[mgoblue]

Quote: Originally Posted by Slizeezyc

Uhhhhh, you acquire something to use their properties, not MDK them. EA wouldn't kill GTA, that wouldn't make sense...Same goes for BioShock. The sports games, who knows. PS Rockstar will be a free agent soon after GTA IV releases, so regardless of a merger or not I still believe they would be able to take their ball and go home if they so please. I'm fairly certain you are correct. Standard Oil was a monopoly, this is not. You have to stop people from making sports games, EA is not forcing people to stop making sports games. Essentially you can buy most anything but you can't make it so others can't make a sports game...Now EA might get the handle on authentic sports games, but others can still make them. At least that is how I perceive it to be. Yea I think it is important to remember that this buyout was proposed and rejected by the leader of the board of directors at TT. This is John Riccitiello putting pressure on Strauss Zelnick now by allowing the rest of the board and shareholders to see this. If he's strong in his resolve and clear with why he didn't accept then TT will continue to live on another day. And plus even after we don't know what would happen with the sports games.

Thank you for being a voice of reason, Chase....

sure, it would suck to lose TT and 2k games...obviously. Yet it isn't a monopoly at all. This is just EA giving info to TT shareholders about a deal that was rejected. If it really isn't worth it, the shareholders will agree with the board's decision. If it's too good to pass up, then EA will probably buy them.

Just drives me f'n nuts when people whine and whine about monopolies when they have no f'n clue what they're talking about. Just because you don't like something doesn't make it illegal.