In 2013, Neighbours: The Explosion (a strikingly similar late-night spin-off) added hundreds of thousands of viewers for the rest of the year, so it's not hard to see the thinking this time.
However, Nintendo broke the agreement and instead signed with Philips to make the add-on, which caused Sony to spin off their add-on into its own console called the PlayStation.
If you thought it'd be a short-lived novelty, then think again: this new spin-off adds zombies into the mix, as well as limited crafting ("Craft anything in the world, as long as it's one of the half dozen weapons in the game …") It's ridiculous, of course, but there's still a spark about it.
She points out that Kodak's health imaging division is a growing one and could be spun off, and adds that the company probably has a lot of valuable technology in its labs.
"There seems to be no upside in the stock in the near term, unless they spin off the Palm Computing group," adds Takata.
"If it doesn't have an attractive platform of cell phones yet, then it wouldn't make sense to spin off the unit," Novosel said, adding that the company's new phones aren't expected to be out until late 2009 and sales wouldn't show up on the balance sheet until late 2010.
In addition, she added, she can spin off many variations using the same concept.
Yahoo's failure to spin off its stake in Alibaba — worth $32 billion — only added to investor scrutiny.
Billen adds: "If Jenny does not spin off into, at least, her own comic books, I shall be surprised".
Or it could spin off the company.
