(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); In all seriousness, I laughed to myself when I read the title for this article when I came across it. Once I viewed the source, I quickly shut the hell up and started taking it seriously. Although this is just a rumour and more or less just analyst speculation; there's a good chance that the position of power in terms of the video game industry will drastically change if this shit goes down.

Apple has been racking in the dough for quite some time now. They're estimated to have 51 billion dollars of crisp cash to blow with zero debt as well. They have been pulling in billions of dollars quarter after quarter so I'm sure all that money is starting to burn a significant hole in their collective pockets. So what do you do with 51 big tymer bills in the bank? Why not go on a shopping spree. Apple has been getting seriously involved in the gaming scene offering mostly casual games for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. With the potential acquisition of EA and Sony they'll have a huge impact on the gaming industry and could position themselves at the top of the list in a short amount of time. EA is the second biggest game publisher and we all know what Sony has to offer in terms of their existing client base with a huge hand in the hardware game.

Apple, or Jobs more specifically, did not comment directly as to what their short or long term plans are relating to their excessive cash positioning but that didn't stop the New York Times from chiming in on the subject. At Apple's press conference last week, Jobs went on to make the following statement that got everyone up in Wall Street in a tizzy:



There are also some investors that just don't see the point. Take into consideration the purchase of Netflix. iTunes already has 160 million accounts. Netflix would just be a drop in the bucket with their 15 million current subscribers in comparison. Apple has also done extremely well entering new markets on its own so they don't exactly need to make any of these acquisition to remain competitive or expand. But man wouldn't that be something. The biggest and smartest move would probably be picking up Facebook due to it's 500 million subscribers and the robust advertising ecosystem that comes along with it.

If you're interested in reading the entire article I suggest you check it out over at the You must login or register to view this content. site. I wish I had Apple money... What would you guys "acquire" with 51 billion bucks in the bank?







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Sorry just noticed this SHOULD be in Ps3 General, NOT Ps3 Exploits + Hacks

This would be interesting to see what would happen but I hope it doesn't

i dont see Sony selling out to Apple.

well i cant see sony being sold to apple but i can see a partnership.
and with all the ipod/ipad/iphones being jailbroke and sony being good at stopping hack there could be a way to hack their hardware. but they would make some good systems
i would like to see the ps4 with Sony and Apple's name on it and most likely sell more then microsoft.
But we may lose the Free online

Well to start this off, I would like Apple and Sony to combine because of the fallowing:

• Apple will bring more feature's to Sony PlayStation 3 as they are a very advance software developing company so PlayStation 3 will get a lot more feature's
  
• Apple may make it easier to hack? Just think about it... all the Apple enginer's and Sony enginer's combined together? I think it will make it harder to hack!
  
• Hmm.... 3D Laptops and computors seem very likely
  
• New name: Apple PlayStation 4 maybe?
  

I think this may be a good thing...

i tunes on psn!!!

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also SONY+APPLE= CRUSH MICROSOFT

haha also it wud be called 'Apple Station"

Yeah it would be great having iTunes on PSN.... And 'Apple Station' maybe not because they wouldn't take away the name which the console is known for.

idc wat it is lol... i just hope they make more exclusives!

agreed lol

If apple takes over anything it will be bad. If they take over a huge company like sony, then there is less competition and they can do whatever they want in the market, meaning customers get ripped off and less cool technological advancements..