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Offline jm
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Microsoft tries to buy Nintendo
« on: April 27, 2002, 04:34:46 AM »
Microsoft Tried to Buy Nintendo

According to a new book called Opening the Xbox: Inside Microsoft\'s Plan to Unleash an Entertainment Revolution, Microsoft was at one point all set to plunk down 25 billion for the Japanese game giant. As the book describes, Nintendo\'s U.S. president Minoru Arakawa wasn\'t sure what to think when Microsoft made the offer. "I was surprised," Arakawa admitted. "We didn\'t need the money. I thought it was a joke."

Nontheless, Arakawa and Nintendo of America took the offer seriously and brought discussions to its corporate office in Japan. "Some Nintendo executives seemed interested and the meetings went on through the winter," the book describes. "The parties met six or seven times. Microsoft wanted Nintendo to drop its GameCube console and get behind the Xbox. But Hiroshi Yamauchi, the aging CEO and Nintendo, didn\'t like the idea. By January 2000, the talks were over."

Source: 3dspotlight.com



:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

I want some Xbox fans for an explination as to why MS would even in their right mind attempt at buying the big "N."
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« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2002, 04:43:22 AM »
pfffffffffffffffffffBWUHAHAHAHAHAHA!

thats the true icing on the cake

m$ slogan

IF WE CAN\'T BEAT EM, BUY EM!


i love you , jm

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« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2002, 05:09:17 AM »
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Originally posted by mm
pfffffffffffffffffffBWUHAHAHAHAHAHA!

thats the true icing on the cake

m$ slogan

IF WE CAN\'T BEAT EM, BUY EM!


i love you , jm

:)


They don\'t need that to beat them:p

ps: relax  jm,nobody can buy Nintendo! :) ...at least I hope:mad:
« Last Edit: April 27, 2002, 05:19:04 AM by BizioEE »
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« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2002, 06:12:01 AM »
Yeah, I\'ve been reading about this. It kinda backs up the "MS wants the rights to Mario" rumor from months ago.

Hey, I wouldn\'t mind if MS bought Nintendo.. as long as they stayed as a totally silent partner. ;)
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« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2002, 06:57:26 AM »
ugh..

cant blame them for trying..

i wonder if the book will sell any better than the console..
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« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2002, 07:33:30 AM »
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Originally posted by mm
pfffffffffffffffffffBWUHAHAHAHAHAHA!

thats the true icing on the cake

m$ slogan

IF WE CAN\'T BEAT EM, BUY EM!


i love you , jm

:)


I hope you know this story could be fake. He has no real sources to back it up. If it were true and they had bought nintendo I think that would have been shocking.
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« Reply #6 on: April 27, 2002, 07:55:01 AM »
This is more likely just a mix up in stories...It probably goes back to when MS was trying to buyout Sega.  Supposedly all three companies approached Sega with the offer...
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« Reply #7 on: April 27, 2002, 08:23:34 AM »
If Microsoft tries to buy out Nintendo, it\'s terrible.

But if Nintendo at least tries to buy out or hold partial ownership in Left Field, Factor 5, and Silicon Knights, it\'s perfectly fine.

I think any of these companies would buy out the whole industry, if they could afford it and if other companies were willing to sell.
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« Reply #8 on: April 27, 2002, 09:34:25 AM »
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I hope you know this story could be fake. He has no real sources to back it up. If it were true and they had bought nintendo I think that would have been shocking.



Both writers and publishers worry big time about getting their ass sued. Unless it says fiction on the cover you can bet there are several reliable sources to back every event covered in a book of this nature.
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« Reply #9 on: April 27, 2002, 09:57:46 AM »
everybody sing it with me , how low can you go, how low can you go.
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« Reply #10 on: April 27, 2002, 10:10:02 AM »
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i wonder if the book will sell any better than the console..


:shy: :D :laughing:

I think you are pretty close to the truth ;)
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« Reply #11 on: April 27, 2002, 10:21:02 AM »
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Both writers and publishers worry big time about getting their ass sued. Unless it says fiction on the cover you can bet there are several reliable sources to back every event covered in a book of this nature.


Sued by who? On what grounds freedom of the press? This story is likely 100% false.
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« Reply #12 on: April 27, 2002, 10:48:42 AM »
why so angry, quddus?

anyways, an author can be sued VERY easily for publishing fluff

look at the national enquierer magazine, they employ some of the highest paid lawyers in the US.  know why?  :)
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« Reply #13 on: April 27, 2002, 12:15:54 PM »
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why so angry, quddus?

anyways, an author can be sued VERY easily for publishing fluff

look at the national enquierer magazine, they employ some of the highest paid lawyers in the US.  know why?  :)


I\'m not angry:bounce: :) :p and they could have sources there sources could be wrong. And a printing like this would have no need for a law suit. Unless it was some type of defirmation or something.

But hey if they did try and buy Nintendo can you blame them? Thats what all these huge corporations like to do own the market.
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« Reply #14 on: April 27, 2002, 12:25:02 PM »
QuDDus should be MS\'s lawyer :rolleyes:

Never a negative comment in QuDDus\'s house!

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