Michael Pachter predicts that publisher will enter into talks with EA before the release of next-gen title
In the wake of last night's financial report from Rockstar-owning Take Two, Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter has stated that the upcoming financial uplift that will accompany the release of GTAIV is not enough to hide the problems faced by the publisher.
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I don't agree with that. I WISH I could agree with that. But buying habits and customer opinions prove otherwise
We've seen developers in the AAA space try new things and ideas. More often than not, the customers aren't willing to give things a chance, or not enough people buy into the project for it to grow.
Creativity works better in the indie space because the budgets, pressures, and expectations aren't the same.
it's a nice idea and it worked during the PS2/PS3-era when AAA didn't cost hundreds of millions of dollars. smaller budgets and shorter development time left room for more creativity and more risk. a game didn't need to sell 4 million+ copies to break even. things are different now.
This is the guy who bragged about crunching his staff and having them work through the night. Crunch culture has lost more talent and done more damage to the industry than any other factor. Screw him.
Michael Pachter had a lot to say lately huh. GTA is going to make them plenty of cash to stay independent for sometime (if that's what they wanna do) and they've got a lot of fantastic looking title's on the horizon. Also let's be honest, if EA thought they were worth 2 billion thing's can't be to bad.
Either way, if they did decide to sell out why would it have to be EA, I'm sure there's plenty of other companies with cash who would be interested. Plus if your gonna work for someone would you want it to be EA?
again..... EA on the cover of a GTA game = no money from my pocket to theirs.
Take Two...should just ask Sony to Buy them...lol