Facebook buys WhatsApp for $16 Billion

[MoHasanie]

Soundwave said:

MoHasanie said:

benji232 said:

AnthonyW86 said:

That makes Whatsapp more valuable then either Sony or Nintendo....

Not really. Sony would have costed them probably 100B$+ and Nintendo around 25B$. However, no one would purchase Sony because they have so much debt but they are worth around 100B$.

How would Sony cost them $100bn? Sony's market cap currently is $17.7bn. 

I think market cap is only the value of the stock though ... wouldn't they have to assume the debt that Sony has for example? 

Um, the debt would just be transferred to the new owner though.