Pachter predicts bidding war over Rockstar's Houser brothers
by Alexander Sliwinski 
{ Sep 15th 2008 at 2:30PM }
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.
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.
B @ Sep 15th 2008 4:24PM
Fuck off, Pachter.
The only person I've seen that makes money off of being wrong, every time.
Sora @ Sep 15th 2008 6:48PM
You must not have seen that chart a few months back with the correctness rates of major analysts. Sadly, Pachter was correct the most out of all of them, so yeah...
Jamie @ Sep 15th 2008 4:36PM
I'm getting sick of Micheal Pachter
MuToiD_MaN @ Sep 15th 2008 5:46PM
I don't really understand the reference...
Meta @ Sep 15th 2008 9:05PM
http://www.hulu.com/watch/4569/firefly-serenity#s-p1-so-i0
WATCH NOW
TwEE @ Sep 15th 2008 6:08PM
Didnt Pacther recently say there is not going to be a PS4 or Xbox 720?
thegadgetguru @ Sep 16th 2008 2:44AM
You can bet your bottom dollar anything Pacther says is wrong.
gamer9190 @ Sep 15th 2008 7:11PM
Uh, person who doesn't get the reference, the quote in the pictures is from the ridiculously catchy themesong for Firefly. Dude, watch it. hulu.com
Now.
Ghaleon @ Sep 15th 2008 10:30PM
I wish you guys would stop posting that picture. Predictably dozens of people drop a meaningless DURF FIREFLY OMG comment.
Patient J @ Sep 15th 2008 10:44PM
DURF FIREFLY OMG!!11!