Take-Two Remains in Discussions With Other Parties

[koshi]

Quote: Originally Posted by bkfount

well if it does, it would just mean more consolidation for Activision/Blizzard, Ubisoft, and EA. The little guys would get eaten up, while the big guys carve off the fat from their portfolios.

The big guys would feel it too though. A worst case scenario would take no prisoners, and the thing is a worst case scenario isn't that far off.

The current state of the industry has made it tough on publishers, which in turn has hurt the quality of product. A drop in the quality of product, along with general economic conditions, brings down the very thing which has made the industry so strong in the first place...

And that is: consumer demand and consumer interest.

If consumer demand and consumer interest start to falter, then the whole thing REALLY starts to tumble... And that's when landscapes start to change.

I'm guessing a total collapse is pretty unlikely, because I think consumer demand still has enough power behind it to keep things going for a while.

That being said, console makers need to be more careful next time around. They need to be one step ahead of this potential disaster and make their platforms easier to develop for so as to lessen the squeeze on publishers, and at the same time make them consumer friendly as well... Meaning that they are affordable, don't break after six months, and don't rely on a gimmick controller.

[JWZZR]

Quote: Originally Posted by algeron04

Of course Take Two's stock is plunging, they cant make a NFL Football game was their Top Seller, and now they stopped making College Basketball. All of Take Two's sports games sold more then any of the EA games. I hope someone else buys out Take Two instead of EA, that would just bring Take Two down to EA's level, instead of bringing EA's level up. I agree that Microsoft or Activision would make nice sports games to chanllege EA. NO EA TAKEOVER

Why post if your uninformed?

[mercalnd]

Quote: Originally Posted by algeron04

All of Take Two's sports games sold more then any of the EA games.

The only 2K titles to ever outsell EA titles have been been recent NBA 2Ks on next gen, and not by much. There was also NFL 2K5 on XBOX that outsold Madden 2005 on XBOX but the PS2 sales of Madden alone were more than double the total sales of NFL 2K5 for XBOX and PS2 combined. You're just spouting nonsense.

In case you didn' know, 2K's NBA series is the only one to ever turn a profit in the 2K Sports line.

[GTheorenHobbes]

Quote: Originally Posted by GTheorenHobbes

Boy, EA's stock continues to drop like a rock...I see today they're down to $36 and some change. If this rate continues, maybe it will be TT who's the one that's buying EA! :-)

Wow...EA's stock is now down to $32 and some change. No wonder they backed off from buying TT...their own stock price has gone in the dumper lately.

[bkfount]

Quote: Originally Posted by GTheorenHobbes

Wow...EA's stock is now down to $32 and some change. No wonder they backed off from buying TT...their own stock price has gone in the dumper lately.

besides the fact that TT is down to $13 or even Activision/Blizzard is at $11, I guess you haven't noticed that stocks are down all over the place right now..

[GTheorenHobbes]

Quote: Originally Posted by bkfount

besides the fact that TT is down to $13 or even Activision/Blizzard is at $11, I guess you haven't noticed that stocks are down all over the place right now..

Yeah, I've noticed...I just think it's interesting that EA's now trading at about the same level TT was a little while ago ($27 and some change, as of today).