Take-Two sells Joytech to MadCatz
by Justin McElroy 
{ Sep 7th 2007 at 10:30AM }
As we were making fun of Joytech for some of their more offensive accessory offerings, we bet that you had no idea the company was actually a subsidiary of Take-Two. Well, that's your fact for the day, a new wrinkle for your brain. ... Ooh, actually, wait, you need to go ahead and forget that fact. Take-Two announced today that they just sold the whole thing to Mad Catz.Take-Two says that divesting themselves of Joytech is all part of a plan to focus on its core publishing business. We don't know if it's a financial help, but we know that Take-Two is probably better off spiritually without Joytech in its midst.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jacob P. @ Sep 7th 2007 10:34AM
I read that and thought it said Take-Two sold Joystiq to Madcatz...
I was like...This doesn't make sense!
GalileoAce @ Sep 7th 2007 10:57AM
I, too, read it as that and my brain was like "Mer?", and I was like "I concure my good fellow."
But upon clicking the link we both discovered we were had. And a good hading it wasn't.
J-Guy @ Sep 7th 2007 3:32PM
Amazing! I too thought that.
Crono @ Sep 7th 2007 10:37AM
In before "Joystiq is Tobias! Sony sold a part of their company but weren't called "spiritually better for it"!!!!111one"
BPM @ Sep 7th 2007 11:03AM
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Sean @ Sep 7th 2007 11:15AM
I've never came across a good MadCatz peripheral.
NATO_Duke @ Sep 7th 2007 11:32AM
OK where are the angry Joytech fanboys? Bring on the fight!
Oh wait, there are no Joytech fanboys? Damn.
ThornedVenom @ Sep 7th 2007 5:46PM
I think that MadCatz got ripped off big time.
ThornedVenom @ Sep 7th 2007 5:47PM
Wait, that's not what I meant.... I meant scammed!
Tim @ Sep 7th 2007 10:28PM
I find Joytech stuff to be much better quality(and styled better) than the crap that MadCatz pump out.
I hope that this now means that MadCatz will start making better peripherals...
treeki @ Sep 8th 2007 7:46AM
Joytech stuff is crap.
I have a Joytech gamepad which I got about a year ago: it's uncomfortable, badly built, included software sucks, analog sticks are impossible to use in most software due to their weird mappings and they don't work properly. I won't be buying anything else from them in a hurry. >>