EA's pursuit of publisher was to ‘help’ Take Two, says outspoken CEO
EA CEO John Riccitiello has told the Wall Street Journal that his company’s bid for Take-Two was “a waste of ink” and that it was intended to help the firm get through difficult times.
He added that EA walked away from the deal as “time was of the essence, because we wanted to impact holiday 2008 sales of Grand Theft Auto IV”
The EA exec also summed up the pursuit of Take Two in typically pragmatic style: “Take-Two told us to wait and that they wanted more money. We waited. We went through a variety of steps. The gap [in price] remained.”
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Too ironic hearing EA complain about misrepresentations. These guys claiming to help anyone but themselves is the real misrepresentation.
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