Market capitalization (the combined value of all outstanding stock) is a decent way to get a rough idea of the resources a company has at its disposal should it want to conduct a merger or acquisition. As of this evening, the current market caps of the big 3 are:
MS: $2.3 trillion
Sony: $154 billion
Nintendo: $54 billion
While this is useful for getting s rough idea, the fact that Sony and Nintendo are considerably smaller does not preclude major acquisitions on either of their part.
If, for example, Sony wanted to acquire a publisher level company, they could borrow money, or use their own stock to make the purchase. In an extreme scenario, they could conduct a merger instead of an acquisition.
Sony can not afford to get into a war of attrition, whatever they do next will have to be surgical. If I were Sony, my focus would be on preventing bleeding, not increasing market share or trying to capture Xbox users.
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