Pachter predicts bidding war over Rockstar's Houser brothers

by Alexander Sliwinski { Sep 15th 2008 at 2:30PM }

Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter sees another challenge for Take-Two Interactive, suggesting that the company could lose the talent behind the Grand Theft Auto franchise. In Pachter's latest analyst note, he details the possible loss of Sam and Dan Houser of Rockstar when their contract expires this upcoming February.

Pachter expects that when their contracts expire this February, Sam and Dan Houser of Rockstar could either depart Take-Two -- robbing the company of the driving force force behind its best-selling series -- or stay on at considerable expense. The analyst explains that a Houser departure would be analogous to EA's Medal of Honor team departing to produce Activision's Call of Duty franchise -- GTA would still live on, but it probably wouldn't be the same sales powerhouse sans the Houser brothers.

Tags: dan-houser, ea, grand-theft-auto, grand-theft-auto-4, grand-theft-auto-iv, gta, houser, sam-houser, take-two

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Tucker @ Sep 15th 2008 2:36PM

+1 Firefly reference

hunt3r @ Sep 15th 2008 2:38PM

Right. And I predict that Patcher will be wrong again. Sometime at least. Now where can I pick up my analyst paycheck?

IGLAW @ Sep 15th 2008 2:37PM

Mmm, Firefly.

Bookdust @ Sep 15th 2008 2:46PM

Major kudos to you guys for quoting lyrics from the Ballad of Serenity.

OMGOMG @ Sep 15th 2008 3:03PM

Tomorrow's headline:

Houser brothers sign lifetime contract with Rockstar and Take Two.

Anticrawl @ Sep 15th 2008 3:09PM

Hrm.... I wonder how many times Joystiq has reused this image. Lets see if I can count them on my fingers...... nope.

Regardless Firefly rules.

Vcize @ Sep 15th 2008 3:16PM

Indeed, I think they just use it when they want to spur on some positive comments for Firefly.

P.S. Firefly > *

Tucker @ Sep 15th 2008 3:28PM

My bad, first time I've noticed it I guess....

Iwa @ Sep 15th 2008 3:59PM

"The analyst explains that a Houser departure would be analogous to EA's Medal of Honor team departing to produce Activision's Call of Duty franchise..."

Prachter continues to show how much of an idiot he is. 2015 Inc only made one MOH game for EA. Which was Allied Assault. Employees left 2015 to create Infinity Ward after Allied Assault. The first two MOH games were made by Dreamworks Interactive.