Could Microsoft Purchase Square Enix???

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starcraft said:

Kytiara said:

From what I've read, american companies (or for that matter any foreign companies) have a hard time trying to buy controlling shares of japanese companies. It's likely that the japanese would just not accept any purchase offers from microsoft if it would mean giving them control, even if offered a lot of money.

Does anyone know how common foreign take-overs are in Japan?

edit: Apparently I forgot how to write proper engrish!

It is true that Japanese businessmen and women tend to be very nationalistic, although less so now than ten years ago. That said, 20% of this company is already owned by overseas companies, and a huge amount is owned by individuals and financial insititutions, not the sort of traditional owners you are referring too. This is a publically traded company, if MS wanted to buy it (i dont think they do), they could

 It's an interesting topic, Starcraft, but it's not likely that SE would turn their back on Sony very easily. Sony bailed them out after the near bankruptcy that the first FF moviesent them reelinh towards.  And besides, with the iminent invasion of Iran and possibly Syria teamed with an enormous national debt, US economy is in big trouble, and SE would be loath to sell into such a situation and possibly be damaged by it.

I think that SE shareholders would've sold to MS a long time ago if they wished to, so I'm not inclined to believe that MS will ever get their hands on them. But they could afford it if they wanted to, nonetheless!