Microsoft wants to buy Nintendo
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Of course THEY want to have Nintendo, they'd want Sony if they could straight up buy them
But if I remember right, Nintendo have a war chest so large that they'd laugh in the face of any attempt at buying them. They also have franchises doing extremely well compared to the failures of other studios and have a stranglehold on the Japanese Market where Microsoft failed to gain a significant foothold.
This sounds like either and intern fucked up a leak they were supposed to do or gaming media trying to stir some drama for clicks. Either way the response will be the same from Nintendo: "lol!"
They also have Master Trust Bank as as 17% owner. So while they're not actually part of the Mitsubishi Group, they're distantly related, in the same way that Sony is distantly related to Sumitomo.
If a hostile takeover was attempted, Nintendo would simply call in support from on high and buy back their foreign held shares. The Keiretsu do not let go of their shit.
You seem to know a lot about this. What’s the deal with Sony and insurance? I remember hearing back during the PS3 days that insurance was Sony’s biggest money maker.
Insurance (and business in general) works very differently in Japan than in the west.