Before you start the 7th billion Nintendo is Doomed thread

[Viper1]

Ka-pi96 said:

Viper1 said:

That assumes Nintendo would sell them.   If Nintendo owns enough shares, they can go independent again.  Meaning no possiblity for buyout.  A company doesn't buy back their own shares if they plan on selling to someone else because they'd lose money.

Besides, if a rich Nintendo fanboy can buy them out, doesn't that just reason that they could buy theirselves out and become a private company again?

Yeah you're right they would be much harder to buy if they own all their shares and if they are doing well. However if they are regularly losing money then the owner is more likely to sell if a good offer comes along.

Possibly.  But this is all a hypothetical anyway.  It's just to show that they have enough liquid funds to carry on for a long time to come even if things don't turn around.  Which they will.  After all, they just posted profits last quarter: $212 million operating income and $94 million net income.  And that's just a quarter.