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Take Two's Board Ousted by Shareholders

Posted by Zonk on from the old-board-can-now-play-games-in-peace dept.

Some would view it as vaguely ironic that, on the same day that the GTA IV trailer makes its debut, the Take-Two board is finally ousted in the culmination of a nasty inter-corporate feud. CNN's Chris Morris reports on the latest development in the company's saga: "The accounting and ethical quagmires that have bogged down the company for the past few years are likely to disappear. And Take-Two will almost certainly become a leaner company, shedding divisions and canceling games ... The arrival of a new board may also ratchet down the public scrutiny of the company a few notches - but that respite from the spotlight's glare might not last as long as they would like. You see, the thing that makes this game maker different from the rest of the industry is its rebellious streak. It's something that drives opponents insane and causes mass migraines in the boardroom, but without it, Take-Two wouldn't be the force it is today."

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  1. Jack Thompson by faloi · · Score: 4, Insightful

    How long before we get a /. post about Jack Thompson taking personal credit for ousting the board in the form of some long-winded self righteous diatribe?

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    1. Re:Jack Thompson by gstoddart · · Score: 2, Insightful

      How long before we get a /. post about Jack Thompson taking personal credit for ousting the board in the form of some long-winded self righteous diatribe?

      I think that was pre-emptively done last week or so ... seems he was prognosticaing their imminent demise and already saying he was the one who would be causing it.

      You can probably count on some smug public statement from him real soon now. :-P

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  2. Inter vs. Intra by richdun · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Since it happened within the company, and not between two or more companies, shouldn't that be "intra-corporate?"

  3. Please, let's not even bring him up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    He may seek the publicity, but we have no reason to give it to him for free.

  4. Re:Rebellious? by Jaysyn · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Look, I'm generally very anti-authority as can be proved by sheer volume of criticism I have written that is critical of our government. However a movie that glorifies criminality the way that crime movies do is not rebellious in the "good way," it's rebellious in a sociopathic sort of way. You have to be detached from reality to believe that it is healthy catharsis to watch a movie where you see wanton crime against your fellow man; it's not the sort of violent catharsis you get in most comedies.

    Look, I'm generally very anti-authority as can be proved by sheer volume of criticism I have written that is critical of our government. However a novel that glorifies criminality the way that crime novels do is not rebellious in the "good way," it's rebellious in a sociopathic sort of way. You have to be detached from reality to believe that it is healthy catharsis to read a
    novel about wanton crime against your fellow man; it's not the sort of violent catharsis you get in most technical manuals.

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  5. Re:Rebellious? by nuzak · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Then don't buy it.

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