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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 4:32PM The Wicker Man said

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I have found serenity
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 5:00PM SpartacusMagnus said

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Heck yes. Kudos to Alexander for the Firefly reference and +1 to you for catching it.

...

[Wishes series was never cancelled]
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 5:01PM SheppyReturns said

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So this is the wrong place to celebrate Unification Day?

*is a nonconformist*
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 6:47PM thranx said

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haha, amen. Props to the Firefly nod.
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 6:50PM (Unverified) said

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"Firefly could you shine your light
Now I know your ways 'cause they're just like mine
Now I'm justified as I fall in line and it's hard to try
when your open wide"
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 7:48PM (Unverified) said

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Take my dog, take my cat. Western without cowboy hats.
Look at me. I'm on TV. You can't take this show from me.

Take my doctor, make him squeal. I'm told our whore is quite a deal. We say Zed instead of Zee. You can't take this show from me.

They're airing baseball yet again. We might not break episode ten. But you can’t take this show from me...
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 9:30PM (Unverified) said

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I'm a recent browncoat but I think the real mistake everyone should be talking about is why fox canceled this show and/or when will they pick it back up or universal make a sequel.
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 9:48PM NutMan said

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Fox canceled it because they're retards. Basically the show was unable to attract viewers because the retarded monkeys at fox fucked with it.

1. They rejected Whedon's pilot episode and picked another episode as the pilot
2. They aired episodes out of order making following the storyline impossible
3. They postponed episodes in favor of airing sporting events and didnt notify anyone about it.

and a bunch of other BS.
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Posted: Mar 27th 2008 1:08AM fortunzfavor said

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Serenity reference = win.
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Posted: Mar 30th 2008 9:36PM CraigularB said

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gotta love the firefly ref. though, I'm not sure what it has to do with GTAIV, I'll take it :)

why, oh why, was that show ever cancelled? i've watched those episodes more than any other dvd I own.
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 4:34PM (Unverified) said

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"He states that GTA IV's sales will not ultimately impact the value of the company"

Uh whaaaA?!
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 4:49PM (Unverified) said

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He is right. GTA4 will give the stock a temporary boost for a little, if that even. My guess is GTA4 has already been taken into account for their stock.

I wonder how much longer it will be until EA takes them by force.
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Posted: Mar 27th 2008 12:28PM Corncobtacular said

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Curtis is right. With the release of GTA IV so close i'd assume the stock already reflected that even before EA's offer.

Think of it this way: If the stock was definitely going to go up right after GTA's release because people expected good sales then everyone would just buy the stock BEFORE the release to get in before the stock price increased. By doing this the stock price increases earlier and therefore already reflects GTA's release. It's a bit more complicated than that but that's the jist of it.
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 4:35PM Streeks1984 said

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Shut the hell up patcher, go fuck a goat!
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 4:55PM (Unverified) said

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Grow up.
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 5:04PM BPMOmega XBL PSN Steam said

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Okay, but how will that help?
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 5:08PM SheppyReturns said

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He'd replace "goat" with "kidd" because then he'd have a better sense of controversy and he could indicate pedophilia to the stupid people, beastiality to the smart ones....
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 4:37PM MarkezJM said

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Analyst wags finger, Take Two shudders in remorse.

yaaaaaaaaawwwwwn

Kind of doubt they're worried about not being bought by EA.

Go Pachter go! (gobots?)
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 4:37PM Crono141 said

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Question: How many times has Patcher been right?
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 4:41PM ChooChooCharlie said

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50% of the time, all the time.
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 5:42PM PoisonedAl said

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So why not fire the git and just flip a coin? It'll be cheaper I'm sure.
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 4:38PM Bearxor said

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I agree. GTA 4 sales are a temporary boost at best.
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 4:42PM (Unverified) said

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I definitely will pick this game... but honestly... I don't see a lot of hype for this game.

People are more hyped for MGS4 or even Killzone... but until date I have not seen a lot of hype for GTA, at least not outside the core gamers.

Maybe in April the hype will begin, with all the free publicity ad controversy.

And please, I'm not bashing, I will try and finish GTA... I have al the past games and never get interested in finish the games.

Is not bashing, just an opinion.
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 4:46PM Crono141 said

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OMGWTFBBQ YOU HAS OPINON!!!!!

:)
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 5:03PM D3m0sthenes said

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Same here, GTA has always been about screwing around in a huge world, doing stuff you might get a slap on the hand for in real life.



Oh and running over hookers and drinking coffee too.
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 5:06PM SheppyReturns said

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Saints Row is the only game like GTA that I've beaten....

But I still love them.
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 5:43PM (Unverified) said

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You probably missed the hype because they don't print it in Nintendo Power.

Or you live under a rock, I can't decide which.
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 4:56PM (Unverified) said

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How about Pachter can Suck my B@lls. I say if EA the horible company it is, gets its hands on take 2, Ww refuse to buy there product
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 9:41PM ForTheHuynh said

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With an attitude like that, you'll never get to run over hoes now.
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 4:56PM Eugimon said

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jebus, trolls aside.. at least we have one company with the balls to stand up to EA and to piss on their money. Good for you Take Two, I don't like your games but I respect your courage to keep making them the way you want.

