Nintendo May Consider Merger/Acquisition Deals to Improve Its Fortunes

[Aiddon_v1legacy]

And Nintendo could take Activisions old dead (good) franchises and revive them.
Crash Team Racing meats Mario Kart
A Crash Bandicoot platformer.
A Zelda inspired Spyro game.

But then again, we could see Activision release Mario and Zelda on a yearly basis, they could make Metroid just another CoD and Pikmin could be come the next Starcraft split in 3 games or even worse, mandatory online with a cash shop.

Yeah, no. Thanks on the offer, but this could be one of the worst things in video game history.

EDIT:
Wasn't this news already posted like a week ago?

yes, we had the EXACT SAME NEWS a week ago. And of course people were playing investor fanfiction like always. We have no real idea what this actually means, so guessing seems as good a system as any.

 

[OldNewNewOld]

You do know that Capcom's financials have been pretty dire recently, right?

I mean, seriously, they have less than $200 million in the bank right now.

Teaming with Nintendo and restricting their market to the Wii U will help how?

3 words. Street Fighter. Exclusive. And with Nintendo's not-admirable-but-more-consumer-friendly-than-Capcom-practices? That is a powerful firecracker right there

Sure it would be great for Nintendo ... but what is in it for Capcom? That's what I'm asking.

What's in for Capcom?
Lot of money from Nintendo. Creative and development help/input from Nintendo's dev teams. Access to Nintendo IP's.

If they merge/get acquired by Nintendo, everything that benefits Nintendo benefits them as well.

 

[Kmadden2004]

You do know that Capcom's financials have been pretty dire recently, right?

I mean, seriously, they have less than $200 million in the bank right now.

Teaming with Nintendo and restricting their market to the Wii U will help how?

3 words. Street Fighter. Exclusive. And with Nintendo's not-admirable-but-more-consumer-friendly-than-Capcom-practices? That is a powerful firecracker right there

Sure it would be great for Nintendo ... but what is in it for Capcom? That's what I'm asking.

Never said it would, but the notion that everything is just fine and dandy with Capcom if they keep on their current track isn't necessarily accurate, and it wouldn't be surprising to me if they would at least entertain the notion of a buyout from one of the big three.

But, hypothetically speaking, both companies (Capcom and Nintendo) could feasibly gain quite a bit from such a partnership. Capcom would gain some financial security from Nintendo's coffers (and won't have to dedicate massive budgets it soon may not be able to afford on PS4 and XB1 game development), and Nintendo gets what could potentially be a system seller of a studio on its books. It's not difficult to imagine some partnership where Capcom essentially becomes Nintendo's "mature" developer focused purely on making games for the "core" audience, while Nintendo focuses on making its family-friendly Mario and Zelda titles. What's more, with Nintendo handling the publishing, they'll no doubt put they foot down on Capcom's more shady practices (like on-disc DLC) and clean up the studio's image in the eyes of the consumer. Not saying such a merger wouldn't be risky, but from that perspective, it's kind of win-win for both companies.

Like I said, that's hypothetically speaking. I'm not saying it's ever going to happen, just that - on paper, at least - it's something that could potentially work.

 

[deadish]

What's in for Capcom?
Lot of money from Nintendo. Creative and development help/input from Nintendo's dev teams. Access to Nintendo IP's.

If they merge/get acquired by Nintendo, everything that benefits Nintendo benefits them as well.

So, it's really just money ...

Not sure it's worth it. Money you can borrow from a bank/issue bonds or shares. Not to mention Nintendo isn't exactly do that hot themselves. If Nintendo sinks after the merge, they will sink with them.

IMHO the combined entity will bleed even more cash. Capcom being bought out more or less just means their games become exclusive so massive loss of income there. Nintendo may push a few more Wii Us with the exclusives, but so far it hasn't exactly help them much - they already have Monster Hunter which one of Capcom's biggest franchises. I don't see selling a few more Wii Us is going to cover the cost of acquiring Capcom and Capcom's operational cost.

 

[deadish]

Never said it would, but the notion that everything is just fine and dandy with Capcom if they keep on their current track isn't necessarily accurate, and it wouldn't be surprising to me if they would at least entertain the notion of a buyout from one of the big three.

But, hypothetically speaking, both companies (Capcom and Nintendo) could feasibly gain quite a bit from such a partnership. Capcom would gain some financial security from Nintendo's coffers (and won't have to dedicate massive budgets it soon may not be able to afford on PS4 and XB1 game development), and Nintendo gets what could potentially be a system seller of a studio on its books. It's not difficult to imagine some partnership where Capcom essentially becomes Nintendo's "mature" developer focused purely on making games for the "core" audience, while Nintendo focuses on making its family-friendly Mario and Zelda titles. What's more, with Nintendo handling the publishing, they'll no doubt put they foot down on Capcom's more shady practices (like on-disc DLC) and clean up the studio's image in the eyes of the consumer. Not saying such a merger wouldn't be risky, but from that perspective, it's kind of win-win for both companies.

Like I said, that's hypothetically speaking. I'm not saying it's ever going to happen, just that - on paper, at least - it's something that could potentially work.

They can go Nintendo only without a merge. They haven't. Obviously it isn't worth doing so. Capcom will make even less money if they go Nintendo only and will bleed money even harder. Don't see how that is going to be beneficial to the merged entity, I heavily doubt selling a few more Wii Us is going to cover the loss of the PS and xbox markets.

 

[Kmadden2004]

Never said it would, but the notion that everything is just fine and dandy with Capcom if they keep on their current track isn't necessarily accurate, and it wouldn't be surprising to me if they would at least entertain the notion of a buyout from one of the big three.

But, hypothetically speaking, both companies (Capcom and Nintendo) could feasibly gain quite a bit from such a partnership. Capcom would gain some financial security from Nintendo's coffers (and won't have to dedicate massive budgets it soon may not be able to afford on PS4 and XB1 game development), and Nintendo gets what could potentially be a system seller of a studio on its books. It's not difficult to imagine some partnership where Capcom essentially becomes Nintendo's "mature" developer focused purely on making games for the "core" audience, while Nintendo focuses on making its family-friendly Mario and Zelda titles. What's more, with Nintendo handling the publishing, they'll no doubt put they foot down on Capcom's more shady practices (like on-disc DLC) and clean up the studio's image in the eyes of the consumer. Not saying such a merger wouldn't be risky, but from that perspective, it's kind of win-win for both companies.

Like I said, that's hypothetically speaking. I'm not saying it's ever going to happen, just that - on paper, at least - it's something that could potentially work.

They can go Nintendo only without a merge. They haven't. Obviously it isn't worth doing so. Capcom will make even less money if they go Nintendo only and will bleed money even harder. Don't see how that is going to be beneficial to the merged entity, I heavily doubt selling a few more Wii Us is going to cover the loss of the PS and xbox markets.

Like I said, I wasn't saying it was something that would, or even should, happen. I was just spitting out hypotheticals.