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Forums - Gaming Discussion - Apple has a $200 billion war chest, should it buy Nintendo and Sega?

Snoopy on 11 February 2016

Why would Apple buy a failing company like Nintendo and Sega. Nintendo's value will drop over time because consoles isn't their strong suit and handheld gaming will take a hit. Sega is just about tapped out. If I were Apple, the company I would buy is something like AMD to keep building the same quality products without being as expensive. Microsoft needs to do something similar and make deals with Dell and such to make their products cheaper.



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CosmicSex on 11 February 2016
kowenicki said:
CosmicSex said:

They would be better served buying Microsoft... yes they can afford that too.  And then the PC/Mac situation would get interesting.  There has been no real competiotion in the PC arena ever since Microsoft took over.  We need some REAL competition in this market. 

WTF? No. Actually they cant.

Yes, actually they could.   What would Apple have to do to become majority shareholder?  How much would they have to buy?  Can they afford it?  These are the questions you should be asking yourself.   This is hypothetical of course.  No way they would but could they?  Yes.  Remeber this is a hypothetical thread... :)



Teeqoz on 11 February 2016
LurkerJ said:
Teeqoz said:

That's not how it works. Just because they post a profit doesn't mean their cash increases.

 

https://finance.yahoo.com/q/bs?s=AAPL

I know what you are getting at, but Soundwave is correct. Apple has over 200b in cash.

"Tim cook: Apple now has $216B in cash"

google it.

I just gave you a link to Apple's balance sheet. It's compiled information from Apple's latest Form 10-Q report to the SEC commitee. They can't lie there.



Snoopy on 11 February 2016
CosmicSex said:
kowenicki said:

WTF? No. Actually they cant.

Yes, actually they could.   What would Apple have to do to become majority shareholder?  How much would they have to buy?  Can they afford it?  These are the questions you should be asking yourself.   This is hypothetical of course.  No way they would but could they?  Yes.  Remeber this is a hypothetical thread... :)

I don't think Apple can afford to buy Microsoft.



Alby_da_Wolf on 11 February 2016
LurkerJ said:
This thread has spun out of control. It started out messy with a ridiculous proposal but damn did we manage to make it more ridiculous.

Yep, but I like it for this, although it's hard to follow all those damn spinning users!   



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DK64 on 11 February 2016

why sony fans want to destroy Nintendo?

Are You scared in some way?

The hate of these posts is absurd.

I want sony to go bankrupt soon, maybe game industry will be better.

 

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Aeolus451 on 11 February 2016
DK64 said:
why sony fans want to destroy Nintendo?

Are You scared in some way?

The hate of these posts is absurd.

I want sony to go bankrupt soon, maybe game industry will be better.

What sony fans say they want to destroy nintendo? *Shrugs



onionberry on 11 February 2016

Nintendo owns their company, case closed. Sega... not a good idea.



H.E.R. on 11 February 2016
LurkerJ said:
H.E.R. said:

Never underestimate iSheep. Apple Watch still sold over 12 million last year. Not bad considering how useless wearable tech has been so far.

As for iPad Pro...yeah, it's been a flop. Still, Apple's done well overpricing all of their other products.

"the iPad Pro flopped and the iPad sales are in continuous decline but that doesn't scream sheep mentality but I am just gonna ignore that fact so that I can make the point of Apple products being celebrated for no particular reason" .... basically.

As for the Apple Watch, it's wildy regarded as a relative flop, some random report will not change that. But let's talk about smartwatches... Smartwatches of today will not sell based on their smart capabilities, maybe in the future, but for now, people buy them for the same reason they bought watches in the past; fashionability. Thankfully, the Apple Watch looks elegant and Apple has done a great covering a wide range of consumers' taste. So being a useless tech shouldn't stop it from attracting buyers. With that said, the "12 million" figure remains an unproven estimate like many other published estimates predicting the sales of the Apple Watch. Hopefully, the number is true because I like seeing Apple's success pissing people off

"Fashionability"? What person would rather buy an Apple Watch over another regular $400 Bulova, Movado, Seiko, or Coach that only tells time for the sake of fashionability? I'm willing to bet the majority of people who bought an Apple Watch hadn't even thought about purchasing a smartwatch and simply bought it because they know Apple made it. Still no killer software for the Apple Watch (or smartwatches in general) with low attach rate (8% according to a December Forbes article). That is sheep mentality.

And if the 12 million figure is true, that still probably doesn't make Apple happy since they would usually release public sales like they do for their other mainstream products in their quarterly reports.



demonfox13 on 11 February 2016

Lmao Apple and Nintendo would be a match made in heaven. Mike the same sh $!#/t over and over and the mindless drones will buy ni matter how bad or mediocre their products are.

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