Sony: Buy Sega, Get These 12 Dynamite Games on PS4 & Vita

"You may have heard that Sega is laying off 300 employees, a move that usually signals dark times. I think it’s time Sony steps in and buys Sega. And hey, if that happens, maybe these (hypothetically) cool games can happen too." -PSLS

[knifefight]

I'd pay so much damn money for Shenmue 3 and Skies of Arcadia 2.

[theshonen8899]

Why do people think buying companies is easy? Sony is not Google, it is in no way financially powerful enough to buy an entire corporation that's been around for decades. Hell, even the Minecraft purchase by Microsoft was a huge deal, and that's one game.

Companies aren't something you can just "buy" like toilet paper. If you purchase them then you're in charge of restructuring and turning their profits around. Like hell Sony would go through that much trouble for a company whose games don't even sell that much.

[OmegaShen]

First off, Sony can buy Sega with no problem. Sega's value is pretty low, as for games.

You do know Sony then can get Sega to come out with Shenmue 3 and that would sale like crazy. Sega has big name games/charaters, but the ruin them with bad games.

[darthv72]

Sorry Omega...it's just not that easy. It's understandable to think it is but it isn't. You are talking about absorbing any debt that company might have as part of the buyout process.

And that includes any additional financial responsibilities to the employees including benefits and pension. It may just be easier to throw $$ at them to secure the rights to a game or co-develop but to buy a company outright....

And where is your "secondly"? You can't have a "first off" without having any additional points laid out. Or was that just to sound intellectual?

As for companies with enough liquid assets to purchase Sega... EA would probably top that list followed by MS, Activision and then Nintendo.

MS just made a huge purchase of Minecraft and all its properties so they 'could' be able to buy Sega but not likely as they would probably like to recoup some of that $$ they just spent.

Activision has generated so much revenue from its COD series that it also could buy Sega but there is too much diversity in Sega's IP's to let Activision really take advantage of unless they want to revive the Jest Set Radio in place of Tony hawk and maybe outtrigger or Alien Front online to add into their FPS stable.

nintendo would likely benefit from the Mario & Sonic crossovers in the future but Sonic being limited only to nintendo platforms would get stale really fast (faster than sonic himself). I can still see some deals for exclusives in the future though as there is still an appeal for Sonic from a younger crowd (despite sonic boom).

So that leaves EA. A company with the $$ and the resources and the desire to restore faith in Sega's IP's. Especially when EA's main competition seems to be Activision (in the FPS side). EA could benefit from the long history of Sega racing games as well as their platformers much more than the other companies.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

I can see Sega being bought out by Apple or Google. And put a shame on all their beautiful.

candy Crush Shenmue anyone? SMH..

@Shonen Made a good point MS was in in talks and process of acquiring Minecraft for roughly 5 years now. Lol 5 years for one game.

A huge game but a single game nonetheless.

If Sony acquired SEGA it wouldn't matter until Sony OFICIALLY starts announcing SEGA Ip's they want back and release date.

Sorry but the arthur is delusional.

I can't see Sony, MS or Nintendo touching SEGA any time soon.

[OrangePowerz]

I don't see Sega being bought by any company. They come with a lot baggage, they have their non video games devisions and most of their talent and studios vanished ages ago. Not many if their games sell that well and while I would love Shenmue 3 we do need to be realistic, the target group isn't huge and the sales wouldn't be very high. The most likely case of any company acquiring their IPs is if they go bankrupt and Sega is sold piece by piece like THQ.

[k3rn3ll]

I think everyone just needs to chill out. Sega is not its own company. It is a subsidiary of another holding company Sega Sammy. That company is profitable. And its games Division isnt far from being profitable either. Now they would have to be willing to unload the Sega division, which their not. The 300 employees cut is to make it profitable. That is only a small % of the 2000 at Sega. Much less of Sammmy's overall 7,000 So lets stop acting like its a firesale. Sega Sammy has 6 billion in assets. Sony cant afford to buy a company that isnt extremely profitable. They cant choose it. And I doubt they would be able to by Sammy as a whole. HIGHLY DOUBT.

Secondly, as far as games go, this notion that if you buy a company all of a sudden there games magically code themselves onto your platforms is nuts. That would be an investment of a lot of money with little guarantee of a profit. Sony cant do that either right now.

