Take-Two To Be Elevated?

by Maarten Goldstein, Feb 05, 2006 7:52am PST

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By: PSYCHON x Show Full Post

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I don't really understand...how is take2 is such financial trouble? Isn't GTA a cash cow?

Feb 05, 2006 11:18am PST

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I don't really understand...how is take2 is such financial trouble? Isn't GTA a cash cow? : PSYCHON
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  GTA is as is Civ 4. But it's a poorly managed company (CEO was named worst of the year), scandals like Ho... : Sturm08
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    Plus one cash cow isn't enough to base a business on. : node
    - *cough* ipod *cough* : TheSerpentMage
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  Two liabilities: Lawsuits over GTA (including a new one a few weeks ago), and bad accounting. The latter... : royaljester
  - Wow, I looked up Take Two's stock news, and they've got *another* lawsuit just last Thursday. : royaljester

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Buying Take Two is probably not an awesome idea... it's not like they're inherently a great company, it's more like they hit a gold mine with GTA and have been riding it ever since. Anyone could clone GTA3 these days.

Feb 05, 2006 1:32pm PST

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Buying Take Two is probably not an awesome idea... it's not like they're inherently a great company, it's... : Luminair
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  It's not just the GTA IP they are after. It's companies like Firaxis and Irrational that are owned by Tak... : mikage
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    but Firaxis and Irrational are valueless, it's the GTA stuff that makes the company so overpriced, which ... : Luminair
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      Firaxis and Irrational aren't valueless. After Rockstar, Civ4 was the company's highest-selling game, an... : Chris Remo
      
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      how the hell could you call Irrational valueless? They created the System Shock series...I'd say that jus... : Skyburst101
      
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      Games aren't about creative utopian explorations of life (I'd love it if that was the case) but rather th... : Porkasaurus
      
      This is funny because you're telling this to Chris Remo : adhy
      
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      Looking Glass created the System Shock series. Irrational made the sequel. Irrational cancelled The Lo... : GreatGooglyMoogly
      
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      You didn't enjoy SWAT 4? Or Tribes Vengeance? Or Freedom Force? Dead inside much? : node
      
      SWAT4... I was going to play it but a show-stopper bug in the tutorial mission ("FUCK YOU I'M CHOOSING TH : GreatGooglyMoogly
      
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      compared to Rockstar, I mean. There isn't much upside to Firaxis, and Irrational is chump change. Rocks... : Luminair
      
      There's a difference between "not being Rockstar" and "being valueless." A franchise that sells as consi... : Chris Remo

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Isn't Take Two publishing DNF?

Feb 05, 2006 1:25pm PST

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Isn't Take Two publishing DNF? : Omaha
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- trick question... there is no DNF : NoCopy

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This seems odd, given Elevation's stated MO as a publisher-independent developer, and Take-Two's status as a publisher.

Feb 05, 2006 1:49pm PST

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This seems odd, given Elevation's stated MO as a publisher-independent developer, and Take-Two's status a... : Chris Remo
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Hopefully none of this will interfere with Irrational and their production of the long awaited Bioshock...

LONG LIVE BIOSHOCK!!!!...and Irrational too :)

Feb 05, 2006 2:49pm PST

Hopefully none of this will interfere with Irrational and their production of the long awaited Bioshock..... : Skyburst101

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Bono: Sincere philanthropist or ulterior motives?

Feb 05, 2006 11:16am PST

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Bono: Sincere philanthropist or ulterior motives? : Tawler
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- Because it has to be one or the other. : dmiller
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  How would be considered philanthropy? It's not like Elevation is giving the money away. : freshyk
  - How would this* : freshyk
- Bono: Money-hat enthusiast. : Casey Smith

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Makes me wonder what games Bono plays, if he does.

Feb 05, 2006 12:29pm PST

Makes me wonder what games Bono plays, if he does. : suicidemachine

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How soon before Bono and Angelina Jolee hook up? They're both so good at saving the world from everything bad.

Feb 05, 2006 9:27am PST

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How soon before Bono and Angelina Jolee hook up? They're both so good at saving the world from everythin... : coyoterys
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  Bonjelina. : freshyk
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    Thanks I'd love to. : Rauol Duke
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      Sloppy seconds? : Evangelion
      
      I would be happy to get anything from her. : DingoStoleMyBaby

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I wonder if this happens, would the GTA games get toned down, or not even made anymore. Bono is a pretty religious guy I think.

Feb 05, 2006 8:51am PST

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I wonder if this happens, would the GTA games get toned down, or not even made anymore. Bono is a pretty ... : bozer
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  what does this have to do with Bono? : suicidemachine
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    Bono owns elevation : verbal
    - He's a very small minority partner in it. : gnoleb
    - ahhh I see. : suicidemachine

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By: dmiller x Show Full Post

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First, it's not Bono's Elevation partners.

He is on their board, but not the sole owner by a long shot.

I'm pretty sure Bono has very little creative control over what games are made.

Feb 05, 2006 11:18am PST

First, it's not Bono's Elevation partners. He is on their board, but not the sole owner by a long shot... : dmiller

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Full text in reply, so you don't have to go to Bug Me Not yourself.

Feb 05, 2006 10:58am PST

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Full text in reply, so you don't have to go to Bug Me Not yourself. : notd665
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- BONO EYES TAKE-TWO By TIM ARRANGO PHOTO BONO Photo: Wireimage.com February 5, 2006 -- IS U2's ri... : notd665

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Consolidation of studios/ownership of studios = potentially bad for the consumer.

Feb 05, 2006 8:18am PST

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Consolidation of studios/ownership of studios = potentially bad for the consumer. : johnny skidmarks
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- my thoughts exactly, I'd like to see what they do to Bioware/Pandemic before they destroy Take Two : melkore
- I'm wondering the same thing. Bono's kind of a wishy washy philanthropistand religious nut from what I he... : Evangelion

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Bioware + Pandemic + Irrational = ! ! !

Feb 05, 2006 9:33am PST

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Bioware + Pandemic + Irrational = ! ! ! : gjspear
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- + Firaxis = !!! : freshyk

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By: o0JediBeavis0o x Show Full Post

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Wow, they're on a roll..

Feb 05, 2006 8:17am PST

Wow, they're on a roll.. : o0JediBeavis0o

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