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Grampy on 17 January 2009

@ NJ5

Thanks for catching that. LOL If Nintendo was only worth $51.79, I definately would buy them myself.

@ Squilliam 

Yeah thanks a lot for that vision. I may not sleep for weeks.



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ROBOTECHHEAVEN on 17 January 2009

i think a merger is a possibly , but not a buy-out.



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Alby_da_Wolf on 17 January 2009
Squilliam said:
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!

And you even missed the obvious Necrosoft ...Although actually some pervs and emos could even like it



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scottie on 17 January 2009
O-D-C said:
why would a succesful company like Apple want a cash bleeder like Sony in thsi economic climate?

 

Step 1 Apple Buys Sony

Step 2 PSP discontinued to focus on the Iphone

Step 3 Walkman line discontinued to focus on the Ipod

Step 4 All computer related products discontinued to focus on the Imac

Step 5 = profit?

 

Apple has no reason to buy Sony. I could see them potentially buying a couple of Sony's 1st party studios to make Iphone and MacOSX games



bdbdbd on 18 January 2009

@Goddog: I believe according to rumours every other bigger company have been contacting Nintendo in the thought of buyout. Which of course is possible, but you don't "buy out companies".
Thinking what would piss Yamauchi off, would be to think Nintendo could be bought out.

@richardhutnik: Well, it indeed would need to go down in in price. Making a bid would cause stock value to go up and the trade would be to funded with Apples own shares.



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akuma587 on 18 January 2009

I think some people are forgetting that every company is currently losing a lot of money. Its not like Sony's situation is unique. Hell, they are way better off than a lot of companies in the market right now.

People on video games sites seem to have a very narrow view of the world...and you know its funny all three of these graphs look pretty much the same...

Sony:

Microsoft:



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bdbdbd on 18 January 2009

@Akuma: By "a lot of companies" you mean the US car manufacturers and a few banks?



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Nintendo games sell only on Nintendo system.

FishyJoe on 18 January 2009

If you're going to use charts for comparison, you should make sure they are the same scale. The scale of Sony's down turn is much bigger than MS or Nintendo.



twingo on 18 January 2009

wtf

is this place like a safe haven for dumb threads?



bdbdbd on 18 January 2009

@Akuma: And to add what FishyJoe said, you should include the companies debt into the charts. As i said, the US car manufacturers seem to be the closest to Sony at the moment.



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Vaan pannaan jalalla koreasti.

 

Nintendo games sell only on Nintendo system.