“As Nintendo’s share price continues to plummet, it is fair to ask if they are an acquisition target,” observed Panoptic Management Consultants CEO Asif Khan to IndustryGamers. “With a market capitalization around $20 billion, there are a handful of tech companies that could afford to make an offer. Apple, Google, and Microsoft would be the leading candidates in my opinion. Another less likely outcome could be a merger with Panasonic or Sony as neither of those companies could afford to buy Nintendo outright.”
This article’s author, James Brightman, points out that no such plans are in place, nor have there even been rumors to suggest it might happen. But figuring out how Apple should spend its billions in cash seems to be favorite masturbatory pastime of just about every analyst out there, Asif Khan included.
Here’s the problem I see with Apple buying Nintendo, what would they do with them? Have them stop making hardware and just make exclusive games for iOS? That may happen without Apple buying them.
I don’t really think Apple wants to get into owning gaming studios, if they we’re wouldn’t they have bought someone like Rovio before they made Angry Birds for other platforms etc?
i can’t help but wonder what would happen if Nintendo would get their heads out of their butts and port some of their classic stuff like the original Super Mario trilogy to iOS, Android etc. Not the fancy 3d stuff but the 2d early things.
Sure it might not save them from total failure but it could be some cash in pocket and it would be a nice PR move. I know a lot of folks that would be quite willing to pay say $10 a piece for the SMB titles if they could pay them on their iPads/iphones
No Apple doesn’t need to buy Nintendo. Disney does. Nintendo’s characters are so iconic they could easily fit into Disney’s parks and properties.
Disney-Nintendo merger sounds nice, but I don’t think Disney can afford Nintendo.Disney is only 3 times bigger. Apple is 10-15 times bigger at the moment. If Apple buys Nintendo, then the next Wii U will have built in itunes, will have cloud, will have online fixed, and they will win the console wars, dominate like no tomorrow, and earn gazillions of money. And this is even before Nintendo ports its games to all the istuff.
Nintendo will be successful though either way. They nailed it with the price drop. and the Wii U seems smart too. The stock right now is very undervalued and seems like a great to buy some Nintendo stock.
do with them? the most successful gaming company in the world is Nintendo. It prints the money.
probably not a good to transfer key franchises. some pokemon tap games are good idea, but Mario and Zelda is why people will buy and buy a lot of 3DS’s this christmas.