| bRoKeN said: they better not buy take 2 and ea |
Just so you all know, systematically buying 3rd party publishers doesn't send a good message. Imagine the following:
EA Rep #1: "Due to the high sales of Grand Theft Auto IV on the 360, as well as the incredible sales of the downloadable content for it, Microsoft has purchased Take 2."
EA Rep #2: "Holy hell! We better not develop for the 360 anymore and give them any ideas!"
Believe it or not, 3rd party developers and publishers don't like being bought out. Nintendo probably could have bought dozens of companies already, but they didn't because they wanted to improve their relations with them. Microsoft may have bought a lot of developers when they entered the market with the Xbox, but thats only because they were going up against stiff competition and they knew it was the only way for them to survive.
I doubt Microsoft is going to buy a major company, and if they do, shame on them.
