Why does anyone sell anything? Money.

What the hell is going on, I can't take this.

Well MS would need to do something this drastic to get anywhere in Japan. The XB1 numbers are pathetic there to say the least.

Would mean they also got Atlus, so that would be huge for them. Persona 6 a Series X exclusive.

The internet would go insane

Since the original Xbox they've had close ties to Sega, and they have the money to throw around. Hell, why not. This is one of the few possible ways to make an impact in Japan. And if this means a remaster for Jet Set Radio Future and maybe Jet Set Radio Future 2, I'm all for it.

I don't believe this is true for a second, but it would be super cool if it was, and it would definitely be a good move in light of their non-existent brand presence in Japan.

Highly unlikely. If this is true, there would have to be some Sega exclusives to the Series X in Japan and internationally to add credibility.

Stupid rumour is stupid. The SEGA name is pretty irrelevant in Japan why would MS even do this. Nope.

Why should we believe this guy?

Actually MS market cap is lower than than Australia's GDP but it's only around a 100 billion behind, and Market cap isn't the best indicator of a companies capacity to spend money it can go up and down a lot faster than gdp. after all MS went from 800 billion down to 250 billion before rebounding to today's numbers but it's purchasing capacity remained steady, still your point still stands, I don't think anyone in their right mind would argue against MS's capacity to pay that amount or even more.the catch is the xbox division is worth a fraction of that market cap and any expenditure would have to be seen from that perspective,so it really comes down to a business case and that's why we don't see companies making purchases just because they can.

My read of this is if it turns out true, is it would consist of a marketing/ branding deal covering Japan with SEGA making all their games be available on the SEGA branded console first along with gamepass day one availability,it may even see some games become exclusive in Japan.