So stop with your pipe dreams. Sega isnt for sale by its owner, and Sony isnt Looking either. I like Shenmue as much as the next guy but you guys are far from realistic right now

[reallyNow]

its typically a really hard sell to sell your dying company to another company. most companies would do the smart thing and wait for the company to die, hire the talent and IPs they want, and let the rest fade into obscurity.

[lipton101]

As soon as I saw the title your comment is exactly what I thought. It's 100% true, what made me laugh even harder was the 20 simpleton disagrees you got. Kids nowadays think games are born, not made. They have no appreciation for the hard work that goes into a video game, let alone the complex undertaking that is a major acquisition. Bubbles for intelligence.

[crxss]

sony buying sega would be like disney buying lucasfilms. BRING BACK SHENMUE

[user5575708]

sega isn't just sega. its sega sammy holdings CO. it would be quite expensive to buy. now if sony had purchased atlus a while back instead of sega, that may have been a better decision

[bmf7364]

Sony was able to financially save Squaresoft in the past by becoming a major shareholder for the company. They don't have to make Sega exclusively their private property or take over the company, but they can offer SOMETHING to assist them.

[Zeref]

IF anyone is going to buy Sega. Its gonna be Nintendo or Microsoft. Sony just doesn't have the money to afford a company that doesn't make much profit.

[JasonKCK]

Sony can't afford to buy Sega even in it's current state. Sony is not Apple, Google or MS when it comes to money. Sony just can't go out and buy anything they want when they're are nearly broke themselves.

[T2X]

Actually, it will probably come to pass that either they A) Just close up and sell off all assets etc. or B) FIle for bankruptcy protection. Then they can do what tons of other companies do. Re-open later and start again.

[Dhampir]

All Valkyria Chronicles games on consoles would be nice. Best PS3 game in my opinion. They really should make a new one.

Sony just laid off almost 4000 people. They are pumping a lot money into capcom at the moment too. Doubt they can really afford to chance it. Sega would be fine if they would stop making junk, like Sonic Boom.

Microsoft might be a better fit for Sega anyway. Shenmue 2 was only on Xbox in the US. Would give them a few japanese properties.

[Deadlead]

Would be cool, buuuuut not gonna happen imo. Although with gaming emerging as Sony' most lucrative section of business, perhaps theyd put some consideration into making a move like this.

[3-4-5]

Idea:

* Sega Scales back, Nintendo buys a few IP's, Sony buys a few IP's, & everyone wins.

* Sega stays alive, they become more managable, their IP's can get new life on new consoles, and both Nintendo & Sony fans can enjoy Sega titles.

* I wonder about their PC IP's though like Total War.

Not even sure if this is possible though...just an idea.

[Magicite]

I almost read this title as ''Sony buys Sega''.

[payikick]

Honestly I really don't care who buys Sega, as long as they make Shenmue 3 true to its roots

[awi5951]

No Nintendo should buy sega! They need the help and they can finally team up and take down the new upstarts Microsoft and Sony.

[TWB]

I haven't really kept up with the news about Sega and Nintendo but for some reason I remember reading from a game magazine (around 2010 or before) that Sega went bankrupt and Nintendo already bought them out ?

Could have been just speculation at the time but if its was not true...

They should do it now, Sega as first party company could be a very powerful weapon.

[Gamer1982]

If Sony bought SEGA that would just be weird.. Sonic only on playstation.. Nintendo would freak as a 1/3 of its catalogue right now has SEGA stamped on it either producing the games or through characters. That would be another nail in the WiiUs coffin. Sony could finally get its own decent smash game with SEGAs back catalogue of characters and its own. Not to mention the next smash game will lose a bit of its roster as it has a few SEGA characters.

But I say bring back Crazy Taxi and make it glorious again.

[Godmars290]

@knifefight:
In an age of microtransactions and DLC, you *REALLY* need to be careful what you wish for...

[Syntax-Error]

The reviewer is fanboy idiot. Sony itself is in dire need of funds, so buying a Sega is not in the cards right now. People think this is play money. It's not like buying a damn car. These companies better be profitable with a 3 year stretch. It's cheaper to buy the IP than the studio, but Sega has already stated they will NEVER sell the Shenmue IP

[BG11579]

Damn for a second I thought that Sony did have actually bought Sega... I was like, best move ever!!!!

[XanderZane]

The problem is SEGA doesn't want to sell. If they had, Microsoft would have bought them a long time ago. SEGA had made several exclusive titles for the original XBox including a Shenmue game. If M$ can pay a billion for Minecraft, they could easily buy SEGA. The Shenmue games were good, but they were never huge selling games. More of a niche market type game. If SEGA could do the complete trilogy for PS4/XB1 I'm sure that would sell in high numbers. A lot of people never got to play the first 2 games.

