Microsoft Says Live Intact, No Interest in Take Two 17
Yesterday we discussed possible problems with Microsoft's Xbox Live service, and Take Two's shaky future. The Gamerscore blog reports that worried Live users should know the service has not been compromised. "We want to reassure all of our 6 million Xbox Live members that we have looked into the situation and found no evidence of any compromise of the security of Bungie.net or our LIVE network. There have been a few isolated incidents where malicious users have been attempting to draw personal information from unsuspecting users and use it to gain access to their LIVE account." Meanwhile Chis Morris has it on good authority that, even if Take Two does sell, it won't be to Microsoft. "Because today's independent publishers are platform agnostic - that is to say, they build games for all major systems - taking over one would result in a massive revenue loss for Microsoft, as all development would be redirected toward the Xbox 360."
Well ... (Score:3, Interesting)
The company has to be broken down into much smaller units and sold off. Someone will want Rockstar North with Grand Theft Auto, another will want Visual Concepts and so on
disagree w/ Take Two analysis (Score:3, Insightful)
Threats Handling (Score:2)
MS in the software/application front is another story entirely.
Who? (Score:3, Funny)
I can see it now... GTA08, GTA09, GTA10...
Google (Score:2)
Re: (Score:2)
Well, Google probably have the funds, and they did just buy a company specialising in in-game ads [blogspot.com]...
"That's an `i', you idiot!" "Oh, right. `Bingle'." (Score:2)
Re:"That's an `i', you idiot!" "Oh, right. `Bingle (Score:1)
But will Microsoft buy Konami? (Score:3, Funny)
Re: (Score:1)
Microsoft Game Studios. Not Metal Gear Solid (though I would like MGS4 on 360, so I have no reason at all to buy a PS3. But that's a different subject altogether)
That's right, security has not being compromised (Score:2, Funny)
Re: (Score:1)
Provoking EA (Score:1)
What would the Xbox 360's library look like if EA dropped it? Due to EA's exclusivity deal with the NFL, there wouldn't be anymore Madden football on 360. Microsoft is far more dependent on sports titles to perpetuate its image than
Does that make sense? (Score:1)
At the risk of asking a stupid question.... does this make sense? If Microsoft bought them then logically they wouldn't be independent any more. And why does Microsoft care about games getting released for other systems anyway? Are they trying to do Sony a fav