stillguns 5 Posted November 6, 2020 (edited) https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/codemasters-confirms-its-in-talks-with-take-two-over-a-possible-sale/ Of all the companies you could sell the series rights to, Take Two and EA are the worst of the worst. Take Two especially has been taking the p*** recently with their horrendous consumer unfriendly practices. Full priced games with unskippable ads, bugged releases that don't get fixed, zero effort copy/pastes of entire games (Switch version of NBA 2K21 is literally just a copy/paste of 2K20, which itself was a copy/paste of 2K19). Selling the F1 series to Take Two will kill the franchise, I'm sure of it. They don't care about making good video games, they just want us to empty our pockets. Edited November 11, 2020 by stillguns 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nightfire1964 161 Posted November 7, 2020 4 hours ago, stillguns said: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/codemasters-confirms-its-in-talks-with-take-two-over-a-possible-sale/ Of all the companies you could sell the series rights to, Take Two and EA are the worst of the worst. Take Two especially has been taking the p*** recently with their horrendous consumer unfriendly practices. Full priced games with unskippable ads, bugged releases that don't get fixed, zero effort copy/pastes of entire games (Switch version of NBA 2K21 is literally just a copy/paste of 2K20, which itself was a copy/paste of 2K19). Selling the F1 series to Take Two will kill the franchise, I'm sure of it. They don't care about making good video games, they just want us to empty our pockets. omg yeah just saw the news surprised the hell out of me although i don't think it it's as much as codemasters giving the licence rather than take 2 literally buying codemasters so be like when codemasters brought slightly mad studios Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StanleyGoodspeed 110 Posted November 7, 2020 (edited) It’s a terrible idea, of course they’ll sell. Codemasters isn’t exactly known for turning down a buck. So, get get your credit cards out boys! 🤑 Edited November 7, 2020 by StanleyGoodspeed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cearp8858 88 Posted November 7, 2020 Codies isnt selling the series, codemasters and the studios they own is what is being potentially bought so codemasters will still be making all the games they do now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Johnnnn 184 Posted November 7, 2020 I am not sure. I liked GTA, Red dead and Mafia series but everything is dead now. On the other hand CM needs much more polishing to be flawless racing leader and maybe somebody else can force it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Johnnnn 184 Posted November 7, 2020 Microsoft would be better I guess, because Xbox was always mostly racing console. With racing games from CM, Xbox will be racer dream. T2 can only add more ads and other useless live service stuff. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stillguns 5 Posted November 7, 2020 11 hours ago, cearp8858 said: Codies isnt selling the series, codemasters and the studios they own is what is being potentially bought so codemasters will still be making all the games they do now Yeah, I misunderstood the article a little, but the sentiment stands. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bicarda 484 Posted November 8, 2020 On 11/6/2020 at 9:41 PM, stillguns said: bugged releases that don't get fixed, zero effort copy/pastes of entire games Sounds like they're made for each other then tbh Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stillguns 5 Posted November 8, 2020 5 hours ago, Bicarda said: Sounds like they're made for each other then tbh Codies doesn't shove unskippable ads down your throat though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rango 179 Posted November 9, 2020 Take two have probably just seen the increase in racing games being played due to lockdown and thought "we'll have some of that". I'm hoping that should the takeover happen, codies will remain to function as it does but maybe with an increased budget, allowing them to polish the game more effectively in the 'short' time frame between iterations. Also, maybe some investment in the AI would be good... Let me dream ok 😂 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GavinMac 235 Posted November 9, 2020 Take Two make some great games, look at how much value for money GTA5 has been, so did CM... years ago! Currently CM isnt much better than EA in my opinion, My friends and I fell foul of the Grid 2019 money grab and looks like Dirt 5 is on a par to that! Hopefully T2 wil purge some of the management and give us the games we deserve! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LChaves01 65 Posted November 9, 2020 4 hours ago, GavinMac said: Take Two make some great games, look at how much value for money GTA5 has been, so did CM... years ago! Currently CM isnt much better than EA in my opinion, My friends and I fell foul of the Grid 2019 money grab and looks like Dirt 5 is on a par to that! Hopefully T2 wil purge some of the management and give us the games we deserve! It's hard to get a read on T2, on one hand they allow Rockstar this long leash where they work on their franchises for years(and it pays off). On another hand they are really predatory with their sports games... F1 2020 has a lot more customization and microtransactions than previous games, that might have caught T2 eyes... Expect it to get a lot worst if the take over is completed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GunDeviLnl 48 Posted November 10, 2020 Hey guys, it's official now codemasters has been sold to take two.. what will happen to the f1 series from now on? Pay 2 win or will this be a good thing? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GunDeviLnl 48 Posted November 10, 2020 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.pcgamer.com/amp/take-two-interactive-is-in-talks-to-acquire-codemasters-for-nearly-dollar1-billion/&ved=2ahUKEwiCmNCVp_jsAhVQxoUKHT3zDAAQFjAAegQIBBAB&usg=AOvVaw1jh5y3nvrdCF3iR7GlKoFV&ampcf=1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Monty831 1 Posted November 10, 2020 Assuming another group of developers were already working on next year's game then could this still be released under the 2K label? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
janbonator 301 Posted November 10, 2020 Well played, CM. They acquired the F1 license for years to come and pumped up the value of the company by doing so, only to sell it to Take Two. This is no jab, like I said - well played. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JonnyHoonit 20 Posted November 10, 2020 Nice, F1 can become a casino game with some racing as a distraction. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
janbonator 301 Posted November 10, 2020 6 minutes ago, JonnyHoonit said: Nice, F1 can become a casino game with some racing as a distraction. "Replace front wing" "$2,99" Come to think of it, it might be good for the random lobbies... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikyesposto95 97 Posted November 10, 2020 this is Shameful. Don't end up like 2k sports because they never improve the games over the years. The f1 series needs a lot of improvements that go towards simulation Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stillguns 5 Posted November 11, 2020 Well, it was nice to enjoy the F1 games while it lasted, but soon enough, we're gonna go down the same route that happened to the NBA, NFL and WWE games. You really disappoint me Codies. You have betrayed every single person who has ever bought one of your games. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
