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Midway Games going bankrupt?
« on: December 05, 2008, 09:41:25 PM »
According to an associate of mine at the Mortal Kombat Blackout forums:

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Do you guys realize how close Midway is to bankruptcy? The owe 250 million dollars, and need to pay it by January. And that just ain't gonna happen, seeing as they only have 75 million in assets (MK being one of them).
Their stock is selling for pennies. Their shareholders are DEMANDING their loans back.
This shit just got real serious boys and girls.

The house that built MK is going down the tubes, and at this point, it is almost %100 that the next MK will not be made by Midway. They have to liquidate to attempt to get the shareholders their money back, and just what do you think Midway has left of any value to people?
That's right ... OUR MK!

When I first heard of this possibility I thought, ah, someone will just scoop up Midway, and it'll be just like before, except it'll say EA or Activision before Midway when I load the game. But that's not the case. No one is going to buy Midway. It just doesn't make any sense at this point. MK isn't enough to make back that money, and everyone knows it.

MK is in real danger of dying people. And unless one of you is uber, UBER rich, there is nothing we can do about it.

What a shit-load of  [cen]  it is that MK vs. DC could be the last MK game ever.
I'm quite sad and upset. Sorry for ranting.

this news ain't good, fellas. We could lose one of the greatest fighting franchises in history!
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Re: Midway Games going bankrupt?
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2008, 09:56:50 PM »
well if they mismanage their funds, and make bad decisions they can only go under!!

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Re: Midway Games going bankrupt?
« Reply #2 on: December 06, 2008, 09:18:00 AM »
and if every mk game they make for new consoles blow, what do you expect

they should make games for xbox live and ps3 online and wii online

try some new things, because mk sucks

mk hasnt been good since Mortal Kombat Trilogy on PS1

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Re: Midway Games going bankrupt?
« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2008, 01:52:45 PM »
Yeah that and Midway has not had any good video games in a long time i mean other then Mortal Kombat you think of things like NFL Blitz and... uhh uhh... yeah i donno what else comes to mind with midway anymore...

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Re: Midway Games going bankrupt?
« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2008, 04:52:50 PM »
As far as I'm concerned, the last REALLY good MK game was Deadly Alliance, although I enjoyed Shaolin Monks alot too.
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Re: Midway Games going bankrupt?
« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2008, 11:17:26 AM »
nah Deadly Alliance was all 3d... they destroyed the series by going 3d

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Re: Midway Games going bankrupt?
« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2008, 03:05:25 PM »
nah Deadly Alliance was all 3d... they destroyed the series by going 3d
you can thank MK4.
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Re: Midway Games going bankrupt?
« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2008, 03:15:17 PM »
Cruisin' USA? :(

Was I the only one who played that at the Arcades?


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Re: Midway Games going bankrupt?
« Reply #8 on: December 08, 2008, 08:26:07 PM »
Cruisin' USA? :(

Was I the only one who played that at the Arcades?

Hell no, man. I LOVE the Cruisin' games. I still play Cruisin' World on the N64 to this day.
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Re: Midway Games going bankrupt?
« Reply #9 on: December 08, 2008, 11:04:26 PM »
Then how could you forget playing those, sir!? D: That was one of my favourite midway titles!


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Re: Midway Games going bankrupt?
« Reply #10 on: December 08, 2008, 11:07:58 PM »
Cruisin' USA? :(

Was I the only one who played that at the Arcades?

 [cen] , more nostalgia.
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Re: Midway Games going bankrupt?
« Reply #11 on: December 08, 2008, 11:09:08 PM »
Tee hee. Oopsie.


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Re: Midway Games going bankrupt?
« Reply #12 on: December 08, 2008, 11:28:45 PM »
Damn, dude, I REMEMBER.
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Re: Midway Games going bankrupt?
« Reply #13 on: December 08, 2008, 11:30:51 PM »
Isn't it amazing? The things you remember?


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Re: Midway Games going bankrupt?
« Reply #14 on: December 09, 2008, 05:26:29 AM »
Then how could you forget playing those, sir!? D: That was one of my favourite midway titles!

yeah i suppose it was one of Midways things but it Was more Like a job Done by Nintendo and everyone who played that remembered Nintendo far more then Midway..
though i suppose same can be said for Killer Instinct Lol

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Re: Midway Games going bankrupt?
« Reply #15 on: December 09, 2008, 08:59:52 AM »
it was impossible to do most Killer Instinct finishing moves

they made them impossible

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Re: Midway Games going bankrupt?
« Reply #16 on: December 09, 2008, 02:46:14 PM »
Yeah. Soul Calibur's were do-able. Killer Instinct's were impossible. :(


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Re: Midway Games going bankrupt?
« Reply #17 on: December 10, 2008, 03:47:37 PM »
Then how could you forget playing those, sir!? D: That was one of my favourite midway titles!
I never forgot playing those. They just kinda left the arcades and were replaced by newer Silent Scopes and HotD's.
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Re: Midway Games going bankrupt?
« Reply #18 on: December 10, 2008, 06:07:41 PM »
And that other racing game... Rush, I think it was called? I didn't like it very much.


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Re: Midway Games going bankrupt?
« Reply #19 on: December 10, 2008, 09:23:59 PM »
arcades are not popular in mn, really

got a few, but they are in malls

are they popular where anyone is?