Not a week goes by these days without a software company merging with another. These are usually for the better. The mergers will increase revenue and therefore hope to design better games. This merger to me sort of does not make too much sense. Take 2 is on the brink of being bought by EA. Mad Doc software last few Xbox 360 contributions were not all that great. They made that god awful Star Trek: Legacy game. They also completely botched bringing Bully to the Xbox 360. As you can see, my faith in Mad Doc Software is not at an all time high. Furthermore, it seems like a way to help Take 2 software boost their companies value before the inevitable EA takeover sometime after GTA IV brings in about 100 million dollars.
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So let me get this straight, because I’ve been thinking about this for a while. You farm out a port to a developer who fucks it up. They issue a patch which fixes one issue but causes a bunch of others, essentially being a wash. Then you buy that developer. Yep, makes total sense.
This deal makes zero sense. What will happen when Take 2’s shareholders find out this was a shitty deal? It might make them rethink not taking the EA offer.
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