yeah definitely getting sold

So then who is going to buy Take Two if it is sold? EA? Ubisoft? Or will it be Activison? Microsoft? Sony?

Microsoft just spun out or closed a bunch of its studios. Sony's doing better this year (despite the hardware costs and prior years of poor sales), but already has a sports franchise and a large international network of studios. EA has the cash, but I think their investors would be a tad upset if they made another big purchase after the Playfish deal. Unless Ubisoft wants to expand their US operations, I think they're probably happy where they are currently. I don't think Take 2's properties mesh well with what's in Ubisoft's portfolio. Activision's a real good bet. Despite the losses on rhythm games, they're making a mint on anything Blizzard or Infinity Ward puts out. Take 2 would give them sports franchises in addition to the racing studio they picked up a few years back.

But I think the best possibility is Warner Bros. They have what's left of Midway, including some non-licensed sports properties. So that puts them in a good place to use 2K Sports' properties, for example. And Warner Bros. comes from the movies business. So they would know how to best position, market, and develop the cinematic style of games that come out of Rockstar and Irrational. Plus I think they really want to expand more into the game medium beyond where they currently are. Like Disney, they're probably looking to increasingly internalize development and license less of their non-game media properties out to other publishers.