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Nintendo is once again the larger company than Sony
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Cow Goes Moo
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I think annie is starring Will smith's daughter
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
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I said god damn!!... Why wont MS cut the shit and just buy both companies?
They tried to buy nintendo in 2000. Didn't work.
IVIEDICATED
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And despite it all Sony is selling a product the customers want and Nintendo isn't so in the end it doesn't matter.
ramuh
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Nintendo although we like to complain about sometimes, has stayed pretty profitable. Sony, with it's many divisions will probably never completely close all those divisions. In the case of the Ericsson brand, Sony merger, they acquired a number of phone patents but also acquired a new direction that had to be integrated in the company. With this new One Sony Ethos (that ONE brand seems to be the new big word among corporations) I don't see them eliminating divisions but integrating them further. You see this with their latest keynote and talking about the production of the service to the delivery of it. All IMO.
Most people who own a Wii U are happy with it, so... no? They just need to fire their marketing department.
Gaf finance experts are the best!
Principate
Saint Titanfall
They can but they don't want to for good reason, the only reason they're comparatively profitable overall in comparison to Sony and Microsoft's gaming division is because they didn't compete. It Seems Sony and Microsoft are starting to learn however so if they tried now they probably could start to compete without bleeding too much (hardware wise) third party, it'd still be an extremely tough venture.
How on earth does that have anything to do with people wanting PS4's and not wanting WiiU's? The figures speak for themselves.
Never go full legendary.
I said god damn!!... Why wont MS cut the shit and just buy both companies?
Likely because they don't have a spare 40 billion floating around to buy both. That and Japan would go ape at the thoughts of buying an American console, the Microsoft 3DS.
BennyBlanco
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It's hard for a layman like me to look at raw data and know what it means, it's truly enlightening to see the experts break it down in plain english.
The Hermit
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This would be worse than Sega going 3rd party.
People would go suicidal
I said god damn!!... Why wont MS cut the shit and just buy both companies?
They tried to buy Nintendo once
Because they said no.
Even if they are losing money I hope Sony never goes out of the laptop business, they still make the best consumer laptops IMO
Bronetta
Ask me about the moon landing or the temperature at which jet fuel burns. You may be surprised at what you learn.
No one wants a Vita so...
jim-jam bongs
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I come to GAF for the games, I stay for the deep market analysis.
Sephiroth_VII
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I take some issue with the title. Nintendo is valued more highly than Sony, sure. I'd say size has more to do with the number of employees, in which case Sony is way bigger.
Ah interesting ... is it possible for an American company to initiate a hostile takeover?
oconnomiyaki
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I think Yamauchi had a controlling share?
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Saint Titanfall
Can't get deeper than that. Got to use imagery that would resonate among the common folk. If they don't understand the source the comparison is worthless!
Theoretically, yes of course, but there are not enough shares available for that to happen to Nintendo.
MichaelFassbender
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This is a surprising development, but with all the NINTENDOOM topics I've seen in the past few months, it's quite welcome.
Sorry, that title goes to the Vita.
Mihael Mello Keehl
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Somebody in the other thread said they only had 3 billion dollars
It's the little girl from Beasts of the Southern Wild.
I thought Will Smith had only 3 sons.
Sorry for derail
Are you suggesting Mario should be the new Clippy?
I might be wrong but I think the "MS take over" thing was never anything more than internal talk between big MS suits?
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That's cruel man just cruel.
Mobile Suit Gooch
Grundle: The Awakening
I wish Sony didn't make those mistakes back then, but oh well. They'll be okay.
This thread keeps giving!
ultratruman
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Is it right to think that Sony's refusal to cease tv production or spinoff their entertainment division is because they're betting big on 4K?
They're really the only TV maker with an serious content production capabilities. Can't they prety much force people to buy their 4K tvs a la blu-Ray?
They're really the only TV maker with an serious content production capabilities. Can't they prety much force people to buy their 4K tvs a la blu-Ray?
Microsoft could've bought Nintendo against their will by offering a tender offer to all shareholders, for example a 20% premium on all outstanding shares, but on the condition that the sale would go through only if a majority of the existing shares agreed to sale. Nintendo is largely owned by large institutional banks and enough individual shareholders that they wouldn't pass up the chance for an easy profit. Japanese banks or not, a 20% or so free bonus is not passed up.
But it would have been an ugly, public fight. And companies can initiate any number of poison pill maneuvers to dissuade unwanted suitors. And Microsoft probably would've been in violation of a number of U.S. and European laws that prevent unfair dominance of a particular market segment. After the lawsuits, the probability of inheriting a damaged company from poison pill maneuvers, and the headache of having to incorporate a new large multinational into an even larger multinational company, it probably just wasn't worth it.
Yet it 's sold more than the wii u
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The can't force people, especially not cheaply. The Blu-ray inclusion in the ps3 which helped them gain dominance cots them millions.
Yes. With a year head start it has sold a whole .5 million more and consistently sells worse in NA and Japan.
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Saint Titanfall
I'm not trying to defend the Wii u but launch aligned nope. It sold worse (which is quite a feat).
....you're joking right?
In what way? Not saying the WiiU is doing great, but it's not the "worst modern gaming platform" by far.
That would be me.
So my calculations were off? or is this site showing wrong numbers?
Wow this sounds exactly like the wii u compared to ps4 sales.
Laieon
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3DS seems to be selling just fine.
Dude, that actually paints Nintendo in the more positive light. They are expert at the ONE thing they do, and easily competiting with a multi-industry entity like Sony, who seems to be the jack of all trades, and master of none.
Nah. The PS4 will crush the WiiU.
But calling the Vita more of a success than the WiiU is quite silly.