I would say it's BS.
Taking into account the fact that EA owns now 15.37 % of the share capital of UbiSoft which gives it 24.86% of voting power, and because of a statutory provision the voting power is actually doubled. This means in short that EA has now a decision-maker majority in Ubisoft of 49.72%.
EA has threaten UBI of a buyout, without having to spell things out, saying that they don't intend to place their people on the board of directors but they could do it if they want to increase their share capital (which mean they can absorb the company at any given time). And since EA is clearly owned by MS ... who do you think pulls the strings ?
Don't you think it's pretty strange that less that a week after this announcement, UBI suddenly makes this statement ? All the people that think a responsive AI has only something to do with the power of the CPU is totaly wrong it's all a matter of coding. So this statement only proves two things : 1. Either Ubisoft's programmers are very lazy people, or 2. Someone is talking BS for a darker purpose.
This is the French site where I fetched the information : http://www.boursier.com/vals/FR/ubisoft-les-statuts-de-l-editeur-propulsent-electronic-arts-au-quart-des-droits-de-vote-news-246505,5447.htm