[Relientk77]

I need Skies of Arcadia 2

I'll take

Vectorman
Comix Zone
Ristar

too

[Kal-V3]

I'd punch a small child in the face if it meant Vectorman makes a comeback. ;P

[Relientk77]

I would take that sacrifice lol

[telekineticmantis]

Yeah, I was just about to say that, why am I excited about Vectorman in the new Gen? And a game like Comix Zone, non-typical type games from the Sega Genesis/Saturn era.

[beerzombie]

I owned a Saturn and loved it. All the imports were the best especially the 2d shooters.

[gokuking]

"It's clear at this point that Sony hates the Vita. I see a new Crazy Taxi as just the kind of garbage Sony would be willing to allow someone else to put on the system."

I have no clue how to read this comment. Either it's genuine, and you think Crazy Taxi is trash, or you're trying reverse psychology and actually think Sony loves Vita?

[Whitey2k]

i can think of a better company to buy then sega and that will be capcom just think monster hunter u have resident evil and u have lost planet then street fighter.. capcom has more franchise then sega

[AngelicIceDiamond]

Capcome?

Lol no. Capcom are having hard time funding their own games as is.

They're leaning on Sony for Street Fighter and the F2P MMO Dragon's Dogma.

Financially they're doing a little better than SEGA but there not doing that much better.

[GameSpawn]

It's a race then... Who goes first, Capcom or Sega? /s

Seriously though, both companies are in rough positions and oddly enough both make popular arcade games and are pretty cemented into the arcade market. Home consoles have taken away the arcade market of the 80's but arcades still exist and have demand for titles from Sega and Capcom. It would be a sad day to see either company go under.

[gokuking]

if sony were to buy capcom they'd have a reason to make another handheld and sony doesn't want that to happen

[tlougotg]

If Sony bought Sega and took over its ips that would be so dope! I cant fathom what new life they could bring into those games! with Sony developing or co developing.

[gangsta_red]

Nintendo would be a better fit for Sega.

[OmegaShen]

Sonic Boom.

Still think that?

[gangsta_red]

Sega made Sonic Boom, what does that have to do with Nintendo?

Nintendo are the kings of making great games around mascots. And Sega is filled to the top with mascots. I can see a good Sonic/Mario cross over and not just in Olympic games.

Nintendo also make a lot of great colorful games that emphasis challenge and arcade fun for kids and adults of all ages. Not bloody murder and extreme super adult themes like Sony.

Nintendo and Sega are the kings of making Blue Skies in Games. And that is why Nintendo would be the best fit and better candidate to buy Sega, not Sony.

[gangsta_red]

31 disagrees? People here sure don't like Nintendo.

[SegaGamer]

I wouldn't mind if Nintendo bought SEGA, someone needs to save this company. As you can tell by my name, i am a huge fan of SEGA and it's sad to see them in the state they are in.

The gaming world without SEGA......it's unthinkable. My gaming life started with SEGA, the very first game i remember playing was Alex Kidd that was built into my Master System.

SEGA is getting left behind by all the other game companies, a lot of new gamers don't even know who they are. We need someone to save them before it's too late.

[shaw98]

I would rather have Nintendo buy sega. It just makes sense. Not having Sonic in smash bros would suck.

[DanteVFenris666]

While I like using sonic in the game, he's a terrible character. I always lose with him. He has no worthy heavy hitting moves. Just small ticks. Ussually with sonic my enemy is at 200% before I finally smash them

[360ICE]

I was thinking that that'd make a lot of sense too. SEGA already has quite a lot of presence on Nintendo consoles (hence the layoffs, I bet!) and Nintendo has a pretty big cash reserve.

It would be awful for the game industry, though. If Nintendo is gonna have exclusive software, I'd appreciate if they put some effort into hardware.

[Dark11]

Why would they buy sega? we not talking about EA here

from business perspective .. they have nothing to offer.

[Gamer1982]

They will be rather cheap in todays market as Sonic is at an all time low and there back catalogue holds little water as its had no recent hits.

[Macdaddy71]

I don't see sega that good there games not that good, they was ok when they was not anything other to play, but No must buy games, maybe sonic is the biggest,..but good enough games for Sony or MS to buy them!!!! NO not at all,

[DanielGearSolid]

Nothing would make me happier than Sony owning Sega
Or atleast buying all their IPs

[DigitalRaptor]

They don't need to own SEGA or their IPs to gain exclusives. Look at Bayonetta 2.

