overman1 said:
dude dont be an idiot. Japan has very strict rules when it comes to foreign entities BUYING or OWNING companies and zaibatsus in Japan. This isnt about some xenophobeic shit (at least not from me). The point of the matter is that if Sony were to sell today, the offer will very much most likenly go to a fellow Japanese company like Casio or Sharp or something before any foreign company is thought of. Also, It would most likenly not be any of the comanies you name because Sony's main sector is household electronics and none of the companies you mentioned have anything to do with this. This clause is covered in these laws in Japan. There is very specific way by which Japanese companies can be acquired by foreign entities but It would ended up with the company not FULLY merging with said foreign comany. There is also the case of Sony's aged moral importance; That is in Japan, it would be far more easier to buy a much more younger and less significance company than a Mongul and well-aged homebase company like Sony who is easily Japan's most prominent electronic company. I can say with relative ease that the Japanese goverment will do everything to make sure a comany like Sony remains Japanese rather than selling to some foreign entity (Yeah, the Japanese are samurai like that). |
I am neither your "dude" nor an idiot. And we are not talking about buying Sony as a whole but the gaming part of it - that's the topic of this thread.
So you say japanese are so "against west" that they even would sell it cheaper to a japanese company than to a foreign company? A company where you can buy stock off in a globalized market? Well, if this is true, consider me surprised at least.
