With all the talk about Yahoo, imagine if MS was trying to buy Sony instead

[Legend11]

RolStoppable said:

Legend11 said:

-Microsoft could phase out the Xbox brand and finally have success in Japan (Playstation 4 would be a monster console with franchises such as Halo, Gran Turismo, Gears of War, Ratchet & Clank, Banjo Kazooie, Fable, God of War, Resistance, etc and likely have control of other key franchises like Metal Gear Solid, Grand Theft Auto, Mass Effect, Bioshock, Final Fantasy, EA Sports, etc.)

That's an interesting point. If this hypothetical Playstation 4 from MS/Sony would have all these games you mentioned and we take out the franchises that generally don't sell a whole lot in Japan we are left with Gran Turismo, Metal Gear Solid and Final Fantasy. Exactly what Sony's Playstation 3 has now. It takes much more than that to win over Japan.

The console would likely be a huge success in North America and Europe (more so than just a Sony only or Microsoft only console) which would make it more attractive to Japanese third parties.  Add to that the money that both Sony and Microsoft now spend on getting exclusives to their consoles would be combined to get even more exclusives to the Sony/Microsoft console.