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07/02/09
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Pretty soon every single corporation will merge into one and then we'll have what the old folks called a "monopoly" (so successful, it inspired a game!). At that point, we'll be reminded why we decided these monopolies weren't such a good thing in the first place.
07/02/09
It was either this, or Midway goes bye-bye. Not really a GOTTA BUY 'EM ALL corpokemon sale.
07/02/09
Sometimes corporations need to be allowed to fail (what the hell's Atari still doing sticking around?). Midway the last few years was dictionary definition of "Epic Fail."
07/02/09
Oh wait...
07/02/09
At this rate I expect there to be ONE video game compnay by 2012.
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So fucking what if they have not made any really good games for a while, at least they provide employment for a shit load of people. In financial times like these, why do people want to see companies fall and hurt the work force more than it already is?
12/04/08
I'm sorry to tell you, but it's not the job of the consumer to ensure that the developer's staff stay employed with their own paychecks. Business isn't welfare, and if a company can't produce, it goes under, Midway included. It certainly won't be the first company to shut its doors, assuming this situation pans out that way (which I doubt as the company has too many established IPs to let rot).
12/04/08
Honestly though, just cause a lot of people hate their games, there are also probably a lot that like them. I am not trying to claim to know how millions of people feel, though, I am just stating economic facts.
12/04/08
Personally, if I ran Midway, I think one method to get some easy profits would be to exploit its back catalog of games and make them available for purchase on XBLA/PSN. I know I'd love to see some older titles such as Gauntlet Legends available with on-line multi-player. Midway's problem is its not a console developer; like Sega and Capcom, its success came from arcades, and the company just never adapted to the changing industry to compete in peoples' homes. Exploit that by revitalizing games like NBA Jam in the modern arcade that is XBLA/PSN.
12/04/08
DAMN THE MARKET!
"Choose your track!"
MIDWAY FALLS!
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12/04/08
12/04/08
Hopefully someone will buy Midway and resurrect them. But Not EA. Go away EA, shouldnt you be making homely looking Asian characters and other crap based on todays horrible pop culture.
12/04/08
*puts head in shame and walks away*
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12/04/08
If all of those people are out of jobs, the wait for a dog will go down to below an hour and maybe I can start eating there again. Everybody wins. Oh wait... sorry.
12/04/08
How much do you cost these days? I've got a couple bucks in my pocket, if you're interested. Just reach in for them.
Haven't found em yet? Oh, they're in there. Jiggle your hand around a little. Thats a good Midway. Cmon... you know you need it. *pant pant pant*
12/04/08
12/04/08
Would you say no if YOU were Midway?
Cmon... I'll betcha Midway will do your household chores for a week for a fiver. You can probably even beat and abuse them while they're at it.
12/04/08
12/04/08
The NFL Blitz games were great, arcade-y fun like NBA Jam. But when EA got the NFL license exclusively, that's when the Blitz: The League series came about.
NFL Blitz > Blitz: The League. BUT I'll give Midway a C+ in effort for trying to work around the fact that they can't use real NFL players anymore.
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Midway killed my father, and raped my mother. Surprisingly at the same time.
12/04/08
Please ... don't ever breed.
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tl;dr, back off, I can dislike companies all I want, thank you very much.
12/04/08
Never said you couldn't dislike a company. Merely pointed out that what you said you said wasn't what you said.
12/04/08