Worse Scenario: Nintendo Going Third Party Or Being Bought By Apple?

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Samus Aran said:

DialgaMarine said:

Oh, they definitely could. Apple is worth far far more money than people give them credit for. 

They can't. Japanese government would never allow it.

Foreign takeovers in Japan are rare, but not impossible or prohibited.

http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2013/09/25/tokyo-electron-deal-a-rare-foreign-takeover-in-japan/

 

But I doubt Apple would be even interested in the low-margin console market.