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Sega Done with Sports, Take-Two Launches Label

Posted by Zonk on from the mlb-for-the-win dept.

Gamespot has the news that Take-Two Interactive's MLB deal has already had repercussions. Sega has gotten out of the sports business, selling their internal sports studio Visual Concepts to Take-Two for a bargain price. This newest addition in hand, Take-Two has turned around and launched a new game label entitled 2K games. From the article: "2K Games will incorporate Take-Two's internally owned development studios Visual Concepts, Kush Games, Indie Built, Venom Games, PopTop Software, and Frog City Software, as well as the team at Take-Two Licensing..." This new label will have a subsidiary specifically tuned for sports titles. As expected, it appears the sports game market is now going to fall to only a few companies. Commentary on Greg Costikyan's Blog

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  1. Sega Done with Sports? by Castaa · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can see it now at EA's corporate offices:

    <mr. burns> Excellent... </mr. burns>

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  2. Oh, the irony... by physicsphairy · · Score: 4, Funny
    ...the irony of computer geeks staying at home playing physical sports on their computers.

    Well, I'm not really one to talk: the only 'sport' I play is chess. (I wonder what the odds are of 2K making a killer chess engine?)

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  3. Duke Nukem Forever by lateralus_1024 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Will this have a negative impact on the Duke Nukem Forever ship date?

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  4. Years too late by halcyon1234 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why couldn't have Sega gotten out of the sports market YEARS ago? If they had, there'd be better Genesis selections in the Rummage Bin than the standard "50000 copies of Madden '94"

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  5. Re:Ahhh, i got it !!!! by randallpowell · · Score: 2, Funny

    What about the new features like NFL cards, decorating a crib, and even playing against celbs. It's all about the bling and the homies, yo.