The future of Shenmue on PS4 has been strongly rumoured, hinted at by executives, and had a case going for it for a good 2 years now.

Not to mention Verendus has leaked as rumours that SEGA will be developing a PlayStation exclusive which should be announced this year: http://www.neogaf.com/forum...

It would not surprise me if at least a HD remaster collection gets announced for PlayStation platforms after all the recogniton and responses Sony has given to the #SaveShenmue campaign.

[DanielGearSolid]

#SaveShenmue

p.s. I still want them to buy Sega even tho u made good points

[StormLegend]

Sonic on PS4 would deifently make me happy! But he just feels better on Nintendo consoles...
My favorties were Sonic generations, Sonic AB2, Sonic Hereos, Sonic Allstar racing transformed, You can hate me for this one but.. Sonic 06 as well.

[OhReginald]

Not gonna happen. Sony buys talent, not IPs.

However I can see Microsoft buying Sega and run them to the ground just like Rare.

[Fishermenofwar]

Bazinga!!! LOL

[vega275]

Yeah cause I'm sure zipper is pumping out those ga....... Oh right Sony closed them. Maybe big big studio pushing out gam........oh yeah they closed too. Rare being run into and still making games.

[metatronx]

lol how many good games did rare make? Compared to Sony WWS, MS is nowhere closed. Oh wait, ND > all those MS studios alone.

[WeAreLegion]

Sony let Zipper do whatever they wanted to do and Zipper sunk themselves.

[DanteVFenris666]

Wow congrats for naming two companies that were never big. Rare was god back in the day now you could hardly call what they make games

[garrettbobbyferguson]

@meta

Rare have made many good games back in the day.

Donkey Kong Country
Killer Instinct
Golden Eye 007
Banjo and kazooie
Conker
Jet Force Gemini

And many many more. Even Viva Pinata was good. But they have a lot of great games under their belt.

[metatronx]

@garrett: I was referring to Rare after MS's acquisition.

[MrSwankSinatra]

did you really just compare Rare to Zipper and BigBig? We're you even gaming when Rare was in their prime? Obviously not because nobody would make a stupid comparison like that, besides you.

[vega275]

@ mrswanksinatra

I've been gaming probably before you was scratching your fathers nuts to get out. So yes I'm old enough to know about rare. Question is do you other than fanboy tell you?

First off- I didn't compare rare to anyone. Maybe you should read it again. My comment was if MS ran rare into the ground like you guys keep saying. Then why are they still making games and yet Sony closed down studios that didn't make them money. Not because zipper did what they wanted or because big big studios wasn't as big as rare. It's because Sony didn't make money on their project cause you fanboys didn't support it. Let keep it honest now shall we

Second- why is it when you feel the need to bash ms on rare yet as soon as someone name zipper or other studios Sony has closed or destroyed you are met with BS excuses as to why it's the studios fault like Sony didn't have a hand in it. You know we are in a age where we have access to info. Prove to me zipper killed themselves off and not Sony doing as all businesses do when projects or studios don't make money.......they close them idiots.

@ dantevfenris666

Your stupid if you thought rare was this god company. Not even in their Nintendo days they wasn't. Which was a reason why Nintendo let them go. But yeah MS should have let them put out flops or games that didn't sell well so when MS closes them as Sony has done with a few of there's you can turn around and blame MS for closing a studio that has a niche following or just plan garbage and sells like shit.

Here's a question for you did you buy viva piñata? How about kameo? Banjo and kazooie? Perfect dark for 360? Matter fact you probably never own a 360 or xbox to play any of these games. Cause had many of you fake azz rare fan did maybe just maybe they wouldn't have been stuck making kinect games in stead of just closing them down as Sony also likes to do when their first party don't make them money. Not because they didn't listen to you fanboy and decided to make a game that Sony approved that bomded (MAG anyone)

But it's funny how people forget or just young to remember that zipper make socom. But yeah those games sucks in comparison to B&K or viva piñata...... Yeah what was I thinking.

[Gamer1982]

Normally your right Sony doesn't buy up big publishers like SEGA however if they are going cheap they may dip in and Sony have said they are really going for it this generation. So why not?

[SegaGamer]

Oh Reginald!!!............I DISAGREE!!!

