[Financial Times] Why Japan Should Sell Nintendo - A sale of one of its crown jewels could be transformative for the country

Is the author of this article fucking retarded?

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I hope Microsoft buy Nintendo, can't wait for Pokemon with 100 of 150 Pokemon at launch.
I hope Microsoft buy Nintendo, then big talents leave Nintendo to found another game company and Microsoft is just there with the IPs clueless about how to make a good game alone.
 
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What a ridiculous article. I can just imagine the lobbyists who are rubbing their hands in glee at the thought about getting their influence into Nintendo's output. Nintendo's core culture and heritage would get compromised by western investment managers/bankers.

This article reeks of some kind of manipulative intent.
 
Human greed is endless. No there is no need for japan to sell nintendo. And everyone arguing can't be taken seriously.
 
not least because it might convince consolidation-resistant Japanese companies to seek scale and protection through mergers.
Lol fucking what mate Japan has so many monopolies and oligopolies. There's hardly any genuine competition because almost every industry is controlled by two or three equally gigantic companies.

There's been so much bid-rigging, price-fixing, emissions faking shit coming out of Japan in the last year or so, which is precisely because they're all essentially working together to shaft the consumer. Fuck them all.
 
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I don't get the argument here. That Nintendo's shareholders should push for Nintendo to seek an acquisition, because it might benefit Japan's stock market as a whole?
No, for a an "intellectual experiment" obviously. Much like the "thought experiment" businessmen love dabbling in philosophy.
 
Is Leo Lewis Phil Spencer's alter ego. Ceo xbox by day, shill articles by night.
They are seeding the idea btw so that when ms make the hostile takeover, the evangelising can begin in earnest.
 
It kinda makes sense from an investor standpoint I suppose as it would provide additional ways for them to make money by making the stock price balloon. But in every other aspect... just no.

The real truth is that Nintendo's enduring success is a stark reminder of MS' failures in gaming despite expending ungodly amounts of cash to try and buy market leadership.
 
Soooo... Least popular video game company should buy the most popular video game company because they can and it will be good for "everybody"?

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The likes of MS, Disney or Apple would run Nintendo into the ground.

Thats what the author of this article doesn't understand and thinks that American mega corps would automatically be good stewards of Nintendo and wouldn't fundamentally alter the work culture of Nintendo (they would).
 
Fucking hell is up with these people man. Bet you if PlayStation and Nintendo announced a merger they would backtrack this shit fucking idea quick because reasons.
 
The likes of MS, Disney or Apple would run Nintendo into the ground.

Thats what the author of this article doesn't understand and thinks that American mega corps would automatically be good stewards of Nintendo and wouldn't fundamentally alter the work culture of Nintendo (they would).
From what I can see in the article, there's no argument from the author that this would be good for Nintendo or that a megacorp would be a good steward.

It's just "shocking thing should happen because Japan stock market needs a shock". The impact on Nintendo isn't discussed.
 
This sounds like a write-up by some delusional fanboy. There's literally laws in Japan that prevent big Japanese companies from being bought by foreign companies.
 
Some capitalist wankers really have a hard on for megacorps, mergers and ruling the world, loving that idea of "creating" "value" through those weird wall street monopoly theater, which usually ends up in bankrupt corporate identities and lost jobs, so any sane regular person and also goverments that is not entirely corrupt (lobbied to death) should oppose that game of the upper echelons of finance.
 
How much are Phil and Nadella paying this guy?
A year ago this wouldn't have been so hilariously obvious and I would of been told I have to proof it. Suck it
 
What a dumb article. Seriously.

I thought this was the financial times? Almost no analysis, just guessing that the deal would be transformative and maybe other businesses would sell in Japan to outsiders.

Divorced from reality. So all those high quality brands from Japan I buy like Mikata and Honda motors for small equipment would be totally destroyed. Good idea
 
This sounds desperate as fuck... Jesus. Astroturfing is becoming a way of life for internet journalists content creators.
 
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