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Offline PSX_J
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Somebody tell me what my friend is smoking!
« on: December 31, 2003, 10:22:02 AM »
He claims that Sony is going to buy out the Xbox and Nintendo.  I would just like to see that happen. Despite losing a hella lot of money on tha Xbox and falling way behind the PS2 in the console race, Microsoft would still be to stubborn to give up it\'s prized gaming console.  

The Nintendo bit is a little more believable...seems like they\'re living off of their handhelds at the moment, but with a company that has owned the market for so many years in the past I couldnt picture them going down without a fight to the finish.

Anyway...my friends a moron, but have they\'re actually been rumors of this crap going around?
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« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2003, 10:35:56 AM »
No, not that I\'m aware of.  Nintendo is still huge with its handheld market and Microsoft threw too much money into Xbox for it to stop now.
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« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2003, 10:49:37 AM »
It will never happen, Uncle Bill will never surrender to the Japs. :p
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« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2003, 10:59:37 AM »
With the price cut, November was Gamecube\'s best month.  It outsold PS2 that month for the first time (unless launch outsold PS2, but I don\'t think it did).

Nintendo isn\'t in a position to sell anything.

Oh and to answer you\'re question, he\'s not smoking anything. He\'s just stupid. ;]

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« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2003, 12:08:13 PM »
Well, since he IS just asking if there are rumours like this going around in the videogames industry ; YES.

The (respected) videogame magazine I read has a little feature every month called \'Insider\' (Not IGN "insider") ; it features faqs, rumours and vents by real industry insiders who of course stay
anonymous within that text. This month did indeed have the rumour of plans of Sony teaming up with Nintendo. Spicy detail was that a certain Shigeru Miyamoto might gonna do sumthin big for/at/via Sony\'s PSP. He also said that N5 (specs or controlpad design) might partially end up into the PS3 specs. This rumour makes quite some sense imo if the Japanese want to form one big block against MS.

Again, i\'m not saying this IS true nor do I give/have an opinion about it (yet) ; but it\'s a fact that such a rumour is existent.
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« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2003, 12:28:14 PM »
Yeah, Nintendo is making a lot money off GameCube, thereby reducing chances of a buy-out by 100%. They\'re not Sega.
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« Reply #6 on: December 31, 2003, 01:35:32 PM »
I would actually like to see Nintendo and PS2 team up and drive out MS. Then it would be back to Nintendo vs. Sony :) Then again, this would never happen ;)
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« Reply #7 on: December 31, 2003, 02:36:24 PM »
Actually, it is true. The announcement is expected at the next E3. Nintendo will leave the console business and become a 2nd party developer for Sony.

Where have you all been?
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« Reply #8 on: December 31, 2003, 06:43:32 PM »
I expect this forum to keep me up to date with gaming current events.  Looks like somebody dropped the ball on that one...
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« Reply #9 on: January 01, 2004, 06:50:23 AM »
Heh, that\'s because he just made it up.

Nintendo is not selling out, going 2nd party, going 3rd party, teaming with Sony, developing with Sony, or announcing any of that at E3.

And that magazine completely made up that "rumor" just because they knew they were going to call it a rumor so it didn\'t neccesarily have to be true.

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« Reply #10 on: January 01, 2004, 08:53:57 AM »
I\'ll just throw my 2 cents in, even if somebody\'s already said it.

A. Sony can\'t buy Nintendo.

B. Sony can\'t buy Microsoft.

They can\'t afford either.

Okay, I\'m done.
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« Reply #11 on: January 01, 2004, 09:13:20 AM »
I heard PSX_J had a small wee wee.

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« Reply #12 on: January 01, 2004, 02:08:15 PM »
na
shit na.
sony dont need to buy m$ . they aint got nuttin but rare and their new game sux. and why would sony want nintendo? to many kiddie games.
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« Reply #13 on: January 01, 2004, 02:32:59 PM »
I miss retards who call Nintendo kiddie. :(

Please stay.
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« Reply #14 on: January 02, 2004, 02:57:50 AM »
^ still...it\'s funny to see the NFB\'s jumping into this thread claiming for a FACT that they know whatever the rumour is,
it won\'t happen. Now.... hand me over that crystal fortune
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