EA will mark the death of fun games from Take Two and Rockstar. If this deal goes through, we'll have to settle for half-assed sequels to some of our favorite franchises.

Indeed. it would just cause a downhill spiral for the good games out there, and after a while, there will be barely any fans because of the poor quality of the games.

Bad idea on Take two's behalf.

Forums link at the end of the article is dead, on the homepage it links to "http://www.thegtaplace.com/index.php?showtopic=15858" instead of "http://www.thegtaplace.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=15858".

The "topic" bbcode needs to be fixed to make it a full url like "http://www.thegtaplace.com/forums/index.php?showtopic={topicID}" rather then just "index.php?showtopic={topicID}"

Thanks, thought Chris had fixed all that by now.

I think that Take Two should not accept the pffer from EA, I have got nothing against ES, and I personally like EA´s games but I think EA is dreaming to high, and is trying to go to an area wich is not prepared for. If TK2 Accepts the offer(wich i think they won´t) Rockstar should leave TK2. As mentioned in other posts here in the Forum, EA would only mess up the GTA Franchise. That is my opinion hope they reject.

Why would they accept the offer anyway, didn't San Andreas have a secret license plate which said "EA SUCKS"?

I dont know if this is a bad idea or a good idea. EA has made some good games, but I dont know if they will be able to make GTA better. I doubt TT would sell before IV is released as they wouldn't get all the profits.

Definatly a no, EA made some kinda cool games like NFSU (I think, never really paid to much attention to the opening credits), However, I don't think they should be involved in the GTA series. EA's games are mostly non 18+ I think....

I like some EA games, im a madden fan myself and i think call of duty 4 was EA but I don't think that they will help the series at all. I agree with what everyone els was saying, the franchise would be destroyed.

I don't really think that Take Two should go through with this, EA has had some good games but it would just spoil the GTA franchise.

I actually don't mind EA, but if this deal goes ahead then "GTA V" and all the next installments for GTA may just go to waste...

I think that if EA does buy out Take-Two,than other than technology wise,EA should have little involvement in GTA.

I'm more than sure they would make (T-Rated) storylines.Think of it this way,no more stripclubs.

NOO! Take-Two shouldnt go accept the offer.

And besides.Two great gaming companies is better than one.

That would be a very bad move in my opinion, it seems to me that EA are only interested in making lots of money, and putting little effort into their games.

That would be a very bad move in my opinion, it seems to me that EA are only interested in making lots of money, and putting little effort into their games.

Pretty much sums it up. EA makes some decent games but EA GTA would far short of what we've come to expect from

GTA. The only real winners would be EA (financially, at least) & in a few years Take Two would become Take Who.

EA have a fair amount of multiplayer experience, so I'd expect them to introduce Deathmatch and all that kinda stuff. But then isn't GTA just like every other game? Just with a bigger map than most and less realistic models/textures.

You're right in saying they'll probably get rid of a lot of the crime and sleaze, make it more about 'life' in general. That would suck.

EA the company that ruined Madden trying to purchase Take Two? Oh, thats scary as all get out. Why are they buying and merging with all these companies? Aren't they losing money with all the horrible ruined games they make over and over again? Oh, Activison was involved in CoD4 which we can all be thankful for.

I'd be disappointed if they do purchase Take-Two. EA are a massive games company sure, but I think they'd change the series by adding unnecessary gimmicks, like they have with some of their other games like FIFA, which used to be good. When EA bought the Burnout series from Acclaim, they essentially ruined it. 2 of the games have been good, though, Takedown and Paradise are excellent, but the other 2 I've barely played since I bought them. I think Take Two should just disregard this offer as I don't see how it can help improve GTA.

No need to worry people TT has officially rejected the bid,

The link is here.

god for TT Since they aint letting ea buy em out right near gta IV release date just so they can have half the rewards

i dont trust ea

for example the madden franchise really only goes under cosmetic improvements but is coded pretty poorly like you can walk through walls and the stands and besides what looks good its essentilly unimproved and a little disapointing and another example is the battlefield games which just droped the ball for continuity and smooth play

take-two really wants to make the best games possible and ea wants to maqke the biggest profit possible

No need to worry people TT has officially rejected the bid,

The link is here.

Thank god for that. Can you imagine what GTA would be like with EA calling the shots? Everything would have to be done by the book (ie, no more humor about sex and the like) so that goodie two shoes EA wont get into trouble. All the billboards ingame would be advertising other EA games, or some mp3 player so EA can get more money from advertising. The games would have to be made to a deadline so EA can get loads of money as quickly as possible, so you end up with a half assed GTA (probably a shitty gangsta style one) without all the extra features. It would be terrible

I have always felt that R* and TT dont care so much about the money, like partylenin said, they just want to make their games as good as they can possibly be. You can tell just by looking at the amount of effort they put into the GTAIV website that they have a passion for what they do, and thats why their games are so bloody good. You dont see EA with a whole website dedicated to one game (because that would waste valuable money making time).

Take Two did reject the bid, but that doesn't mean it's over. EA did offer several bids before the -per-share one mentioned in this topic, which were all rejected. This was the first one made in public.

EA could try to persuade Take Two shareholders to vote out the Board of Directors, to allow the EA merge to happen. That involves persuading the shareholders that (basically) they will make more money than Take Two can generate.

Take Two did reject the bid, but that doesn't mean it's over. EA did offer several bids before the -per-share one mentioned in this topic, which were all rejected. This was the first one made in public.

The share will go up a good bit when GTA IV is released, so they'll have to fork out more in the future. I just found something even more disturbing.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=33521

Says that if EA acquires TT, then they can make the new GTA games without Rockstar.

so to sum it up it probably won't be the last offer,EAs stock dropped Dan houser might quit if it does happen

I agree with everyone that says EA is eater of good game companies and the pooer of half asses games, where if the have a sequel they feel the same as every other game in that genre.

Nah,they will mix some NFS and some GTA.hehe

Take Two did reject the bid, but that doesn't mean it's over. EA did offer several bids before the -per-share one mentioned in this topic, which were all rejected. This was the first one made in public.

The share will go up a good bit when GTA IV is released, so they'll have to fork out more in the future. I just found something even more disturbing.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=33521

Says that if EA acquires TT, then they can make the new GTA games without Rockstar.

No, but the whole Rockstar Games + all its studios can break off from Take 2 if they really gets sold to EA. So by 2009, when R*'s contract with T2 ends, they can quit and create GTA V without stupid EA.