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KLAMarine on 26 August 2017
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Turkish said:
KLAMarine said:

"If Sony spun off Playstation, it would be worth more than Nintendo alone"

 

How do you know this?

Because Playstation is 1. more profitable and generates more sales

You're likely correct but I'd like to see some hard financial numbers to back this up.

Turkish said:

2. has bigger brand recognition

Hmm, perhaps... Google Trends is telling me for the past 12 months, Nintendo has gathered up more interest than PlayStation.

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=playstation,nintendo

Not sure what to make of this, honestly. Add in xbox and one is in for a surprising result: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=playstation,nintendo,xbox

Also compare Nintendo's Switch's reveal trailer to PS4's reveal trailer:

 

What the latter took to reach in over four years, the former is on track to reach in about one. Another potential indicator of interest favoring Nintendo. Note PlayStation's higher sub count though...

There's also the chance that recognition and interest are two completely different things and should not be compared in this way... What say you?

Turkish said:

3. is a global brand which 3/4th of the world recognizes as the face of gaming

Three fourths of the world!? That's about 5.6 billion people... I'm having a very hard time believing this. How was this number calculated?

Turkish said:

4. one of the most valuable brands http://brandirectory.com/league_tables/table/global-500-2016

That's a table from 2016, I believe. http://brandirectory.com/league_tables/table/global-500-2017 is showing something slightly different:

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Nintendo's 355 to PlayStation's 479.

Turkish said:
JWeinCom said:

Not done.

Market cap is based stock price.  Sony's stock price is lower than it was at the end of may.  Nintendo's is higher.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/06/26/nintendos-market-value-climbs-past-sony-corp

As of the end of June, Nintendo's market cap was higher.  That being said though, market cap is not the same as market value.  Market cap only accounts for equity.  Buying Sony for instance would mean assuming their debts, which would influence the price someone would be willing to pay for them.

Sony is worth more than Nintendo now, it's a simple google search really, I dunno why you guys use months old data, stocks aren't a static thing.

Sony market cap: 5,61T yen

Nintendo market cap: 5,33T yen

"I dunno why you guys use months old data"

Why do you? You linked http://brandirectory.com/league_tables/table/global-500-2016 which was from a year that ended over seven months ago.