Is It Possible???

[Oldschool17]

That an EA acquisition of Take Two could mean that Visual Concepts ( a studio under the TT umbrella) could then make a licensed NFL Football game???

Just wondering...based on this article...Note the bold print

Quote:

Publisher seeks "friendly" acquisition of Take-Two Electronic Arts has said that it waited until the development of Grand Theft Auto IV was complete before making a formal proposal to acquire its publisher Take-Two Interactive. The company also believes the time is right for the proposed acquisition as EA has completed its internal reorganization and its newest studios – the recently acquired Pandemic and BioWare – are currently settling in. "We've waited to ensure that our proposal did not disrupt development of GTA IV," said EA. "The game is scheduled to launch in about two months, which means the core development should be essentially complete." Electronic Arts said that the two companies have been in discussion on-and-off for about a year, with official dialogue to discuss the intention to acquire Take-Two opened in December, followed by a formal proposal on Febraury 6, and second proposal on February 19. Despite Take-Two's rejection of the USD 2 billion offer, EA maintains its proposal to acquire the rival publisher is "friendly to Take-Two shareholders, developers, partners and customers. We continue to seek a friendly, negotiated transaction," added EA. EA believes that Take-Two's internal studios - which includes Firaxis, Visual Concepts and Irrational - would be able to maintain their own identities, and that the Rockstar teams would also be comfortable working as part of the Electronic Arts group. "We have great respect for the Rockstar leadership team and some of our executives have worked with Rockstar leaders while in previous positions with other companies. "We believe EA's decentralized label organization will be attractive to Take-Two’s creative talent," added EA. Although EA said that it was too early to discuss any plans for staff changes or the future of intellectual properties, it did reiterate its respect for the Rockstar portfolio, stating, “We strongly believe that behind all the controversy is a core of great intellectual property and development talent. "These titles don’t sell millions because they’re controversial; they sell because they’re great games."

Source right here

[eaglesfan27]

Sure it is possible. It is MUCH more likely that APF will be killed off.

I HIGHLY doubt EA wold acquire it's competition and then let them make a competing NFL game....

[noplace]

Quote: Originally Posted by dickdalewood

I HIGHLY doubt EA wold acquire it's competition and then let them make a competing NFL game....

But they wouldnt be competition anymore.They'd be part of the team....

[aenggeorge]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...arch&plindex=1

[GnarlyKing]

They're not going to compete against themselves. They might put VC to work on something like the NFL Street/Tour series, since the people making that clearly have no clue, or maybe bring back their Arena Football game, but they are not going to have two NFL sims competing against each other. And yes, they still consider Madden a sim game.

[statnut]

Quote: Originally Posted by GnarlyKing

They're not going to compete against themselves. They might put VC to work on something like the NFL Street/Tour series, since the people making that clearly have no clue, or maybe bring back their Arena Football game, but they are not going to have two NFL sims competing against each other. And yes, they still consider Madden a sim game.

Or they could put VC to work on Madden.

[aenggeorge]

heres whats going on so far after the news broke ea iss going downhill while 2k is going uphilll now ea wnts all 2k but the fans say no wewont go!