MS to buy Sony first party development!

[Heart_Collector]

Originally Posted by Ascended_Saiyan

LOL! I was positive this was a joke (instead of bad reporting) when they said MS tried to make a play for 51% of Sony. They would have to liquidate all of there assets to even come close to that (if I remember correctly). Sony is worth too much for MS to do that.

Plus, buying all the good in-house people at Sony seems VERY illegal to me. Then, the stockholders wouldn't go for $16 billion being shifting for such a thing. That's about half of MS total cash stock pile. Talk about crazy ideas.

Apparently, some people believe MS can do anything.

Around the 51% of Sony thing I got a little staggered, but until then I was hooked. It is EXACTLY the kind of crap M$ would pull, I don't give a F*** what anyone else says.

Max...good one. You deserve a beating.

[Ascended_Saiyan]

Originally Posted by Heart_Collector

Around the 51% of Sony thing I got a little staggered, but until then I was hooked. It is EXACTLY the kind of crap M$ would pull, I don't give a F*** what anyone else says.

Max...good one. You deserve a beating.

MS would try it IF they could, but they can't. I don't believe they have enough money to buy 51% of Sony even with TOTAL liquidation of assets. No less own that and shift $16 billion to buying 1st party employees (plus, I believe that's highly illegal). See what I mean?

[Heart_Collector]

Originally Posted by Ascended_Saiyan

MS would try it IF they could, but they can't. I don't believe they have enough money to buy 51% of Sony even with TOTAL liquidation of assets. No less own that and shift $16 billion to buying 1st party employees (plus, I believe that's highly illegal). See what I mean?

I just figured they had so much money God would have to ask for loan

Also, first party devs/emps are under contract, and are obligated to it, right? There's no buy-out option? Besides, I was thinking M$ paid off the people who's contracts were up (this was when I was dumb enough to believe the article).

[jhawkjd]

As someone old enough to remember the OS wars of the early 90s I got sucked in. MS has done this before to force inferior products onto the market place. (ie: take away consumer choice) Not even the courts have been able to stop them. So it's reasonable to think that they would try this tactic again.

[Musashi]

Originally Posted by Heart_Collector

I just figured they had so much money God would have to ask for loan

Also, first party devs/emps are under contract, and are obligated to it, right? There's no buy-out option? Besides, I was thinking M$ paid off the people who's contracts were up (this was when I was dumb enough to believe the article).

Aside from that, Japanese corporations aren't for sale to other countries. Nope. Sorry.

[Elandyll]

I saw it was a joke pretty fast, but it still made me smile I would love to see MS try to pull out something like that out of desperation (and I suspect Sony would love that too).
They would probably be more subtle than that though...

The Lawsuit resulting from such a gigantic bribe and unfair practice would bring MS to its knees, if not resulting in all its assets being confiscated and the entire company put on control by the government.
The OMC would get involved, the economic relations between Japan and the US seriously damaged, etc

It would be awesome to witness this, even if for a long time it would create quite the mess in the videogame biz.

There is absolutely no way MS, or any other company, could get away with this (and Im sure people in other industries have already thought about neutralizing competition by buying out the smaller companies they rely on, e.g. Car business).

P.S: MS/Xbox's booth at the Comiccon was pathetic, but I had a blast on Naruto and LBP elsewhere

Congratulations on the SOE/ SCEA and Sony Pictures booths, they were some of the best on the other hand.

[JadedRaverLA]

"John" should have held out for $150 million and a promise only to stick with Microsoft until their platform failed. Worked awesome for Paramount and Dreamworks Animation. Plus, once Warner... er, Rockstar... tells Microsoft to take a hike you'll be fired... er, allowed to resign, anyway.