;)

[reaperman]

I think its pretty clear that Sony has interest in Sega.
One of the main reasons I can think of is that for years fans of the Yakuza franchise have been pleading with Sega to translate Yakuza 5 for the Western market with no success other that a passing comment such as "well we might look at it someday".
Then the unexpected happened on Saturday December 6th 2014... Today is a very special and exciting day for all of us at SEGA. Partnering with our friends at Sony Computer Entertainment America, we just revealed our plan to bring Yakuza 5 to the U.S. and Europe at PlayStation Experience in Las Vegas. We also announced that Yakuza 4 and Yakuza: Dead Souls are available on PlayStation Network starting today.
We’ve received so many requests from our fans to bring Yakuza 5 to the U.S. and Europe. Yakuza 5 also made the top of the list of Sony’s #BuidingTheList campaign led by Gio Corsi at Sony Computer Entertainment and we were moved by all the support given to Yakuza 5 by the PlayStation community.

To me this shows that Sony have faith in Sega and I know that Sony will do right by the fans.
If Sega are struggling then I hope Sony come in to save the day and Sega don't get taken to the slaughter by Microsoft (RIP Rare Ltd)
If Sony do buy Sega then we are basically guaranteed the games that us fans want eg... Shenmue 3, Yakuza Ishin and Skies Of Arcadia 2 to name just a few.

[Viryu]

New Valkyria Chronicles and Phantasy Star Online on PS4, and Sony won itself the generation.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

Sony buy Sega? Buy a company whose track record for the last 5+ years for producing good to great games has been underwhelming at best? NO ... save your money and then cherry pick / buy IP rights once they go under.

[jonboi24]

I can't see anyone buying Sega. Atlus alone could keep Sega's boat afloat. Sega will have a huge year because of Yakuza Zero and Persona 5.

[dcbronco]

Sony isn't in a position to buy anyone else out. Reread Kaz's comments from earlier this month. Sony is looking at potentially selling whole divisions.

[CarlosX360]

Yeah, Divisions that don't make money. Common sense.

[dcbronco]

Which is most of them in Sony's case. People should stop trying to fool themselves. Unless Sony is going to sell everything else and become strictly a gaming company, they can't buy Sega. If Microsoft even thought they were trying they would swoop in and take it. The most money wins in a publicly traded company. Sega stock converted to Microsoft stock is very valuable. Sega stock converted to Sony stock is worthless. No CEO would allow it. No board would allow it. And no stockholders would approve it. Never going to happen.

[ThePresentIsAgift]

Sega originally worked with Microsoft to help develop the Dreamcast Windows CE environment ( http://segaretro.org/Window... ), the coloured X,Y,A and B buttons on both systems controllers are no coincidence, nor was the built in high speed modem of Xbox.

Microsoft had taken inspiration from Sega, moved the networking ideas forward and made them sing. Curiously though in Japan the N64 and Sega Saturn could both go online in their day for gaming and media sharing. The Dreamcasts architecture made it easy to port pc games-compared to the competiton and it could output using VGA at 640x480, 60hz which at the time was bangin' haha.

Sega wanted to cut a deal with Microsoft where the original Xbox would play Dreamcast games, sadly this fell down late in the day and instead they agreed to release Panzer Dragoon Orta, Crazy Taxi 3 and Shenmue 2 on Xbox. (or X-block as I affectionately know it)

Granted that was years back and who knows what sort of relationship they have now. I would love to see Sega come back though in a big way with some killer games.

[CarlosX360]

The deals fell through because both companies have bad blood. If you read enough of their stories together, you'd know that Sega really wanted to compete directly against Xbox/Microsoft.

[DLConspiracy]

That's not true. When Dreamcast was on its way out Sega was in talks with MS to allow everyone to play dreamcast games on the original Xbox. They already had a partnership with the windows explorer on the Dreamcast. MS was OK with allowing it to play DC games.. However that fell through when Sega asked Microsoft to also handle all those games online.

http://www.gameinformer.com...

[bigodon]

sony doesn't have money to make PSN better, who gonna say purchase a worldwide game studios
but i agree if they antecipate some ips

[F0XHOUND]

If Sega was for sale, Microsoft, as a higher entity than Xbox and even Sony... would absolutely buy it. If Sony bid $1billion Microsoft can triple that. PlayStation division is going great, but Sony are struggling. Microsoft are pretty much safe in comparison.

