Take-Two Interactive is about two days away from turning tricks on a street corner, the filthy whore. It’s no secret that Take-Two is trying to get itself bought like a hunk of meat hanging in the back room of a seedy, unwashed Brooklyn deli, but until recently the only player in the game seemed to be The First Galactic Empire Electronic Arts. But you see, Take-Two has said more than once that the publisher has been having discussions with other “interested parties”. According to Forbes, the two options that Take-Two is speaking of is Activision (Tony Hawk Does Rapture?) and Ubisoft.

But it can’t be Activision, says Forbes. For you see, Activision is already busy trying to bring Vivendi into the Activision family. So really, through the power of deductive reasoning, we come to Ubisoft.

Why would Ubisoft want T2? Well, for starters the French publisher would love to have a hand in the sports game market. Right now they have Shaun White Snowboarding and… um… actually, that’s it. Ubisoft would also love to have the rights to licenses like BioShock and some game about stealing cars and murdering hookers that you may have heard of. There is, however, one slight issue.

Ubisoft can’t afford Take-Two. In the end, we have to keep in mind that EA’s offer, while it may seem small to Take-Two, is probably the best offer they’re going to get from any publisher.

Would it be nice of Ubisoft wound up owning Take-Two? Of course. Would those people who have a hatred for EA rejoice? Sure. But remember one thing: If Ubisoft somehow steals Take-Two, EA still wins. How?

Electronic Arts still holds a 20% stake in Ubisoft.

via Forbes

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