Will Microsoft Leave The Video Game Market If PS4 Takes Most of the Marketshare?

[joeorc]

ICStats said:

They haven't left the mobile market despite Windows Mobile not getting a large market share.

They bought Nokia. Maybe they'll buy SCE if the rest of Sony isn't doing well. ;)

Btw, making a profit is not the only thing to look at.  Companies have different profit expectations, for example consumer electronics business like Sony target ~5% profit whereas tech companies like MS target much higher profit.  If they have a segment earning only 5% or less it's not good for their investor's expectations and can negatively affect their stock.

SCE and the entertainment section of Sony is not a Public IPO!

as a matter of fact SEC is a LLC, its in of it self is completely contained in its entirety as a 

 wholly owned subsidiary that is not for public offering in stock!

That is exactly why sony sold off the PC section, and spin off the TV section!, even dan lobe with 7% ownership of Sony , Kaz and the board of directors flat out in a vote as a whole told him No for a public offering of the entertainment Arm!, he does not even have a seat on the board over @ Sony.

The poison Pill was already set in place before this buy out talk was even started. Playstation is one of the three pillar's of Sony, the entire board of director's and Kaz would hve to be displaced for even a chance for this to take place, by that time it would be over the Hedge fund would get short sale and break up of those toxic assets, and Sony would have in of itself no public offering on the good parts that shark hedge funds want access to. 

Its a No win situation for non japanese, to try to come into that area and try to do a hostile take over, in the past 40 years the japanese GOVT.

side's with the japanese board of director's over the wish'es of Non japanese hedgefunds, or Hostile corp. raiding. To be blunt on the matter its pretty much a pipe dream for this to change anytime soon even in the next 10 to 20 years.