On another note... it's sad to see that this is what the gaming industry is coming down to. Consolidation and the death of small independent developers. Even successful companies like Bioware have succumbed to the siren song of big time money.

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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 5:13PM (Unverified) said

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Take 2 are not pissing on EA because they have the balls to stand up against another giant corporation. They are just waiting for more money to be offered. Take 2 and EA are no better, they are both corporations trying to maximise profits. I don't agree with consolidation, but this is capitalism working.
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Posted: Mar 27th 2008 2:03AM Ironmanxrs2 said

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It really wouldnt be a big deal. Mergers happen all the time. This one is in response to ACTI-BLIZZARD. It's not like the actual employees have to stay on board. More or less EA is just buying I.P.'s with maybe a promise of major staff leaders staying on for 1 more iteration. It's not crushing the "little guy". Take two has made too much money on GTA to be the little guy. New companies will be formed and this will force them to make new I.P.'s. Win/Win.
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 4:57PM (Unverified) said

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Of course analysts say that the stock price already reflects the value of GTA4 sales. They always say that. But when Bioshock came out, TTWO shares shot up a couple of dollars. Big name games always boost stock prices around launch. TTWO shares will see a nice boost after the launch of GTA4 no matter what analysts say. It's a guarantee.
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 5:01PM SoulBlade said

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How I long for the day where we see the headline:

Pachter shuts the fuck up.

Until then... sigh
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 5:04PM SheppyReturns said

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Pachter tends to have the highest accuracy among the analysts....

I always love seeing the backlash against him though. Like how he went to business school for four years, learning the industry, begins reading anything in the industry from press releases to post mortems, reads about 60+ hours a week, and forms his opinion from that. And it shows since he has the highest accuracy rating.

But some fucktard on a Halo 3 board knows better for fuck Pachter.... heh.
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 5:52PM Knight Marquise said

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How in the hell did you pull a Halo 3 analogy out of your ass?

We all know your hatred with MS and love affair with Sony, but FFS, give it a rest.
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 6:48PM SheppyReturns said

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Actually, that was a bit of an accident. Wasn't intentional, just wanted to mention some random game board, for some reason Halo 3 came to mind.

Also, pay attention.... the only reason why I'm down on 360 is because I had it fail on me five times. Extra comedy? My friend who bought it had it go down an additional two. I'd like to see you be all roses and smiles over a console that failed you that many times, especially when two of those events weren't covered by the warranty. Hell, most people bitch at the first time. And if I wasn't willing to give them another shot, I would have sold my games and hard drive long ago. Right now, I'm waiting on the Jaspers. I still have my sealed copy of Halo 3 (I went down 3 days before that game launched...) and Mass Effect and still want to finish Bioshock one day.
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Posted: Mar 27th 2008 3:05AM BurntMeatloaf said

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@Swagman: He would've done the Psychic Hotline thing, except he prefers that people know who he is, rather than hide behind a phone.
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 5:06PM BPMOmega XBL PSN Steam said

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Man, Patcher is an epic troll. On a grander scale than any of Joystiq's trolls (Fernando, Killjebus, etc.).

Really, the last thing we need is for EA to absorb more publishers/developers into them.
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 5:14PM (Unverified) said

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=(
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 5:16PM SheppyReturns said

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But Pachter makes his money saying what would make the best deals, no what makes moral sense. People confuse this easily. He doesn't give a shit what it would mean for the industry. Hell, his business is essentially taking a look at the success of 50 Cent: Bullet Proof and Scarface, looking at if either property has devaluated, and deciding whether sequels should be made based purely on those factors. Not whether the games will be good or not.
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 5:30PM rTwelve said

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I WAS JUST ABOUT TO POST WHAT YOU SAID DFSDFSDffbngfj
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 5:31PM Ethan said

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Pachter is a mistake.
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 5:51PM (Unverified) said

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I'm sick of seeing all of these mergers. Are we going to end up with only one big publisher 10 years from now? You run businesses to make money, but that doesn't mean you have to check your integrity at the door.
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 5:56PM (Unverified) said

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Answer: Yes.

look at phone/cable companies, etc. It's all moving that direction. The games industry is already pretty much where the film industry is at- a handful of major players pulling the strings of hundreds of smaller studios. The only difference is that the games industry is still growing at an alarming rate, and the film industry is not..
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 6:09PM Jakey777 said

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They'll slow down.EA will assimilate.Resistance is futile.
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 6:09PM (Unverified) said

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its almost sad to see such a large company like EA stoop to the level that they are currently at, begging pleading and throwing money at whoever will take it so that their name doesnt go to hell even further, cant live off madden forever boys....
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 6:20PM Lone Starr said

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Pachter: This is a mistake because I predicted otherwise.
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 6:47PM (Unverified) said

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Pachter's only interest is in the stock price. That's all his spreadsheets come down to. Might T2's stock go up four cents if it was acquired by EA? Sure, maybe.

Would the average metascore of the T2 franchises drop by eight to ten points under EA? Almost assuredly.

I'm not an investor, I'm a gamer, so I'm more concerned with the quality of video games than I am with the rich getting richer.
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Posted: Mar 26th 2008 7:08PM (Unverified) said

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Yes, because the 1% difference in review scores between the two companies last year is surely indicative of a vast gulf in quality.
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