Posted May 19, 2008 at 01:31PM by Isaac C.
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And the drama continues. After a brief period of silence following the passing of the second deadline, Electronic Arts has extended their offer to Take-Two Interactive to accept their US$ 2 billion to buy them out. This is the third deadline imposed on Take-Two now. (If only my professor was as lenient with deadlines...) Take-Two continues to protest that the offer is still too low, undervaluing the worth of the company, considering the massive success of Grand Theft Auto 4 and the announced Bioshock movie. EA remarked that the offer already took the success of GTA 4 into consideration with the offer. Perhaps they're just not willing to dish out more cash? EA already did have to secure a loan of US$ 1 billion in preparation for the merger. |
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[Via Associated Press]
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by vcxv - 2008-05-19 |
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» lol
just give it u ea
just give it u ea
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by purple_cow - 2008-05-19 |
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» uhuh
ea should either give it a rest or cough up the cash. their "deadline" threat isn't fooling anyone anymore.
ea should either give it a rest or cough up the cash. their "deadline" threat isn't fooling anyone anymore.
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by NarooN - 2008-05-19 |
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» Come on.
EA...Just move on.
With all the money Take 2 and Rockstar just got, do you really think they NEED this merger?
EA...Just move on.
With all the money Take 2 and Rockstar just got, do you really think they NEED this merger?
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by Kingofdaberbz - 2008-05-19 |
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» no T2 for u EA
Raise the price EA or forget about it. GTA4 made a 25% of your offer in one week. That just isn't enough money. 3.5 billion seems about right though.
Raise the price EA or forget about it. GTA4 made a 25% of your offer in one week. That just isn't enough money. 3.5 billion seems about right though.
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Re: Shatterdome - 2008-05-20 |
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» well....
The amount of money the NDP shows is not the profit a game or company makes, but just straight up sales....
So, you have to then factor in middle men and re-salers as well as the development costs of the game....
2 billion straight up is actually a really good offer....however, who knows how many shares of T2 have been sold and how much T2 would have to pay out to shareholders before they could party with the rest of the cash....
The amount of money the NDP shows is not the profit a game or company makes, but just straight up sales....
So, you have to then factor in middle men and re-salers as well as the development costs of the game....
2 billion straight up is actually a really good offer....however, who knows how many shares of T2 have been sold and how much T2 would have to pay out to shareholders before they could party with the rest of the cash....
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by Moving_Target - 2008-05-20 |
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» ...
They should just give up on trying to buy out T2... Besides, the last thing we need is a future GTA game being developed with EA calling the shots.
They should just give up on trying to buy out T2... Besides, the last thing we need is a future GTA game being developed with EA calling the shots.
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by izkjon - 2008-05-20 |
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» EA is Scared! of Take2.
Everyone know it by now, that Their scared.
That's why they are taking out the biggest threat.
So they don't have to compete with anyone, that's if they sucessed on taking over Take 2.
EA wants to hold all the cards, so they can rule over the gaming industry.
Anyway GTA 4 rocks. pitty I don't own a Copy of the game(GTA IV), because it has been soldout, eversince its lauch day here in South Africa.
Everyone know it by now, that Their scared.
That's why they are taking out the biggest threat.
So they don't have to compete with anyone, that's if they sucessed on taking over Take 2.
EA wants to hold all the cards, so they can rule over the gaming industry.
Anyway GTA 4 rocks. pitty I don't own a Copy of the game(GTA IV), because it has been soldout, eversince its lauch day here in South Africa.
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