Why would Nintendo do that? They could just as easily release games as a third party.
It would have to be Sony buying Nintendo and they don't really need to do that to compete right now.
The computer entertainment side of Sony is under no threat. It's positioned to be making massive profits over the next 10 years. They already said that the PS4 is not sold at a loss. so they're making money as we speak. They should be in the black right now or on a rocket ship about to pass that...
Some stats:
Apple Inc. brings home 160 billion dollars every year in revenue.
Compensation of 400 million is about 0.0025% of that revenue.
The question you have to ask yourself is this: Is it worth 0.0025% of the year's revenues to keep the guy in charge, the brains of the operation?
What...