I'd actually be down for either of these scenarios.

Nintendo buys Xbox brand and all first parties.

Nintendo and Sony merge.

The second scenario would be better as I really don't care for many of Microsoft's exclusives, so I'd still only purchase the console for third party or Nintendo exclusives.

Something similar already proposed.  Forwarded interally.  Can't comment further.

EDIT: Hmmm. 

If you say why MS should invest in a money losing business then why didn't that apply to Sony for years with PS3?  They may have lost billions to set up but from what I understand they have been making money for the last couple of years.  No one ever say anything about Google spending billions on Android and giving it away in order to make more billions on advertising.  In the end whether MS makes money or not has nothing to do with 99.9999999999% of the gamers or the gaming journalists out there.  They should enjoy the games or don't... if this keeps up we won't have a 2 horse race cause the same people will tell Nintendo to close shop too since they are selling even worse than MS these days... and I am not talking about handhelds. 

I wish people would stop with this "failure" and "doomed" crap... The market will change, games will come and there will be a different story in 2 years.

Bolded: Why do you constantly feel the need to talk to others in such a condescending attitude? Is that really necessary for your argument? 

Especially considering we were using the same information, just from different sources. But I wouldn't worry about it. It shows him in a negative light more so than anyone he talks down to.

"The new sales leader is Sony, but that should give no one reason to cheer.  Sony lost money for 4 straight years (2008-2012), and was barely able to squeek out a 2013 profit  only because it took a massive $4.6B 2012 loss which cleared the way to show something slightly better than break-even.  Now S&P has downgraded Sony’s debt to near junk status.  While PS4 sales are better than XBox One, in the fast shifting world of gaming this is no lock on future sales as game developers constantly jockey dollars between platforms.

Whether Sony will make money on PS4 in 2014 is far from proven.  Especially since it sells for $100/unit (20%) less than XBox One – which compresses margins.  What investors (and customers) can expect is an ongoing price war between Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft to attract sales.  A competition which historically has left all competitors with losses – even when they win the market share war."

Today I have learned a lot of things:

- Sony tooks massive losses on purpose.

- An American rating agency honestly downgrades a Japanese company's debt to junk status after that company to surprisingly strive in recent months.

- Sony Gaming Division presents profits in the last quarter but now that software will significantly sell upon the hardware sold in that quarter, Sony may not present profits anymore.

- PS4 will engage into a price war despite being selling more than its competitors combined and being enlarging that difference month after month.

The tone of the article makes it sound more like re-gifting the lumpy hand-knit sweater your kooky aunt Edna gave you.

Or my parents giving me their 14-year-old car with 133,000 miles on it and rust in a few small places. Yeah, a car is good, but the work just creeps up on you...