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Rumormongering - Apple Could Buy Nintendo?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the idle-friday-arguments dept.

An anonymous reader writes "CNET wonders if 'Apple is about to frag the gaming community with a revelation that could shake Microsoft to its core: Apple will buy Nintendo. What could be more quintessentially left-field Apple behaviour than buying out the U.S.'s number three games console manufacturer?' The article goes on to compare the companies, saying 'both have followings whose brand dedication verges on the religiously devout' and design styles that are so similar that 'the Nintendo DS Lite practically looks like Jonathan Ive built it.' The writer says an Apple and Nintendo merger will 'penetrate the mainstream consumer market with Macintosh computers'. The possible outcome of a merger would be a console based around the Mac Mini. As for whether Apple have the cash to pull it off: 'Cisco was rumoured to be looking at a purchase of Nintendo earlier in the year, so the idea of Nintendo being bought is not outlandish in itself. Apple's market cap is $51.7bn (Nintendo's is $23.1bn)'"

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  1. OT: such and such are better by drinkypoo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You don't need the sic for that, it's correct in the UK. Apparently they feel a singular company is plural because it's made up of individuals; this is patently silly since it's a singular company. If you talk about a conglomerate, you'd say "the such and such group" - you're talking about the group, which is still singular. That's the whole point! Then again, they can't spell Aluminum either.

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    1. Re:OT: such and such are better by Angostura · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      As a UK-based ex IT journalist - no. In my first job back in the 80's there was a large sign attached to the wall saying "Companies are singular". That remains the style for the majority of papers - a company is a single corporate entity.

    2. Re:OT: such and such are better by jthill · · Score: 0, Offtopic
      patently silly
      I'm USian and I use it intentionally. I think it's an important reminder. Corporations provide a legal entity for various purposes, but those aren't the reasons anybody talks about them. Corporations don't make decisions, corporations don't act, corporations don't hold press conferences or testify under oath, corporations don't invent things.
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      As always, all IMO. Insert "I think" everywhere grammatically possible.
    3. Re:OT: such and such are better by drinkypoo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Sure, for the majority, but it's not technically incorrect... just stupid. Or at least, that's what my studies led me to believe ;)

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