Analyst Michael Pachter talked toShacknews todayand told them that Rockstar North may decide to break away from Take-Two Interactive when their contracts expire February 2009. Patcher believes that after EA paid over $800 million for thePandemic and BioWare deal, Rockstar North wants to see what would happen to them if they split off from Take-Two.
So if this goes down, how much do you think companies would pay to get Rockstar?GTA III, Vice CityandSan Andreasare all in thetop 20 console gamesof all time and everyone is going bananas over anything theycan see fromGTA IV. Can you just imagine the bidding war Sony and Microsoft would have over them if they try and snatch Rockstar?