@pasture
When all the negative karma EA has gathered from gamers over the years finally takes effect and they nose dive in sales and head towards collapse, I could potentially see Microsoft swooping in at the last second and buy them up, mostly for the brands. But right now, no. It would cost too much and they won't get enough in return. They can make better investments by continuing to buy up small dev teams.
And it's pretty much the same for Take Two, except I don't think they have enough negative attention from the audience to think a collapse is a possibility.
@pasture
That..... that's actually is an interesting idea. I can't quite put my finger on it, but for some reason I do see Ubisoft and their franchises as a good fit for Microsoft.