SEGA acquire Sports Interactive - Page 6

Malleus Dei · 04-04-2006, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Dale And Eli's Dad

It just means he has plenty of time to create Inside The Park 2.

That is just so wrong.

Malleus Dei · 04-04-2006, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by ZouDave

Markus won't live forever and ALL OF US have probably changed jobs between OOTP 1 and now.

Nope. Same employers since the seventies.

jm47048 · 04-04-2006, 09:19 PM

This is what I think: I think Markus should sell ITP to SquareSoft so that Square can make Final Fantasy XIV. It would be a baseball based Final Fantasy Game!!!!!!!

bababui · 04-04-2006, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by ZouDave
Markus won't live forever and ALL OF US have probably changed jobs between OOTP 1 and now.

Nope. Same employers since the seventies.

And McDonalds has never been the same

jm47048 · 04-04-2006, 09:25 PM

MD I wish I had your job security.

mcgsports · 04-04-2006, 09:39 PM

MVP Baseball and High Heat Baseball had live Play by Play!
MVP Baseball the Video Game had real Players and Pitchers so does other baseball Video games not made by Take 2!

Sweed · 04-04-2006, 09:42 PM

My first thought was that Sega bought The Creative Assembly and the Total War series from Activision. At the time there was much unrest because Activision refused to issue any more patches for Rome Total War that had some major issues. Sega stepped in after the buy and funded the new patches where Activision would not.

So, since there is nothing I or we can do about it I will give sega the benefit of the doubt. If something were to happen to end ootp, and I don't think it will, I belive ootp 2006 will be good enough to hold my attention for years. After all I played strat o matic in the day for about 20 years. Other than adding r\l splits in the early 70's I don't think it changed much between 1969 and 1989.

Antonin · 04-04-2006, 09:42 PM

I wish Markus well, but those of you who insist that everything is now going to be better for OOTP are very innocent and do not understand how the corporate M&A world works.

Been there. Seen it all. Experienced it all. Jobs get eliminated, intellectual property gets assimilated, etc etc.

It always begins with "Don't worry! NOTHING is going to change!"

Sweed · 04-04-2006, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by mcgsports

MVP Baseball and High Heat Baseball had live Play by Play!
MVP Baseball the Video Game had real Players and Pitchers so does other baseball Video games not made by Take 2!

uh, they were made before the Take2 agreement. That's why this year mvp is only college baseball.

Malleus Dei · 04-04-2006, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by jm47048

MD I wish I had your job security.

You wouldn't have liked some of the work.

I just hope they let me retire eventually.

Malleus Dei · 04-04-2006, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Antonin

I wish Markus well, but those of you who insist that everything is now going to be better for OOTP are very innocent and do not understand how the corporate M&A world works.

Been there. Seen it all. Experienced it all. Jobs get eliminated, intellectual property gets assimilated, etc etc.

It always begins with "Don't worry! NOTHING is going to change!"

Translation: "Not today, but soon, everything here is going to change for the worse."

bababui · 04-04-2006, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Malleus Dei

You wouldn't have liked some of the work.

I just hope they let me retire eventually.

But there are still Quarter Pounders that need to be made!

LeiterFanatic · 04-04-2006, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by bababui

But there are still Quarter Pounders that need to be made!

boy, that sure gets more hysterical every time you tell it....

PSUColonel · 04-04-2006, 10:55 PM

Does Sega now own the SI code Markus used to reate OOTP 2006? If so, it really doesn't matter that much that Markus still owns the OOTP franchise. As long as that code is being used, (and I beleive this code is the key to the future of OOTP) SEGA will always have a say in the decision makig progress when it comes to OOPTP. I agree with MD, I've been there and I've seen it (particularly from Clear Channel Communications) Day one: don't worry, nothing will change, your jobs are all safe. A few months down the road, this just isn't the case. Also, they take good local radio turn it into THEY'RE idea of what radio should be. A nice package of satalite fed programs that doesn't require salaries. In the end everyone but CC loses. It happens everyday. I'm not saying the gaming industry is exactly the same, but I'mm willing to bet it's similar enough. If Markus is prepared to tel us SEGA will have No say in the products production, then fine...but I don't think he can or will.

boilermaker · 04-04-2006, 11:02 PM

Buncha stinkin' Communists 'round here.

boilermaker · 04-04-2006, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by PSUColonel

Does Sega now own the SI code Markus used to reate OOTP 2006?

