Acevil said:
Which had nothing to do with the fact that it was because someone who ran the thing stepped down (Howard something). Trainwreck you all of people should know why certain decisions happen. Nintendo isn't exactly strapped with debt and cash issues. They have problems for sure, but it is not the same, and you know it. |
Now now now, let's allow Train wreck to have fun with his speculation and turn a boring, mundane story into a more dire one. I think I'll do the same.
The president before Iwata, Hiroshi Yamauchi, was a huge baseball fan and wanted to own a baseball team, so he bought controlling stake in the Mariners, practically on a whim.
Here's my take: With Yamauchi twice removed now, and with a new president in charge who is much more bottom-liney than the last couple of guys, Kimishima probably said, "Fellas, why do we still have this baseball team? Like, what for?", and decided to sell high.
When Sony sold its building, it was swimming in the red and needed the cash. Nintendo just turned a profit for the fiscal year, has billions in reserve and no debt. A building is something that is absolutely useful to the core model of a major business. A baseball team is so far removed from a video game publisher and developer that I'm not even going to bother thinking of a witty comparison.
But you go right ahead comparing the two situations. :)
