Do You Think That Ubisoft Can Come Out With Their Own Console?

[Viper1]

fatslob-:O said:

Viper1 said:

Referring to manpower.  Which is truly the worth of a company.  Market cap is nothing more than the total value of all outstanding shares.   It doesn't reflect their spending or buying power.  More the value of the company itself.

Could you explain how the number of employees is actually the worth of a company compared to the market cap ? I'm pretty sure Apple could be considered the biggest public company even though there are alot of others like sony who have more employees than them. Even IBM has like 5 times the amount of employees and no one else considers them to be bigger than Apple. Nintendo still has more money in their reserves than Ubisoft does. 

What is the product?  Games?  Games take people.   Ubisoft has nearly twice as many people working on games in their studios than does Nintendo.  That is a much better indicator of their ability to establish themselves as a 1st party console holder than market cap.   Market cap, again, only tabulates the value of outstanding shares.   Cash reserves are a totally different factor.   You can have a big market cap and no cash reserves.  Or good cash reserves and small market cap.

And what if your company were privately owned?