EA Thinks "No" Means "Maybe"

It would seem as though EA believe that "no" means "maybe". Thankfully, EA isn't asking some girl out in a bar. No, EA is after Take-Two... yet again.

This marks the fifth time EA has made an unsolicited offer and will more than likely be the fifth time they are rejected.

The extension of the offer comes after approximately 11,741,339 shares of Take-Two had been tendered in by the previous deadline of July 18, accounting for around 15 per cent of the total.

EA first put the offer on the table in February and since then stock market traders have been expressing little confidence that the deal will ever go through.

"In February, Take-Two's board rejected EA's offer as inadequate. Since then, the record-shattering release of Grand Theft Auto IV, the exciting announcement of a BioShock movie, and our ability to deliver financial results exceeding expectations have further demonstrated that our value-creation potential is greater than EA's offer," said Ben Feder, Take-Two's CEO.

So when will EA realise that no means no? When they end up in court for non-consentual sex?

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Posted by DrEnzyme on 22 July 2008, 11:23PM

Hehehe. Its funny, because EA are so entwined in their own ego that they fail to realise one of the fundamental rules of life: money can't buy everything, and it certainly doesn't buy friends. Even if they acquired Take-Two, half the employees there would quit, and we'd just have another good reason to hate EA...

Besides Westwood.

Posted by Grunt of God on 24 July 2008, 07:01PM

Well it seems here that they aren't giving ENOUGH money. The companies seem to think they can make alot more money by themeselves, which is probally true. But once their potentiol dies down, they'd be more than happy to be adopted by EA, they are businesses after all.

Posted by ChatterboxZombie on 29 July 2008, 08:22PM

This deserves a resounding meh.
MEH! Do you hear me EA? MEH!
Right now im listening to "Still alive" from portal, so your lucky, cause if i wasnt i would probably say something worse than Meh!
....dadada,for the people who are still alive!