Do you have a link for this or are you making this up as you go?

@Gatorgamer: BD isn't in Sonys games division, so i have hard time to see how BD relates to it.

@kungfusqurrel: Actually Sony is making billions - in losses (this year). Sony also have very bad profitability margin and they also have extremely bad track record in estimating their profits.

In this thread was discussed how much cash reserves Apple has, and the market value of Sony.  If those numbers were true. then Apple could buy Sony.  They do have the money for it.  Sony is now bleeding a lot of money.  Blu-Ray won the format war, but hasn't broken through yet.  And the economy being what it is,  the adoption rate of Blu-Ray could slow.  

@richardhutnik: If Apple would make an offer to buy Sony, Sonys shares would jump up in value. Of course, the offer would be above the current market value.

or what motorola did to apple with the G4 chip, granted they spun that division off to become freescale, but between apple and motorola there has been almost nothing but animosity on both sides since the start of the AIM alliance. or you could look at how IBM screwed apple over twice before apple announced its surprise abandonment of PPC. How about the time apple was stiffed over some LCDs because of a cartel involving 4 major players in the lcd world.... (apple was a member of that case many companies were screwed including dell, and hp, they won, but i never heard what they won...).... the only companies I can see that apple ever really screwed were the mid 90s apple clone makers after steve jobs came back, since he refused to license O.S. 9 and above basically killing the clone makers 

I doubt it will happen, as has been pointed out apple prefers to buy smaller companies. though though apple does have 25B in the bank, and no debt so they can out bid MS if they wanted to, but there is no reason to strain the fiancees to take over sony. Before the wii came out steve went to talk to nintendo in the though of a buyout from what i heard at the time, he pissed them off so no deal was done.

apple is rumored to be looking in to buying RIM lock stock and barrel

The scenario of Apple buying Sony would have to depend on Sony losing a LOT more value in the marketplace, and feeling it can't make it.  The stop would then jump to levels seen today, and Apple still have enough of a cash reserve to do it.  If Sony happens to turn things around, at least to break even point, then the Apple buying is NOT likely at all.

Which part did you think was exaggerated ?

@Grampy: The market cap numbers should be in billion USD.

Not even Microsoft at this moment could swallow Nintendo, and the child of that partnership would be freakish.

Nintcrosoft?

Mictrendo?

Ewwwwww.

Im staying away from that thought and this thread, lest I see this dirtyness again!