Malleus Dei: Do you still own the game, or does SI/SEGA?
Markus Heinsohn: I do

PSUColonel · 04-04-2006, 11:07 PM

I'm talking about the code, which I think ( I could be wrong) is different than the actual game.

bababui · 04-04-2006, 11:16 PM

errrr...the code IS the game

Malleus Dei · 04-04-2006, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by boilermaker

Buncha stinkin' Communists 'round here.

I'm a Republican who has opposed Communism all of his life, and that has nothing at all to do with me being appalled by corporate misconduct. The modern amoral corporate trends in buyouts/mergers/layoffs, the Enron-style financial scandals, the absurd CEO salaries...it's all just wrong. It's bad enough that there aren't that many corporations that have any respect for anything that doesn't specifically enhance shareholder value, but when you throw in the modern tendency to corruption, it's enough to gag a maggot.

Regulation is needed. And if you think that's un-American, I would point out to you that the godfather of American corporate regulation is none other than Teddy Roosevelt.

Malleus Dei · 04-04-2006, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by boilermaker

Malleus Dei: Do you still own the game, or does SI/SEGA?
Markus Heinsohn: I do

Put that in your .sig!

04-04-2006, 09:19 PM	#103
jm47048 All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,247	This is what I think: I think Markus should sell ITP to SquareSoft so that Square can make Final Fantasy XIV. It would be a baseball based Final Fantasy Game!!!!!!! __________________ The New York Yankees World Series Champions 1923, 1927, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1977, 1978, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2009 American League Champions 1921, 1922, 1923, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2024

04-04-2006, 09:25 PM	#105
jm47048 All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,247	MD I wish I had your job security. __________________ The New York Yankees World Series Champions 1923, 1927, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1977, 1978, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2009 American League Champions 1921, 1922, 1923, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2024

04-04-2006, 09:39 PM	#106
mcgsports Banned Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 203	MVP Baseball and High Heat Baseball had live Play by Play! MVP Baseball the Video Game had real Players and Pitchers so does other baseball Video games not made by Take 2!

04-04-2006, 09:42 PM	#107
Sweed Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Iowa Posts: 6,698	My first thought was that Sega bought The Creative Assembly and the Total War series from Activision. At the time there was much unrest because Activision refused to issue any more patches for Rome Total War that had some major issues. Sega stepped in after the buy and funded the new patches where Activision would not. So, since there is nothing I or we can do about it I will give sega the benefit of the doubt. If something were to happen to end ootp, and I don't think it will, I belive ootp 2006 will be good enough to hold my attention for years. After all I played strat o matic in the day for about 20 years. Other than adding r\l splits in the early 70's I don't think it changed much between 1969 and 1989.

04-04-2006, 09:42 PM	#108
Antonin Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,536	I wish Markus well, but those of you who insist that everything is now going to be better for OOTP are very innocent and do not understand how the corporate M&A world works. Been there. Seen it all. Experienced it all. Jobs get eliminated, intellectual property gets assimilated, etc etc. It always begins with "Don't worry! NOTHING is going to change!"

04-04-2006, 10:55 PM	#114
PSUColonel Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 13,106	Does Sega now own the SI code Markus used to reate OOTP 2006? If so, it really doesn't matter that much that Markus still owns the OOTP franchise. As long as that code is being used, (and I beleive this code is the key to the future of OOTP) SEGA will always have a say in the decision makig progress when it comes to OOPTP. I agree with MD, I've been there and I've seen it (particularly from Clear Channel Communications) Day one: don't worry, nothing will change, your jobs are all safe. A few months down the road, this just isn't the case. Also, they take good local radio turn it into THEY'RE idea of what radio should be. A nice package of satalite fed programs that doesn't require salaries. In the end everyone but CC loses. It happens everyday. I'm not saying the gaming industry is exactly the same, but I'mm willing to bet it's similar enough. If Markus is prepared to tel us SEGA will have No say in the products production, then fine...but I don't think he can or will.

04-04-2006, 11:02 PM	#115
boilermaker All Star Starter Join Date: May 2004 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 1,956	Buncha stinkin' Communists 'round here.

04-04-2006, 11:07 PM	#117
PSUColonel Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 13,106	I'm talking about the code, which I think ( I could be wrong) is different than the actual game.

04-04-2006, 11:16 PM	#118
bababui Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 14,147 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	errrr...the code IS the game