It'd have to be a very sneaky acquisition for Sony to do so, or... the value of Sega is just not particularly appealing to Microsoft... not everybody cares for Sega titles I guess. But having said that, shenmue as a current gen exclusive would be a pretty big draw imo. As would quite a few Sega ip's.

[DanteVFenris666]

The question is why would anyone want to triple that

[CarlosX360]

Sega has tons of brands. You can sell the entirety of SEGA for 5billion easy.

[illtownNJONE]

Sony is broke, they can't afford to keep their own businesses afloat

[SonyOnly4]

They make $54 million a month on PS Plus alone you Xtots need to stop parotting that around and use Logic, If they are soooo broke how come they where able to offer double the value for free games with PS+ then Games for gold and have tons more studios then Microsoft and where able to make deals with Capcom,Atlus and Square Enix for exclusive games on top of releasing multiple free to play games on the PC?

[LAWSON72]

Do you think that money is not spent on the service? I am by no means educated on how much servers for millions of people across multiple games cost but I doubt it is cheap. There is probably some profit there but not that much

[LexHazard79]

So if someone says Sony can't afford SEGA they're Xbox Fanboys?

Take the blinders off.
Sony cannot, I repeat cannot afford SEGA at the moment. So lets get that out of the way.

MS could afford them but why would they buy SEGA? Xbox division needs to be in a better position for them to even entertain an offer. And to those thinking it would be ran to the ground like RARE. Just remember, they have a new guy running Xbox and hes a gamer. So im sure if they were to make the aquisition Phil would know what to do with SEGA.

[CarlosX360]

Sony as a company is doing poorly, but not the SCEA/PlayStation division. It's actually booming right now.

[dcbronco]

Booming. But it's the only thing booming at Sony. The company will lose money again this year despite the PS4.

[ThePresentIsAgift]

Nice to see a disagree with no reference at all to a specific point.

N64 online-"Randnet" is/was the services name

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

Saturn online- http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

Sega MS/Xbox venture idea

http://www.gameinformer.com...

[Nerdmaster]

I'm still waiting for a reason to buy a PS4. I know Shenmue 3 would be asking too much, but even a port of 1 and 2 would be enough for me to buy it. Specially Shenmue 2, because I didn't play it.

[LAWSON72]

People crack me up with Shenmue 3, I read all these comments about how remarkably well it will sell yet there is literally nothing that shows that is the case. I get it you all think it is amazing with the nostalgia, but to think millions are going to flock to the store for a game they never heard of so easily is hilarious. It is not some guaranteed success.
Same goes for Yakuza, all these commenters act like the game is a huge deal when it really is not. Is it capable to be, maybe, but that cost more money some may not want to invest.

Sorry to be a downer...

[WeAreLegion]

Well, obviously it's not that easy. This is an expensive and time-consuming process. I personally couldn't see Sony doing it.

On the other hand, if Sony were to dump all their resources into the PlayStation division, SEGA would be a good place to start. Capcom has better IP's, however.

Still, I don't think it would be smart for Sony to purchase such a massive company right now. As an investor, I wouldn't be too happy about it, honestly.

[ScorpiusX]

Hey Phil Spencer some cool I'M are about to become available, what say u buy a few I'M for Xbox one.

[hiawa23]

Sony MS or Nintendo should buy Sega or their franchises. I don't care which. Seems Ms would be in the best financial position to do this.

[stragomccloud]

Sony has completely turned its back on Japanese studios and Japanese gamers, why would they invest their money in buying Japanese IPs. Sony is only interested in Western development these days. Nintendo would be the one to buy SEGA as they seem to be the only company actually interested in jump-starting the Japanese market and its developers.

[theFAYEsorceress]

skies of arcadia had one of the best worlds in any game. i would love to have a remaster or a sequel that let you explore the environments more. i would have loved that game if it was just pure exploration.

[BLKxSEPTEMBER]

All i want from Sega is Virtua Fighter 6. Please for the love of all thats electronic release Virtua Fighter 6 Sega!!! I dont want Sony or MS to own the Virtua Fighter franchise. The game has a hard enough time with its player base in the U.S. being a multiplat title. I would have to see my Favorite and THE most balanced fighter limited even further.

[LightDiego]

That would be great, Sega franchises would be perfect for PS4.

[higgins78]

I'm sorry, but Sega - and its games - are far more suited to appear on the Wii U. Colourful, vibrant and fun...not exactly the natural home of Sony and Microsoft. Shenmue III as an exclusive for the Wii U would just make a great deal more sense.

