] TOKYO -- Sega Corp., grappling with a plan to merge with
] a pinball-machine company, now has two huge potential
] suitors mulling their own bids for the ailing videogame
] maker: Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and videogame giant
] Electronic Arts Inc. (ERTS), Friday's Wall Street Journal
] reported.
]
] The two U.S. companies are separately exploring the
] possibility of buying all or parts of Sega, according to
] people familiar with the situation. These people stressed
] that the two potential suitors have yet to hold formal
] talks with Sega, and no deal appears imminent.