but they also have physical assets that are worth more money than just their base worth... especially to a company like Apple.  If Apple bought Sony they would inherit the BR as well as the factories that Sony has... I seriously doubt that they would sell for 26bil.

sony does not own blue ray, apple actually owns part of it already, fun thing about consortiums.  Sonys problem is debt, which is quickly wiping out assets in terms of fend of take overs, and your right i doubt it would sell for 26 B either, but say 50b a combined stock cash sell could happen, though to another asian company id bet, with there list of tangible assets and despite mounting debt, they are very attractive for a buy and slash right now. 

I would not be surprised to see someone buy sony spin off so close the less profitable parts. Im just pointing out right now apple has the cash and the leverage to make the deal, I feel it would be a fools deal for apple mainly due to the increased scrutiny of the government for vertical integration by owning one of the big 4 music labels, and a conflict of interest for jobs until he retires to be on Disney board and over sony which has sony pictures. so i do not see it as good for apple

where owning take 2, EA, acti-blizz comes with much fewer of those risks, and a good back catalog. 

If Apple bought EA, it would be much worse for Sony or Microsoft potentially.

Nintendo does not rely on EA software whereas the others do to a greater extent.

Still, I do not expect this to happen.

Mike from Morgantown

Hardcore macaques would feel like beggars playing on any console priced less! 

 You want to see PS3 Fanboys and 360 Fanboys unite?  Take Madden away from both consoles

Yeah! Apple and Nintendo, unite for the Peace in the World!!!  

Edit: possibly using solar energy like Daitarn III    

Apple will never get into gaming as long as Steve Jobs is alive and in power. The man sees games as nothing more than a means to sell computers, and that only reluctantly (he actively discouraged game development in the early years of the Mac, for fear of people seeing it as a toy).

Even after Jobs is gone, Apple will rightly be once bitten, twice shy. There will be no Pippin 2.0.

even if apple bought EA it cant its a violation of the contract it has with the NFL and NFLPA. that would open things up for 2k to make NFL games again, and hey sony, and MS to do the same... though even when there were 4 NFL games out a season it was just madden and 2k 

It's crazy, but Apple has no debt and enough cash in hand to buy Activision, EA, Take Two and still have a few billions to spare.

Please, elaborate. The contract with these teams is for licensing - using player names and likeness, as well as team colors/logos. Not that this would happen, but if it DID, there's nothing telling the developer/publisher what platforms it should deliver the game to. Personally, it wouldn't matter. Sports games are boring.