In our continuing effort to bring you fresh and interesting content, X3F presents Would You Rather ... a weekly feature that asks you the hard questions. The point? If you had to choose one or the other, which would you go for?
Consolidation. The word sounds so ... dirty. Yet, companies seem to be piling on top of each other to stay afloat as rising costs of game creation threaten to ruin the little guys. Sometimes, like in the case of this week's WUR, larger companies decide they should absorb their competition having some gamers scream MONOPOLY! Speaking of Monopoly, this week's WUR is all about EA and their recent bids to gobble up competitors Ubisoft and Take Two Interactive. Well X3F Army, which would you rather join Team EA?
Feel free to share the reasons for your vote in the comments. We'll share the results of the poll during the next edition of Would You Rather ... which hits X3F every Wednesday.
Last weeks WUR results can be find after the jump ... and bid!
Wow. Last week's poll wasn't even a contest. It reminds us of when kids pick Dan in Street Fighter. Yeah, it's funny and all but come on - this isn't even proving anything! Looks like nearly 60% of voters are looking forward to Street Fighter IV over the HD Remix. Let's just hope they both work online.
Sure, we want it all ... but that isn't the point of WUR, we're all about the tough questions here folks! Or was it nonsense? We could never remember.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
3-12-2008 @ 11:51AM
DaCallMe said...
I just want EA to go in the corner and die they are messing up the video game industry!!!!
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3-12-2008 @ 11:53AM
GeOpBoB said...
EA should adquire Take 2, in that way they can make MVP again because MLB sucks big time!
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3-12-2008 @ 11:53AM
xenocidic said...
hrm, a lesser of two evils WYR..............
tough one... I went for Take Two because they only have one IP I care about and you can't do much to mess up GTA.
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3-12-2008 @ 11:56AM
Pandy said...
Yes where is the I HATE EA AND THEY SHOULD DIE option?
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3-12-2008 @ 12:00PM
Boff said...
That's a toughie but I went with Take Two in the end. What's the worst EA can do? Release the same GTA each year but with an 'updated' soundtrack?
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3-12-2008 @ 12:01PM
Arno said...
Wow that is a grim outlook either way. EA needs to be put under the microscope by the government for anti competitive practices.
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3-12-2008 @ 12:05PM
Murcury said...
That was a hard one....
I would rather have Ubi & T2 "consolidate"
than see either of them be gobbled up by
King EA!
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3-12-2008 @ 12:12PM
Josh said...
Take over Ubi...EA shouldn't have their hands in the GTA series.
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3-12-2008 @ 12:16PM
xtremesniper said...
I chose Take 2 because Ubisoft has more IPs that I care about, and wouldn't want EA getting its hands on.
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3-12-2008 @ 12:19PM
Kizzle said...
Ubi. As much as it would suck, I think T2 being assimilated would be worse for the industry. No sports games competition, and the biggest franchise in gaming would go to the company that is best at sucking the life out of anything good.
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3-12-2008 @ 12:34PM
Etchasketchist said...
EA can have Assassin's Creed and Tom Clancy. Just don't mess with my NBA 2K and my Bioshock and my Grand Theft Auto.
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3-12-2008 @ 12:37PM
Boff said...
I read a good article about EA the other week. It was one of their guys talking about how they're trying to change the image gamers have of them just churning out meaningless sequels every year and how they are stifling innovation.
Can't find it anywhere now! It was either Eurogamer or 1Up I'm sure of it! Or maybe I just dreamt it and it wasn't about EA at all.
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3-12-2008 @ 12:42PM
Deck said...
I don't want them to take over either of them! Both of those options would suck! EA shouldn't be allowed to buy anymore companies! MONOPOLY!
If I had to choose...Ubi. The fact of losing all 2K sports to the stupid EA sports games is pathetic. Plus with Bioshock and GTA, T2 should stay right where they are. But then again, so should Ubi. I say no to both!
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3-12-2008 @ 12:56PM
ZEBRA NINER said...
Yeah, I've heard that Take Two's sports games would benefit from a merger with EA. I only really care about GTA. Ubisoft on the other hand has made some of my favorite games.
However, I don't think it will really matter because I'm sure that EA won't screw with any new companies they buy. I'm sure they've learned from the mistakes in the past.
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3-12-2008 @ 12:59PM
ryan said...
LOL @ almost 50/50. i voted for T2
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3-12-2008 @ 1:05PM
SugarDaddy said...
I can't believe so many people chose Take Two. Take 2 has the most controversial games. Letting EA put their corporate censors to work on Take 2 games (Bioshock, GTA, Manhunt, Bully, etc) would be severely damaging to one of the only game companies that actually doesn't bend to political will when they make their games.
GTA would suck so bad if it was censored.
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3-12-2008 @ 1:18PM
Phil J W said...
lol i guess news is slow in XBOX world eh?
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3-12-2008 @ 1:50PM
Philip said...
I would vote Take-2 but I would die before I saw EA owning the Civilization IP. But Ubisoft has lots of good IPs that I would hate to see in EA's hands.
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3-12-2008 @ 1:56PM
Cal said...
Neither.
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3-12-2008 @ 2:14PM
Doug said...
EA really needs to keep their hands off of these other companies. Game innovation at EA seems to be virtually nonexistent, but these other two companies seem to be churning out some original and fun titles from time to time.
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