FishyJoe on 01 February 2008
You buy a company by purchasing their stock, not the assets. The market cap is the total sum of the stock value, so in effect is their purchase price, although that goes up as buying interest increases. Bottom line, Nintendo would cost far more to purchase than Sony. Just like Google is worth 10x more than GM, despite GM having boatloads more physical assets and 20x the revenue.
