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Nem on 10 December 2012
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Soundwave said:

To be honest, Sega would probably fit the bill for Sony a lot better. They kinda need a little more family appeal, even though they are trying with LittleBigPlanet and Wonderbook and what not.

Sonic could fill the void that's been missing since they lost Crash Bandicoot. Sega characters taking the lead in IP like Playstation All-Stars Battle and LBP Karting (replace that with Sonic All-Stars Transformed) would probably help those games sell a lot better. Yakuza and Virtua Fighter are natural fits on the Playstation. 

It would help the Vita out a lot to have an exclusive Sonic, PSO, Soccer Manager, Virtua Fighter, etc.

That said, not sure if Sony has exactly a ton of money lying around to spend these days, even though they have made some acquisitions in some other divisions, my guess is that was all that Hirai was given to work with, there's not a lot more money coming in.

Lets stop feeding this dream. Sony is in no position to buy anyone at the moment. Not even a cheap ass SEGA.

Some guy also said that nintendo would spend all their money in the bank buying SEGA. That i dont believe is the case at all. Last i heard Nintendo has 10.5 billion dollars in the bank. SEGA would probably be worth less than 2 billion (their operating volume is 837 million). Its pricey, but Nintendo can still buy them and be pretty confortable.

With that said, the problem is SEGA themselves are 72 million in the red. Nintendo would have to go to lengths to make the company profitable. Not to mention that Sammy is pretty much running them down with cancelled titles.