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Microsoft, EA may make bid for Sega | |
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| Time: 13:37 EST/18:37 GMT | News Source: The Register | Posted By: Bill Roach | ||
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Troubled videogame company Sega, which had announced plans to merge with Sammy Corporation, may have two new suitors: Microsoft and Electronic Arts. The Asian Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that both companies were considering buying all or parts of Sega, although no formal talks were ongoing. Earlier this month Sega said it was planning to merge with Sammy Corporation, a maker of pinball gaming machines and software. The transaction was expected to be worth at least USD1.1 billion, and at the time, Sammy President Hajime Satomi said the merger would take place in October. | ||
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| #1 By 7390 (63.211.44.114) at 2/28/2003 2:09:11 PM |
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Of all the source to site for this article why the register? MSNBC had this story pretty early.
"It might make more sense from an economic point of view for EA to buy it." why? if MS buys then doesn't it economically benefit MS? Sure there games over time the games may become Xbox exclusive but that benefits the company that buys them. |
| #2 By 7390 (63.211.44.114) at 2/28/2003 6:18:21 PM |
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hey shottiboy welcome to activewin. In general "CAPS LOCK" means shouting. And we usually reserve shouting for when we are talking about and to someone named SodaJerk.
And yes I do agree with you in that MS should but Sega even at a premium. Plain and simple the Xbox needs games (exclusive games) I could less than 10 good games. And I have worn out my Halo (which I only play online now), Splinter Cell and Ghost Recon CDs. |
| #3 By 3339 (65.198.47.10) at 2/28/2003 6:37:34 PM |
| Red, the people making the decision aren't MS though, it's Sega. If you were told that your company (employees and shareholders) as a unit would still be responsible for X revenue on 3 consoles or be bought by MS and only by 25% of X revenue/what the company used to be because of cancelled products, lost revenue, job reductions, etc... Which would you pick? How much of a premium over EA's offer would be require to make up for the HUGE reduction in your former company? 20%? 50%? 100% Does MS actually want to pay 2x the value of Sega (when Sega already makes XBox games) to eliminate 75% of Sega's revenue? ...Maybe. We'll see. |
| #4 By 1845 (12.209.152.69) at 2/28/2003 8:16:00 PM |
| shouting aside, it's just visually unpleasant. i can't convince my eyes to strain themselves to read such a comment. |
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