The Motley Fool, dispite it's name, is actually pretty good.  They do a good job of making all the crazy economic terms and buzzwords make sense.

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So speak I, some random guy.

Now if only Activision would step in.   I wouldn't mind working on the next GTA ;)

It really is getting ridiculous.  EA needs to stop trying to monopolize everything.  We'll end up with EA, Microsoft and Nintendo controlling all the games.

EA's attempt to buy Take-Two has been pretty anemic, that's for sure.  They make a single offer, and just can't seem to grasp that shareholders are either not interested or that the price is too low.  Normally, a sensible business would re-evaluate the strategy they pursued and change their plan... but I honestly don't know what to call EA's tactic here.  "Runaway Groom" doesn't seem to fit... "delusional" is certainly more accurate.

It's more like an unwashed man standing on a crowded street with a "free hugs" sign for the fourth day in a row, who continues to give passers-by a sad smile despite the fact that no one has hugged him since day one.

The only fool in this is the Motley Fool.  Take-Two's shares are stalled below $27.  The market had already taken into account the large sales of GTA IV.  The stock is overvalued, as Take-Two is a one-trick pony with GTA.

EA is offering too much, not too little.  Most analysts understand that.

Dufus in New York

Yeah, I gotta say, they have summed the whole thing up. I never believed this thing to be serious, after all the nonsense EA was throwing.

-If shit and bricks were candy and tits, we'd all be livin' large. For information on games and psychology, look up:

Jonathan Freedman (2002)

Block and Crain (2007)

Grand Theft Childhood, a book by Harvard Medical School researchers Lawrence Kutner and Cheryl Olson

I have to agree, Electronic Arts, being the hungry overlords they are, seemingly can't grasp the concept of a company NOT wanting to join their dreadful "empire." And the fact that the FTC was giving T2 trouble until recently, despite them NOT wanting to sell, only serves to annoy me even more.

Fight the power, Take-Two!

Let's be honest here...with Take Two saying over and over that they don't wish to sell to EA, be it for whatever reason, and EA continuing to attempt purchasing by giving these deadlines, it only shows how badly EA wants Take Two, and therefore, their asking price is too low.  EA came to Take Two without T2 wanting to sell.  That means they have to give them an offer they can't refuse.  Sadly, T2 has been refusing, so the offer isn't that great.  Giving deadlines, only to extend them every time, and yet still toss out that same amount...that just makes EA look more and more desperate.  T2 has EA almost by the balls in this situation, even though EA got the FTC involved.  If I went up to someone and said "Hey, I'll buy your car for $20 and you need to give me an answer in 5 minutes", then got told no, only to say "Ok, how about I give you $20 for your car and you need to give me an answer in 5 minutes from now"...it's not going to work.  It shows desperation on EA's part (and desperation isn't sexy) and it shows T2 isn't falling for it.