Why is it that so many Internet denizens think that the answer to all problems is buying other companies? (The other magic panacea is "price cuts", but let's not go there now.) I don't think buying Sega would make sense for any of the three console manufacturers right now. Here's why:

Nintendo most definitely has no need to purchase Sega, as Sega needs Nintendo much more than the other way around. In the past year, Sega has seen some sales hits when working with Nintendo platforms - and dismal sales on all other consoles. Why would Nintendo pay hundreds of millions of dollars to acquire a developer that desperately wants to work with them anyway? That doesn't make any sense. I think that Nintendo should be a little more aggressive in targeting developers, but purchasing Sega would simply be wasted money. Not to mention, Nintendo would take over the management of Sammy's many unprofitable non-gaming divisions. Uh, wow, thanks! Where do I sign!

Microsoft and Sony don't have much of a reason to go after Sega either. It's been well proven so far this generation that Sega's games don't have much appeal for the consumers that own these platforms. Do you really want to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to get "exclusive" rights to these games:

1		Virtua Fighter 5		Sega	0.47m	7.32	0.47m
2		Sonic the Hedgehog		Sega	0.23m	4.46	0.23m
3		Virtua Tennis 3		Sega	0.18m	6.68	0.18m
4		The Golden Compass		Sega	0.11m	3.75	0.11m
5		Full Auto 2: Battlelines		Sega	0.11m	6.36	0.11m

And:

1		Condemned: Criminal Origins		Sega	0.45m	7.08	0.45m
2		Sonic the Hedgehog		Sega	0.40m	5.17	0.40m
3		Chromehounds		Sega	0.37m	5.14	0.37m
4		The Golden Compass		Sega	0.21m	6.14	0.21m
5		Full Auto		Sega	0.20m	4.35	0.20m

Those are worldwide sales, by the way. Talk about burning up the charts! Both Microsoft and Sony would be *MUCH* better served by taking the money from a Sega aquisition and using it to fund the development of new, original IPs. Let me put it this way: would you rather have more Gears of War and Little Big Planets, or "exclusive" sequels to Sonic the Hedgehog? Yeah, that's what I thought.

Didn't people learn anything from Microsoft's purchase of Rare? How did that work out?

Sullla said: Why is it that so many Internet denizens think that the answer to all problems is buying other companies? (The other magic panacea is "price cuts", but let's not go there now.) I don't think buying Sega would make sense for any of the three console manufacturers right now. Here's why: Nintendo most definitely has no need to purchase Sega, as Sega needs Nintendo much more than the other way around. In the past year, Sega has seen some sales hits when working with Nintendo platforms - and dismal sales on all other consoles. Why would Nintendo pay hundreds of millions of dollars to acquire a developer that desperately wants to work with them anyway? That doesn't make any sense. I think that Nintendo should be a little more aggressive in targeting developers, but purchasing Sega would simply be wasted money. Not to mention, Nintendo would take over the management of Sammy's many unprofitable non-gaming divisions. Uh, wow, thanks! Where do I sign! Microsoft and Sony don't have much of a reason to go after Sega either. It's been well proven so far this generation that Sega's games don't have much appeal for the consumers that own these platforms. Do you really want to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to get "exclusive" rights to these games: 1 Virtua Fighter 5 Sega 0.47m 7.32 0.47m 2 Sonic the Hedgehog Sega 0.23m 4.46 0.23m 3 Virtua Tennis 3 Sega 0.18m 6.68 0.18m 4 The Golden Compass Sega 0.11m 3.75 0.11m 5 Full Auto 2: Battlelines Sega 0.11m 6.36 0.11m And: 1 Condemned: Criminal Origins Sega 0.45m 7.08 0.45m 2 Sonic the Hedgehog Sega 0.40m 5.17 0.40m 3 Chromehounds Sega 0.37m 5.14 0.37m 4 The Golden Compass Sega 0.21m 6.14 0.21m 5 Full Auto Sega 0.20m 4.35 0.20m Those are worldwide sales, by the way. Talk about burning up the charts! Both Microsoft and Sony would be *MUCH* better served by taking the money from a Sega aquisition and using it to fund the development of new, original IPs. Let me put it this way: would you rather have more Gears of War and Little Big Planets, or "exclusive" sequels to Sonic the Hedgehog? Yeah, that's what I thought. Didn't people learn anything from Microsoft's purchase of Rare? How did that work out?

 if it was a properly done sequel ill take Sonic.

Buying Sega would be a mistake just because the talent has evaporated. It would be one thing if Nintendo were to be buying a developer full of talent, like they did with Retro, but it is almost always a mistake to buy a developer just because of their past portfolio of franchises. When Sammy took over they screwed Sega, and the company is nothing but a shadow of its former self. It would be one thing if Nintendo were to just buy the parts they wanted, but they would be most likely forced to buy the whole thing, and then sort out the mess that is there looking for a few good parts. If Nintendo were able to rehire much of the lost talent, or start building from the ground up with a few key project leaders it would be one thing, but Sega is such a mess that it would have to offer a sweetheart deal for Nintendo to even take a look at it.

WTF? Knuckles doesn't have guns. And there's a lot more to making a good 3D Sonic than the camera. 

<yawn>

Sega blows...

Seriously, its one company that just needs to sell its IP's to someone else and just dismantle.

Its biggest success was the Mario and Sonic Olympics and thats just because they had Mario's face on the cover (well its actually a lot of fun too)


I think Nintendo has the most to win from acquiring Sega Sonic...

Shouldn't be too tough to do :p

Could happen. But what would stop Nintendo from making same kind of offer to Sega ?

I just want Nintendo to buy the Sonic license.

I could only dream of a Miyamoto created Sonic game - I think he would understand and could do it better than anyone at Sega at the moment. Heh.

 wait... its shadow that has the guns...

still what was the main issue with the PS3/360 game?  the camera.

looks like they need some new IP's considering nobody cares about Sonic anymore and Virtua Fighter is getting very old and tired.