Nintendo and Microsoft merger. Am I the only one who would want it?

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@Resident Hazard: Public as governmental? Well the government owns it.
Publicly traded companies (which Nintendo is) then again is owned by owning its stocks. More stocks you own, the more you own from the company. If you own more than 50% of the shares, you practically own the company, since you have full control of the company. By japanese laws, if another company owns more than 30% of other companys shares, they are count as same company. For example; Nissan is owned by Renault, by a little over 30% of the shares, and in Japan, Nissan is one part of Renault, when in the west, Renault would be only a major shareholder instead of parent company (in order to be a parent company, 50% share is required). I can't be sure about japanese laws, but they may require a large amount of company stock being owned by the company itself, which would explain the "30% rule".

@Sky Render: As far as i know, the deal was 25% of the upcoming consoles profits (HW/SW) would have gone to Sony. So i don't see it leading to merger, but maybe you can enlighten me a little.