Microsoft to buy Sega? Rumors fly

SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER STAFF AND NEWS SERVICES

Two news services yesterday reported that Tokyo-based videogame maker Sega Corp. may be acquired by Microsoft Corp. Neither company, including San Francisco-based subsidiary SEGA of America Inc., could be reached for comment.

The Jiji Press English-language Japanese press service reported that shares of Sega Corp. rose as high as the exchange's daily limit of 200 yen, to close up 134 yen at 1,385 yen ($11.29) on the Tokyo Stock Exchange yesterday afternoon "amid a market rumor that U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp. will acquire the Japanese video game maker."

Bloomberg News' Tokyo bureau reported the same rumor, saying Sega shares rose as much as 17 percent because of it. The report quoted spokesmen for both companies as saying they knew of no acquisition plans

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Ok, in case you didn't know, that would equal these games being exclusive to the Xbox if this happened. THINK about how ridiculous that would be!

- Sonic
- Virtua Fighter
- Shenmue
- Panzer Dragoon
- Super Monkey Ball
- NFL 2K
- NHL 2K
- NBA 2K
- World Series Baseball 2K
- Phantasy Star Online
- OutRUn
- Crazy Taxi
- Jet Grind/Set Radio
- Daytona USA
- House of the Dead
- ToeJam and Earl
- Sega Rally Championship
- SegaGT
- SpikeOut
- Virtua Cop
- Virtua Fighter
- Virtua Striker (soccer series)
- Virtual On
- Chu Chu Rocket
- Ecco the Dolphin
- Eternal Arcadia/Skies of Arcadia
- Samba De Amigo
- Sega Bass Fishing
- Altered Beast
- Golden Axe
- Kid Chameleon
- Shinobi
- Gungrave
- Streets of Rage
- Vectorman
- Rez
- Gunvalkyrie
- Soccer Slam

And that's not even all of them.

-jarvis