I'm not a big fan of EA but I try to distance my feelings about the support they put into their PC games (mostly crappy, but somewhat improved) from their behavior as a company. I am worried when EA buys up companies because I am afraid of the EA Sequel Whore mentality. All this aside though, my main opposition to EA acquiring Take2 is sports competition. EA Sports is EA's cash crop. Quite simply, they want it all, and they want it now. With the NFL license securely locked up by EA, they want to be the only major supplier of MLB, NBA, and NHL games also. Since those leagues aren't going exclusive, they are going the other route and trying to buy the 2nd major producer of those licensed games. Basically, they are saying to the leagues "you won't go exclusive with us? Fine. We'll make it so we are the only game company you can deal with." This is bad or game quality overall and bad for consumers. This is exactly the sort of thing that Anti-Trust laws were meant to prevent. The FTC is looking at this potential merger and I hope they do the right thing and block it.
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