[SaveFerris]

I think Sony would do a better job at managing Sega's ips, being that they have a bigger home console presence worldwide than both Nintendo and Xbox. Shenmue would be a better fit for the PS4 than the Xbox (which has little presence in Asia) and the fact that Shenmue 2 was on the og Xbox makes little difference in this gen.

[Petebloodyonion]

Proof # 32 that this site is a pro Sony site:
when a fan fiction article like this make it to the top compare to real news like:
http://www.gamespot.com/art...

But let's comment and laugh at this stupid article.

1) Last I check: Sony's financial situation was far from great. So the solution to solve this problem would be to buy another companie with similar problems! Yeah right!

2) Sony would have new IP like Shenmue and they could make money out of it!
Again Shenmue as proven to be a mainstream golden egg profit machine for sega (NOT) and suddenly in the ends of a new administration the game would cost nothing to produce and would be a guaranteed WORLD of Warcraft success.
Alien Isolation would have sold 5X times more under Sony

3) Sony perfectly know that the moment they buy Sega 500000000000$ of new money will come each month in the bank account. Yes because suddenly all new game appear day 1 of the acquisition at no development costs (plus the games appear like thin air on shelves).

Basically this article for the moment is pure dream from a fan boy like

[Shuckylad]

I'd like nintendo to buy sonic. Imagine what they could do with a new 2d or even 3d sonic platformer.

[shaenoide]

To buy a company you need money. Sony is really low on cash.

[GokuSolosAll]

Got excited for nothing. I do wish Sony would buy Capcom and Sega though.

[ShiranaiJittai]

*Before I say anything I will state a disclosure I know nothing about the actual way to buy a company I am going strictly off of something I read somewhere and frankly don't even remember where. As such I have no clue as to how this would be done or why or even if the information I heard was correct.*

Big Playstation fan myself yet if any gaming company was in a good position to buy Sega it would be Nintendo. Microsoft has a lot more money to throw around than Sony does but again I have no confirmation of this one way or another.

I don't think Microsoft can legally buy SEGA? The most they could hope to do is buy the rights to games published for the US?

Something about it being a different stock market with different rules and only Japan being able to buy Japanese companies? I don't remember why this was the case or even if it correct info can someone correct me or confirm in better detail possibly?

I think I read it because Microsoft DID want to buy SEGA ages ago but was legally not allowed to because Microsoft was an american company and Sony a Japanese one? Other than Halo they had very little releasing and ended up settling for Shenmue 2 exclusivity and a few other Sonic Team games? Crazy Taxi Jet Set Radio etc. I have no clue why this is or isn't possible I would really appreciate someone telling me I am not crazy in thinking this or if it is possible how it would actually be done.

If ANYONE was going to buy SEGA it would be Nintendo.

I will state again I am a diehard Playstation fan the facts are the facts though. Sony as a corporation is struggling right now Nintendo is sitting pretty with enough money saved up from all their handhelds, SNES, and NES days that they are in a position to actually do so.

It would make sense too as Mario and Sonic at the Olympic games and all those horrible Sonic games in the last few years are all Nintendo exclusive.

Now lets say Sony was in position to be able to purchase Sega. I still don't think it would happen. Two major factors led to the demise of the dreamcast Shenmue was the expensive game developed at the time yet sold very little and the Playstation 2 having a DVD player killed any chance of it closing the gap between the two systems.

Nintendo would like to buy Sega because the entire reason Playstation exists is because Nintendo stabbed Sony in the back and parterned with Phillips for CDi.

They created their greatest competitor.

Sega on the other hand would probably cut their losses before ever letting anyone buy them but if it were anyone it would be Nintendo.

Sega costs more money to buy than you would think as well they still sell a pretty ridiculous amount of Pachinko machines. Essentially the Hoyle of Japan.

[Rebel_Scum]

Sega games I'd like to see rebooted on any system:

Streets of Rage
Shining Force
Comix Zone
Alex Kidd
Ecco the Dolphin
Daytonaaaaaaaaaa

[Benoski]

I think that if Sega got bought out, then the most likely buyer would be Nintendo.

Both companies maintain a solid partnership, with Wii U exclusive Sonic games, as well as Sonic as a playable fighter in Super Smash Bros.

Having Sonic as a PlayStation exclusive just doesn't feel right, not after what Sega and Nintendo have done together.

[Sheed]

i feel like it would just make sense for Nintendo to buy sega.
They already have such a close relationship.
Hell, it's almost as if Nintendo already bought sega with all the exclusives it's been getting.

