RUMOR: Disney may be acquiring Sony?

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nanarchy said:

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Eh, you do understand that Sony has assets worth over 15 trillion yen! It's also a conglomerate. As Eddard Stark once said "one does not simply buy a multinational conglomerate."

companies buy companies much bigger than sony all the time, unfortunately for sony most of those assets are offset by debt so the actual value of the company is no where near the value of the assets. If nothing else there massive debt is what actually protects sony as no one wants to take on such huge liabilities. Regardless it is a silly rumour as Disney would not be interested in the electronics business combined with all the problems of acquiring a japanese iconic business.

So really we agree then ? Regardless of debt, Disney would need to shell out to purchase all of their assets. The only way Sony will ever sell is if their creditors purchase pas of them, or the company is splintered into parts. Disney purchasing nintendo would make sense. Not Sony. Sony make some fantastic products. But none of them sell that well. My Bravia 50R550 is magnificent but Sony dont receive good reviews (corrupt reviewers really) so they don't sell. Similar store with Xperia tab and phone. Great but sell terribly. Good image too, but bad pro reviews. It's complicated.