Midway Are 50 Days Away From Bankruptcy

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d21lewis on 05 December 2008

^^^I hope so. I hate when old companies fade away.

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EA might buy them. They seem quite similar.

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d21lewis on 05 December 2008

Yeah, EA is a more logical choice. It wouldn't even offend me like some of EA's other purchases. And then, we'd still get the multi-plats!

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d21lewis on 05 December 2008

50 days......enough time for Midway to release their company saving epic (a'la Square and Final Fantasy)? Nope. But one can dream!

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Mistershine on 05 December 2008

Maybe they could release Wheelman: Chapter 1.

If MS did buy them, would they pull all Midway PS3/Wii games from the shelves?

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disolitude on 05 December 2008

Darc Requiem said:

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another publsiher eaten up by HD gaming. Not like they didnt try... Stranglehold was a bold effort and that totally tanked for some reason.

They should have been making arcade like titles instead.

Yeah Stranglehold was actually fun. Unfortunately it was released against heavy competition. A lot of publishers are going to falter because they've put just about all their eggs in the low margin HD basket. The higher development costs and the smaller userbase leaves little margin for error. I wonder who will get all of Midway's IPs. Given the surpising quality of MK vs DC, someone will probably snatch up Boon and Co. do create a sequel.

Yeah, I don't think Boon and Co. will need to wait for new work offers. They have usually delivered very good games...

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Dallinor on 05 December 2008

Mistershine said:
Maybe they could release Wheelman: Chapter 1.

If MS did buy them, would they pull all Midway PS3/Wii games from the shelves?

What would be the point? that would only serve to lower their profits off those titles.

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Zlejedi on 05 December 2008

d21lewis said:
Yeah, EA is a more logical choice. It wouldn't even offend me like some of EA's other purchases. And then, we'd still get the multi-plats!

Yeah and then we can get Mortal Kombat 2009, Mortal Kombat 2010, Mortal Kombat Undercover :D

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Mistershine on 05 December 2008

Dallinor said:

Mistershine said:
Maybe they could release Wheelman: Chapter 1.

If MS did buy them, would they pull all Midway PS3/Wii games from the shelves?

What would be the point? that would only serve to lower their profits off those titles.

For the same reason you don't see Halo on the PS3 or GT5 on the 360.