Apple might acquire Sony?
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Apple might acquire Sony?
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Re: Apple might acquire Sony?
#2A great opportunity to go short on Sony. Apple wont buy them - Apple buy small companies that make successful products, which Sony has not for quite some time.
Make money when the rumor pops and short.
Re: Apple might acquire Sony?
#3Sony makes really great hardware, and (most of the time) utterly wretched software. Sony could be a much better company with Apple's help. Not sure how such a merger helps Apple, though.
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#4Amazing the number of rumors flying after two vague, non-committal sentences in the earnings call last week.
We should start a betting pool for what companies Apple will buy. Oh wait, such a pool already exists and is called the stock market...
Re: Apple might acquire Sony?
#5Pie in the sky rumours, but I will say one thing:
If Apple did buy Sony, the PS4 would have an awesome controller.
Re: Apple might acquire Sony?
#6A great opportunity to go short on Sony. Apple wont buy them - Apple buy small companies that make successful products, which Sony has not for quite some time. Make money when the rumor pops and short.
While I also don't think Apple will buy Sony, they kinda are in the same place Apple was in the 90's pre-jobs. They have a strong brand but make a TON of mediocre products. Jobs coming in and axing everything non-essential to a small "only the best" product line up could really turn the company around. I wouldn't write them off just because of their current lineup.
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#7I think Apple buying Adobe makes more sense than Sony..but even still, not likely. With Sony's headquarters in Japan and all, Steve Jobs can't have the control he'd want. And getting rid of the Sony HQ and/or massive presence there is a crazy idea.
If they did buy them, I don't think it'd be for a merger of any kind. But I'm certainly no expert at these sorts of things. I've been wrong before!
Re: Apple might acquire Sony?
#8Pie in the sky rumours, but I will say one thing: If Apple did buy Sony, the PS4 would have an awesome controller.
The first thing that came to mind was the hockey puck.
Re: Apple might acquire Sony?
#9A great opportunity to go short on Sony. Apple wont buy them - Apple buy small companies that make successful products, which Sony has not for quite some time. Make money when the rumor pops and short.
Sony seems to be doing OK with the PS3 and their A/V equipment sells pretty well too. They also developed the Blu-Ray format; possibly they get licensing fees for that?
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#10Apple is obviously on top of their career. But the fact that they climbed up insanely fast relying on only one or two products. That's good, that is great, of course I appreciate their success. However they also experienced a near death. If it was not iPod they would be so dead already. So they still do not give me the confidence that they will be on top forever. Hope they don't acquire Sony, so we don't lose them both in case Apple falls.