Japanese work culture is very different from American, so I honestly wouldn't be surprised if any possible asking price would lead to the same outcome. Same thing with Nintendo
Sounds like a Street Fighter V type of deal. I'm okay with this.
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www.capcom.co.jp
All SEGA does is lose money. Money talks. MS should buy everyone it can, for their own interest.
I think it means they will only accept an equal merger. Capcrosoft™
Just for reference:
Hostile Takeover Bid: What It Is, Tactics, Comeback
A hostile takeover bid is an attempt to buy a controlling stake in a publicly-traded company without the consent of its management.www.investopedia.com
If Microsoft was determined to takeover Capcom (barring some sort of Japanese government intervention) it could do it. The best Capcom's board and the Tsujimoto family could do is "recommend" shareholders not to accept Microsoft's offer. The top shareholders only control about 37% so Microsoft (directly or through a proxy) could absolutely buy up a large chunk.
That's especially true since Capcom discontinued its takeover defense measures back in 2017.
Discontinuance (Abolishment) of Countermeasures (Takeover Defense)in response to a Large-Scale Purchase of Shares, etc. of the Company | Press Release | CAPCOM
当社は、本日の取締役会において、平成29年6月9日開催予定の第38期定時株主総会（以下「本定時株主総会」といいます。）終結の時を有効期限とする「当社株式等の大規模買付行為に関する対応策（買収防衛策）」を継続せずに廃止することを決議いたしましたので、下記のとおりお知らせいたします。
Obviously the question would be what happens if Microsoft buys Capcom and then there's an exodus and all its talent goes elsewhere.
I feel like Microsoft would lose a good amount of its "pro consumer" image that Phil Spencer has been trying to build if it pinned down Capcom and went "We're gonna own you whether you like it or not"Just for reference:
Hostile Takeover Bid: What It Is, Tactics, Comeback
A hostile takeover bid is an attempt to buy a controlling stake in a publicly-traded company without the consent of its management.
If Microsoft was determined to takeover Capcom (barring some sort of Japanese government intervention) it could do it. The best Capcom's board and the Tsujimoto family could do is "recommend" shareholders not to accept Microsoft's offer. The top shareholders only control about 37% so Microsoft (directly or through a proxy) could absolutely buy up a large chunk.
That's especially true since Capcom discontinued its takeover defense measures back in 2017.
Discontinuance (Abolishment) of Countermeasures (Takeover Defense)in response to a Large-Scale Purchase of Shares, etc. of the Company | Press Release | CAPCOM
当社は、本日の取締役会において、平成29年6月9日開催予定の第38期定時株主総会（以下「本定時株主総会」といいます。）終結の時を有効期限とする「当社株式等の大規模買付行為に関する対応策（買収防衛策）」を継続せずに廃止することを決議いたしましたので、下記のとおりお知らせいたします。
Obviously the question would be what happens if Microsoft buys Capcom and then there's an exodus and all its talent goes elsewhere.
On a side note, it is fun seeing western minds run head first into the wall of Japanese ideology. I bet you guys(not you GHG) also think that Nintendo would sell to MS.
Well you’d be wrong. I also don’t think capsom will sell.
Microsoft wouldnt be allowed to buy Nintendo. It's not really worth discussing lol
News: "Bully Capcom Prevents Microsoft From Competing"
The CMA did grow a pair though. They tried to use faulty math to stop Microsoft from buying Activision. It's not their fault that Sony (and Nintendo) are ahead of Microsoft in gaming enough that buying Activision wouldnt change anything. Which is why they tried to use the cloud market, an unknown market because then they could use actual theoretical numbers cause the number of cloud users in the UK is what? Less than 10,000? lol
Capcom USA (Redmond Branch).
Crapsoft
