Hmm...
Activision-Blizzard:
Call of Duty, Doom, Quake, World of Warcraft, Tony Hawk, Spiderman, Guitar Hero, Diablo, Starcraft,
vs...
EA-Take Two
GTA, Bioshock, Madden, Carnival Games, MLB/NBA/NHL games, The Sims, Spore, Rockband, Need for Speed
You can always tell when Nintendo reaching a peak, lots of third parties have to consolidate and go bankrupt to adjust to the new industry direction.
It seems like just a little while ago that...
Acclaim, Activision, Bandai, Bioware, Blizzard, Enix, Pandemic, Namco, Sammy, Sega, Square, Take Two, Ubisoft were all essentially controlled by different people. But in the last 5 years or so...
Sega and Sammy consolidated
Bandai is partially owned by Namco
Square and Enix merged
Activision and Vivendi Games (Blizzard) merged
Bio Ware and Pandemic have been bought out by EA (and Microsoft previously)
EA likely will buy Take Two
EA own something like 30% of Ubisoft
Acclaim went bankrupt
The biggest 3rd parties to seem unaffected (either buying or getting bought) are
Konami, Capcom, THQ, Koei, Majesco, and a few others, but even they participate to a degree.
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