“It upsets me to no end when I hear people talk about what companies Apple should acquire,” David Talley blogs for The Motley Fool.
“It is usually an extremely overvalued business with extreme growth prospects but very little in actual profit or profit potential,” Talley writes. “My counter is always the same: if Apple is going to make a fairly large acquisition, they better be buying Nintendo.”
“If Apple were to buy Nintendo, they would acquire valuable hardware, experience, and an audience. Nintendo has always been on the cutting edge of gaming. Their last round of innovation, the Wii, was the first to introduce motion control gaming,” Talley writes. “The final, and most valuable, asset Apple would obtain is Mario, Zelda, and Donkey Kong. These characters (along with the rest of the Nintendo cast) are icons. They are recognized around the world, and for many, just seeing these childhood games in the app store would require immediate download. These titles would help push iPod and iPad sales and secure these platforms as gaming mainstays. For these reasons, I strongly believe Nintendo would be the best large acquisition Apple could make.”
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I just wanted to add my opinion. Emotionally, an Apple acquisition of Nintendo would be acceptable. Although Apple has entered the gaming arena, with the iOS, that is more a side-effect rather than a focus, it’s the butter on the bread. Phylosofically speaking they operate with similar intent, I think. They want to change the way we do things, within their industry, and there is a heavy focus on the family or to be inclusive to children.
Also acquisitions of Sony, Adobe, Disney, etc. would be positive as well. What would work well, is they do not integrate these brands, but rather insure that they co-operate with Apple and run as partners. That way no-one looses focus and they make sure they do not compete directly, or they compete more friendly.
What’s do I know, I am just a consumer, but still the thought of some of my favorite companies working together rather than against each other is comforting.
…far as I know, japanese companies can only ever be ‘acquired’ to an amount of just 49% share value, to make sure those can not be taken over by ‘hostiles’ or foreign companies.
Does anyone know ONE japanese company fully owned by any foreign entity?… I am eager to learn, if…