Just to elaborate on the Capcom issue. I don't know if the buy out rumours are true, but one thing is for certain, they made a 'loss' of around £100,000,000, that's 100 Million Pounds!
I think buying Sega would be non-benificial, as not only would they be worth an insane amount of money, the losses they are trying to make up for will also have to be taken care of by the respective buyer, which is also quite a hefty sum.
Sure Microsoft may have the money, but I assure you that it would be a decision that would never pay off (not this generation, let alone the next, or even the one after that one...), even though MS are in it for the 'long run'. Besides, as someone quite rightly pointed out, the US goverment would never sanction such a deal.
If a buy out was to occur, Capcom would probably be the company to be bought out.
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