Samsung to buy the Xbox division.
In order for Nintendo to buy the Xbox brand they would need a CEO willing to spend money, which they certainly don't have yet. Too bad Sony isn't in a better financial situation, because the meltdowns of Sony buying the Xbox division would be the greatest day ever on the internet.
Apple buying xbox lol.. Dreaming
That analyst 'leak' of that info wasn't by accident.
Knives our out among various factions at MS, targeting certain parts of the business.
Deals with MS could continue.
But the only way I could see it transitioning without major change would be if a very well heeled corporate picked it up and was interested in the console biz. A setup like Xbox needs a lot of capital backup.
Does SAMSUNG even want to get into the gaming business???
So this is what Nintendo is saving money for. lol
Apple buying xbox lol.. Dreaming
Something major will happen to the Xbox division within the next 3 years is my bet. Whether that selling the division or spinning it off, I don't know. Too much investor talk about something having to happen to the Xbox division for it not to happen.
With the XBO not looking like it will dominate NA like the 360 did, the Xbox division is especially vulnerable to investors' whims.
Samsung to buy the Xbox division.
Down the line, sure. It doesn't seem to make them money, but killing it after having spent hundres of millions, if not billions on R&D and not seeing the payoff seems rash.
If that happened I can't imagine the Xbox business transitioning without taking a hit. Especially with how the Xbox One uses other Microsoft services like Azure.
Killing Bing while they are still heavily promoting it?
Well besides Rare, i don't know what else is worth buying quite frankly, regarding ip's....oh okay there's halo.....
Alan Mullally is the other big favourite to succeed Ballmer. I'm not sure if there's any info out there on his attitude to Xbox or Bing, but Rick Sherlund (analyst) thinks he would 'quickly' offload both if he got the position. But then again, Sherlund has had his knife out for the Xbox division for a while now.
It'd be funny if Nintendo would buy Xbox.
I'd love to see Rare back at Nintendo again... my god!
Not only that but even some of their other studios moving to other platforms would be nice.