
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> > Filed under: Business
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> > Apparently, it didn't take them very long to consider Electronic Arts'
> somewhat hostile
> buyout proposal -- Take-Two's Board of Directors just responded to the offer
> with a press
> release of their own, stating that EA CEO John Riccitiello's proposal was
> "inadequate in
> multiple respects and not in the best interests of Take-Two's stockholders."
> >
> > While EA's proposal listed Grand Theft Auto IV as a primary reason for the
> merger, as
> Riccitiello claimed EA could lend their help during the game's quickly
> approaching release,
> Strauss Zelnick, Take-Two's executive chairman, listed GTAIV as the primary
> reason why
> they wouldn't want to merge at this point in time, fully expecting to
> increase their overall
> value when the game hits store shelves come April 29.
> >
> > Zelnick's laundry list of reasons why the buyout wouldn't benefit his
> company can be
> found on the press release. For now, let us rejoice in the postponement of
> the seemingly
> inevitable future where one superconglomerated gaming publisher/developer
> controls all
> game releases on the planet. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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> > RSS Desc: Joystiq
> > RSS Link: http://www.joystiq.com
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