Take-Two offer Codemasters buyout

[ajprice]

https://www.autosport.com/other/news/153388/f1-gam...

Take-Two Interactive (2K and Rockstar) are making a $973m offer to buy out Codemasters (the F1 and Dirt games).

[bristolbaron]

ajprice said:

https://www.autosport.com/other/news/153388/f1-gam...

Take-Two Interactive (2K and Rockstar) are making a $973m offer to buy out Codemasters (the Micro Machines and Dizzy games).

FTFY.. I’m old

[rustyuk]

I was thinking exactly the same

[ajprice]

I'm with you on Dizzy and Micro Machines , many hours on a 48k ZX Spextrum

[Millenialwithtoast]

Can't wait for F1 2021 microtransactions that enable you to buy qualifying positions

[sgtBerbatov]

Millenialwithtoast said:

Can't wait for F1 2021 microtransactions that enable you to buy qualifying positions

The Stroll Humble Bundle.

Pay loads of money, buy a team, you'll never lose your seat in career mode. And get a lovely monobrow skin for your avatar too!

[Mastodon2]

They've done well for a business that releases the same product year after year. It must drastically reduce their overheads.

[A Winner Is You]

Millenialwithtoast said:

Can't wait for F1 2021 microtransactions that enable you to buy qualifying positions

Or making you watch ads on the loading screens, as they've done to the NBA games

[Millenialwithtoast]

A Winner Is You said:

Millenialwithtoast said:

Can't wait for F1 2021 microtransactions that enable you to buy qualifying positions

Or making you watch ads on the loading screens, as they've done to the NBA games

Oh yeah that was horrific. They couldn't even bring themselves to use the word sorry or apologise, just said it was unintended and will be fixed. What are the chances they "break" it again 6 months down the line when the media has moved on?

Does not bode well for Codemasters with that sort of monetisation strategy.

[LukeBrown66]

A bit odd considering Codies bought WMD or whatever they are called last year I think,