Expert thinks Nintendo + Disney

[Landguy]

Johnw1104 said:

Landguy said:
I think that it is just a matter of time before Nintendo is either bought/sold or it goes bankrupt and the ips are sold away in pieces. This is not imminent, but an eventuality.

Can't disagree more with that one... I think Sony has a better chance of heading down that road than Nintendo just from the sheer weight of their other failing enterprises dragging them down, though I sincerely doubt either will.

The worst case scenario for Nintendo one or two generations from now is that they get out of the hardware business which, while certainly shrinking the company drastically, would also drastically lower the overhead/development/operating costs of manufacturing all of those consoles. At that point they'd likely still be able to make a fortune both as a third party and perhaps by porting past classics to the mobile market. Heck, if Sony and Microsoft were still around they could play the role of kingmaker for many gamers (such as myself) if they picked one side or the other.

Basically, Nintendo isn't going anywhere anytime soon... They're in great overall shape despite the poor sales.

Sony is clearly setting themselves up to get out of the console business. So we agree on that part.

As far as the big N goes, they too are not swimming in cash anymore.  They have a shrinking business model and a literal warehouse full of IPs that have tremendous value.  As the company continues to struggle, there will come a time when they will have to decide whether they want to sell an IP or 2 or just get out of the hardware business or just sell out all together.  Most tight knit companies like N fight the inevitable and sell off pieces (see Sony the last 5 years) at first to struggle to stay alive.  Don the line, when the broken business model can no longer be propped up by selling pieces, they make a decision from a bad position.  It will take a few years, but time will prove this out.