Corporate Health of Sony, Nintendo and MS

[Eddie_Raja]

Soundwave said:

Eddie_Raja said:

So I want to highlight two big things here that I have known, and no one else ever seems to get:

1) Yes Nintendo has a ton of cash on hand, and no debts.  But Sony has WAY more cash, and if they got into trouble they have 12x the assets to sell off if they need help staying afloat.   Nintendo DOES NOT.  If they run out of money they are screwed!

 

2) There is no doubt that MS has far more money than Sony.  However they only have like 30% more assets.  They are fairly comparible companies in terms of size - MS cannot just bully Sony around and shove their way to victory like a lot of people seem to think here.

 

"Assets" are kind hard to gauge in terms of real actual worth, in a scenario where you have to sell off assets to raise cash, you're unlikely to get market value for those said assets. 

Like you can say you have this TV factory that's worth $100 million, ok that qualifies as a $100 million dollar asset technically, but if you're selling because the TV busniess is shit, it's unlikely anyone is going to pay you list value for that factory, say you end up getting $20 million for it. 

I am well aware of that - but the same goes for Nintendo's "Assets".  Sony has 12x the assets and could survive A LOT longer if need be.  My point changes not at all with what you said.