[urwifeminder]

Sony put in put all your cash into slim systems vita 2 and sega then die.

[atticus14]

Valve should buy them,launch a dreamcast branded steam box
With vanquish port

[Drasill]

Why do people want one single company to buy them? I'd prefer if their properties get bought piecemeal like what happened with THQ. I'd like the same thing to happen to Capcom.

[Stogz]

I feel like Sega is in a similar situation as Capcom. They both have an amazing set of IPs, but they don't seem to pay attention to them, and when they do they ruin them. They need some new, fresh leadership.

[Makkanchor]

Shenmuuuuueeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!

[MultiConsoleGamer]

While I agree with the premise, and I agree with the author's game list (all great choices), Sony is so broke they can't afford to buy a ham sandwich.

Sony's latest billion dollar fiscal loss is right around the corner. And it's going to be so devastating they actually asked the Japanese government to extend the deadline for the release of their financial until March.

A more likely candidate to buy this company would be Nintendo, who is seeking acquisitions, or Microsoft, who plans to "money hat" their way to victory this gen.

[dizeestl]

all those games suck and wont sell

[Neo_Zeed]

I wish this would happen. Pretty sure it will never happen though.

[TekKing]

They wouldn't buy Sega. I think if anything Sega would just sell off IPs like THQ.

[horndog]

Sony will go bankrupt before that happens.

[kythlyn]

Phantasy Star V please. I don't care how, just make it happen.

[TbagginEagle]

In case you guys didn't notice Microsoft is the new Sega. Just look at what happened with Peter Moore, transitioning from Sega to Microsoft and using Shenmue 2 to do it and making out with bookoos of cash. The first Xbox controller is an almost exact replica of the Dreamcast controller with an added analog stick. Sega was crushed because of their short sightedness for dual analog controllers and then the PS 2 hit and Game over.
Anyways Microsoft would be more poised to buy and really all that's going to do is make it harder to get those great games we used to know and love without having to pay good ol' Microsoft...No thanks.

[hammix]

simply awesome

[Bossmon]

lol sony to buy sega???that wont happen.....everything sony makes they loose money on...... insurance and playstation is the only thing keeping them goin (for now)

[quenomamen]

Yea they've only been business since the late 1940,s I'm sure they're about to close shop any day now.

[mochachino]

Sony buying would be a waste of money.

[quenomamen]

These dumb " Hey buy this company and put these games on your hardware " articles.
Since we talking bout crap that will never happen I got one " Hey Sony, buy Sega, MS, Atari and Nintendo and put pretty much every game ever made on PSN ! " oooh whats that ? Never happen ? Awww.

[jocelot]

maybe apple buying sega and realeasing a new console could be the best for the competition and gamers.

[finite]

Microsoft: Buy Sega, Get These 12 Dynamite Games on Xbox and PC /.. Bigger Audience.

[BladerunnerZX]

Nintendo owning Segas IPs would be better. Sony would do great with Sega games.
As long as Microsoft stays far away. Just look at what Microsoft did with Rare.

[gazgriff2k12]

I think sega should just get there act together. they have so many sellers in there catalog its like there run buy complete idoits. theres at least 10 games i would buy day 1 if the brought out a remater or sequals. If they was to be brought i hope it would be nintendo that buys them because sonic and other games feel at home on nintendo consoles. It would be a rare style distaster if microsoft brought them imho

[Jayfatyboombaty]

This would be a nonstarter for Sony and Sega. Sony can't afford SEGA/SAMMY as the company is worth 13% of what Sony is worth, Sony is going through a long drawn out restructuring, and the company as a whole is still losing money. Why would they make their one very profitable department have an unprofitable year (or less profit at least) by being offset from buying out a company that is largely a shadow of its former self? Not to mention the companies strong ties to Nintendo. Then on top of that, Sony sits on a lot of bad debt currently and probably wouldn't be able to raise the capital to offset the affect buying SEGA would ultimately have on the stock. A more appropriate title would be, "PlayStation is Doing Really Good Let's Figure out A Way to Screw That Up".

[contra157]

Someone needs to pick up Sega since all their talent is out the window and the studio is pretty clueless about what fans one especially when it comes to Sega and their classic catalog I would hope Nintendo would pick Sega up;wouldn't surprise me if Sony or Microsoft tried to get in first

[Badassbab]

It would cost Sony billions of dollars to buy Sega, money they can ill afford to spend.