Posted Jan 12, 2007 at 05:24PM by Chris L. Listed in: Xbox 360 Tags: Microsoft, Capcom, Bill Gates
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Still Capcom. No one better be calling it MS-Capcom yet.This one is the latest installment to that rumor back in November that Microsoft was trying to, or at least had plans of acquiring Capcom. Only this time, "independent sources" are telling Evil Avatar's fitbabits that Microsoft has "all but completed the purchase of Capcom." Of course, there is no word from either Capcom or Microsoft to confirm or deny this. Hence, we're all reporting this as a rumor.

However, we're sort of disinclined to believe this one at this point. For one thing, the perfect opportunity for Microsoft to announce something like this would have been during CES - the perfect audience, and Bill Gates himself had the perfect podium to announce this as keynote. From an investor's perspective, it would provide the perfect end-of-fiscal-year boost to stock prices and carry over to 1Q of the next fiscal year.

Now, there is the possibility that the purchase was concluded too late for it to have made CES, and we're open to the possibility. Still, things like this take quite a bit of time to execute, and if it had been conducted secretly, just as much time to leak out through the network of retailers and the aforementioned "insider sources". Besides, something this big can't stay secret forever.

IF (and that's a big IF) this is true, it's likely that there will be an announcement forthcoming, which would be perfectly-timed for investors to react to. Stay tuned.


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   by b (Unregistered) - 2007-01-12
 » Doubt it

If it was true, why would Evil Avatar be the only one to know about it? Wtf is Evil Avatar? If it is true though it'll be a huuuge blow to Sony and the PS3

   by b (Unregistered) - 2007-01-12
 » Lol *correction*

I just followed the link, it's just some guy on the Evil Avatar forums who claims he got this info from "independent sources". 100% false

   by Regime2008 - 2007-01-12
 » dont matter....

i just hope MS get it

   by Independent Source (Unregistered) - 2007-01-12
 » 100% reliable info

MS has brought weapons of mass destruction


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   Re: poxtomod (Unregistered) - 2007-01-12
 » nuh uh...

Microsoft does not own Capcom cause I do! I am in the process of selling majority stake to Commodore however!
   by thie guy poxtomod is all bull (Unregistered) - 2007-01-12
 » eat THIS

a?S?S

   by Capcom President (Unregistered) - 2007-01-13
 » ..

We no Sell Our-Selves For Microsoft

We Only Sell Our-Sleves for SONY


   Re: racist pig (Unregistered) - 2007-01-13
 » racist pig

sony doesn't own capcom. You *****ing biggot.
   by melo (Unregistered) - 2007-01-13
 » capcom

microsoft won't doesn't owning capcom. Its not to making sense.



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