Oh goodie EA tightens its grip on the game market, lets hope they make GTA suck as much as there other title and put an end to this over rated franchise once and for all.

The problem is that Zelnick obviously doesn't know what he's doing (on the gaming side), so now his investors are bucking. It's becoming more and more evident that Zelnick ticked the wrong people off. Isn't that right, Pachter?

That's sick! I will not buy it. It is heartless and pervert game. No thanks!

A hostile takeover basically just means the management/board of directors etc of the company being taken over is against the takeover. Throw enough money at the investors though, and they'll bite, regardless of reccomendations by leaders of the company being acquired. This can be very bad news, as it can destroy the morale of the employees taken over, and create a good bit of animosity toward the larger company. In many cases, there will be mass resignations etc... leaving you with the company's intellectual property and nothing else. In this case, I think that's what EA wants. They want the GTA name, regardless of whether they lose the developers behind it (Rockstar). Rockstar is free to leave whenever they want, but they don't own the GTA name, Take Two does. If they leave, they can never make another game and call it GTA. EA on the other hand, can make GTA Baking, GTA Tennis, GTA Fashion Model Extreme, etc. It's theirs to do as they please.

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