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Playstation/Gaming Discussions => Gaming Discussion => Topic started by: mm on December 08, 2001, 04:41:54 AM
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http://gamepen.ugo.com/gamepen/fullnews.asp?newsid=5710
tsk, tsk
buying off the competitions resources
another guerilla tactic that put M$ on top of the PC industry
bill gates, why dont you just buy our frickin souls and get it over with?
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if this is true, then that\'s really sad news. By Microsoft using such tactics, Sony will soon be forced to aquire developers even more than before.
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take 2 is a talented developer, but I\'ll get their games for the PC. If MS wants to win this war they need CONSOLE developers
yes true, sony will get square eventually ;)
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Don\'t get mad at a company that is doing what any other company would do.
Hasn\'t Sony done the same?
Ace
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Like Naughty Dog and half of Psygnosis (which both, for the most part, were a part of Sony as opposed to Take 2 and MS). Now, if MS does purchase Take 2 (which is a pretty...not nesscesarily big but certianly pretty prominate in the game industry after GTA3), will that make Sony do the same even more? Square?
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Grand Theft Auto 4 on Xbox.
Just Bring It.
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That would fricking cool! All MS has to do is not let Take 2 make all those trash games they did for PSX and they should be a VERY promising developer!
Sony has bought - Verant, Psygnosis, Naughty Dog
MS has bought - Bungie, and most likely Take 2.
Everquest is MUCH more popular than GTA, sounds like MS isn\'t the only bad guy here.
Eric Jacob
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Yes I was about to say the exact thing--I thought MS was going to buy EA? I know I read that somewhere.
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Originally posted by mm
http://gamepen.ugo.com/gamepen/fullnews.asp?newsid=5710
tsk, tsk
buying off the competitions resources
another guerilla tactic that put M$ on top of the PC industry
bill gates, why dont you just buy our frickin souls and get it over with?
Why so jealous? Bye are souls! Jeesh dude they need developers and if take 2 wants to sell why get so pissed at bill gates. You forget Ms IS A corporation not just bill gates.
Why are people so freakin jealous of that man.
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Originally posted by QuDDus
Why are people so freakin jealous of that man. [/B]
Because he\'s rich and I\'m not. Duh. ;)
This news is sad for PS2 fans, but it\'s something that\'s bound to happen when a new console maker enters the industry. Look on the bright side, at least they weren\'t able to buy out Sega like they were trying to. :)
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Originally posted by AlteredBeast
That would fricking cool! All MS has to do is not let Take 2 make all those trash games they did for PSX and they should be a VERY promising developer!
Sony has bought - Verant, Psygnosis, Naughty Dog
MS has bought - Bungie, and most likely Take 2.
Everquest is MUCH more popular than GTA, sounds like MS isn\'t the only bad guy here.
Eric Jacob
If you\'re going to put down Naugthy Dog, then might aswell put down Munch Inha..... (can\'t recall the developers full name). Naughty Dog was Sony exclusive anyway - they were the ones that approached Sony to buy them. Psygnosis was very pro Sony too, unlike Bungie that was working on a PS2 version of Halo that then got canned because of Microsoft. Yeah and unlike Take 2 that is also developing games for PS2 if they won\'t be aquired by Microsoft. Not quite fair and I am still pissed at Microsoft for doing so. Good tactical move, I\'ll give them that much for it. See the difference?
While Sony bought developers that were pro Sony anyway (can\'t remember ND or Psygnosis having any plans to develop for Xbox), Microsoft is buying out developers that are actually supporting PS2 and perhaps others (Take 2: Grand Theft Auto Series, Bungie: Halo for PS2).
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This is business. Who says it has to be fair? Don\'t you think Sony would do the same?
I don\'t see how you can blame MS for making what they think is a smart business move.
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lemme restate
"buying off the competitions resources
another guerilla tactic that put M$ on top of the PC industry "
do you want what happened to the PC industry to happen to the console industry?
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There is no natural law that I know of that states that the business world has to play nice.
If MS is on the top of the console market, it is because there are consumers who feel it is worthy of their hard earned dollars. If they make crap, I don\'t care who they gobble up, they will not last.
Ace
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Originally posted by mm
do you want what happened to the PC industry to happen to the console industry?
The thing is, a development house is nothing but a name. Microsoft could buy Konami, that doesn\'t mean they own Kojima. Whereas in the PC world they were buying companies that had rights to different software to use in their OS.
The console industry is an odd one because the playing field gets leveled every 5 years or so. Microsoft could buy Konami, Capcom, Sega, and EA this generation and those guys could leave and form new companies to develop for other consoles. It happened with Rare, it happened with Square and it will happen again.
Its not a game its business.
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maybe a take-over traget for Microsoft Corp.......
important points
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- it ant happend yet and it is listed asa possible Target !
- GTA3 was a sleeper hit for the PS2 and sold a bucket load of copyes so i don\'tthink Take 2 would want to lose a Large target audience
- Sony knows how much of it hit GTA3 was and won\'t let Take 2 go without a fight
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Originally posted by Ace
This is business. Who says it has to be fair? Don\'t you think Sony would do the same?
I don\'t see how you can blame MS for making what they think is a smart business move.
LOL. You say don\'t you think Sony would do the same? I don\'t recall them doing so in the past - why assume that they would do the same? And if Sony would do the same, the news would be Sony aquiring Take 2 and not Microsoft doing so. Of course Sony is just a big company aswell, but while Microsoft is going out shopping, Sony will soon be forced to do the same if they don\'t want to loose valuable developers like that.
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I\'m happy I could make you laugh, but I don\'t really understand your response.
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Microsoft seems to be resorting to AOL tactics; buy your competition and use brute force to get people to use your product.
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brute force to get people to use your product.
the very definition of microsoft
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IronFist - I would\'ve enjoyed if Sega was bought by Microsoft, that way, I could sell my PS2 (I keep it for GTA3 and upcoming VF4) and be XBox exclusive. Having to be multiconsoled is too dam confusing, back when Sega systems were out, it was an easy choice where to go...where Sega was.
Eric Jacob
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Next time Microsoft uses brute force to make you buy one of their products, let me know and I\'ll protect you. :)
Ace
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ace, im pretty sure steve jobs would kick yer ass for saying that
:)