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AstroGamer on 04 February 2014

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BasiltheBatLord on 04 February 2014

i actually think Sega could happen. it seems like Nintendo and Sega have actually been growing pretty close in the past few years.



TheLastStarFighter on 04 February 2014
BasiltheBatLord said:
i actually think Sega could happen. it seems like Nintendo and Sega have actually been growing pretty close in the past few years.


Sega Sammy's market cap is about 6.29 Billion US$.  It could happen as a merger, but not likely as an acquisition. 



TheLastStarFighter on 04 February 2014
orniletter said:

They shouldn´t touch the sinking ship that is SquareEnix....seriously: I bet they won´t be around....or at least severly crippled by the start of the next generation

 There are only so many blatant mobile cash grabs a company can make before it devalues their IPs.

I honestly would like them to do something with Capcom because (imo) they still have so much potential....but the management is killing the company from inside.

Take2 wants to stay independant at all cost, EA tried to buy them, but they somehow were able to not let it happen....and honestly: T2´s IPs just don´t mix paricularly well with the Nintendo audience....in contrast to Capcom´s


....I just want Capcom to get it´s shit together :(

It can be a good thing to purchase a troubled company with potential.  I think of Nintendo, a company with good QA, strict focus and limited budgets working wonders with Square Enix.  They could lay off a significant amount of staff and focus on making games exclusively for Nintendo's new unified OS.  I'm sure it's unlikely, but I talk about it because I think it could help both parties.

Take2 actually was quite open to the idea of being taken over... the deal just fell apart and was voted down.  I think they would explore the right scenario.



TheLastStarFighter on 04 February 2014
Soundwave said:
I think Nintendo will merge/acquire another company, but it's going to be something non-related directly to the game industry. Loosely tied to entertainment I guess.

It will be a profitable company that provides Nintendo with new profit streams in other areas of business, which can carry them during periods where the game industry isn't doing so hot.

Iwata would have a lot more cover right now from stockholders if he had another division that made anything -- ramen noodles, women's lingerie, an anime division ... whatever that was bringing in cold, hard profit at a good clip.


I put it at 50:50.  I think they will definitely do something.  It could be non (traditional) gaming to go with their new focus; or something to increase software making capacity and focus on a broader demographic - something Iwata has acknowleded is an issue.  I just prefer to talk about the gaming option, since ramen noodles bore me.