| mjk45 said: I was being facetious, and thinking about EA's much touted reputation over the years for being the worst Videogame company in the world until recently anyway. I would much prefer that this sort of aggressive buying stopped, but who knows there has to be a tipping point where Sony does a similar deal not in terms of outlay but in terms of numbers of IP's I expect that say that even capcom and square combined would cost considerably less. People talk about Take Two, I feel like but I could be wrong, that Take Two really dont have the large portfolio of Ip's like EA and Activision and after GTA RRD Bioshock and NBA2k it falls away with Borderlands only being published and historically their roi and profits doesn't seem that great compared to the number of games that those Ip's sell. My feeling is we may have to wait till after Spartacus is launched to get an indication into what direction Sony is heading. |
Take Two would be the best case scenario for Sony when it comes to publisher acquisitions. GTA, while not having annual releases like COD, is the largest video game IP outside of Mario, and GTA:O has been making bank for nearly a decade. Not to mention the RDR franchise which is arguably bigger than Call of Duty as well. It would swing the pendulum back in Sony's favor.
Sony would also get Bully, NBA2K, Bioshock, Sid Meier's Civilization, Borderlands, Max Payne, Manhunt, Midnight Club, among other smaller titles, to strengthen their IP catalog, which leads to a stronger Spartacus initiative, and provides a ton of multi media properties to adapt. And we can't forget about Zynga which fits Sony's push into mobile gaming.
