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[BennyBlanco]

Winners win

 

[cireza]

 

[Spukc]

wooo

Also nintendo is doomed

 

[adamsapple]

Third party when?

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

I will add to their cash reserves when they release a new Monolith Soft game.

 

[foamdino]

Good - keep your sticky mitts away, Microsoft

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

 

[near]

 

[HeWhoWalks]

Good - keep your sticky mitts away, Microsoft

Eh, they have about as much chance of acquiring Nintendo than they do getting Xbox console to #1 in marketshare.

That said, it was a years old tweet and more of wishful thinking than any real plan.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

And they haven't had to spend 100 billion in acquisitions. It's amazing how making good games keeps you in the game.

 

[Diddy X]

Capcom 88? Way lower than Konami or Sega, surprising to me.

 

[daclynk]

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Eh, they have about as much chance of acquiring Nintendo than they do getting Xbox console to #1 in marketshare.

That said, it was a years old tweet and more of wishful thinking than any real plan.

I'm not sure that's correct. Wasn't there a literal attempt by MS to buy Nintendo before the launch of the original xbox?

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Good - keep your sticky mitts away, Microsoft

They already tried, they got laughed at by Nintendo's execs:

When Bloomberg published an in-depth oral account of how the Xbox came to be for its 20th anniversary in 2021, it was revealed that the company asked Nintendo if it was willing to be acquired — and got laughed out of the room. "They just laughed their asses off," Xbox co-creator Kevin Bachus said. "Like, imagine an hour of somebody just laughing at you. That was kind of how that meeting went."

Imagine stone-faced old Japanese salarymen losing it so badly as to laugh at their interlocutors.

 

[HeWhoWalks]

I'm not sure that's correct. Wasn't there a literal attempt by MS to buy Nintendo before the launch of the original xbox?

I was talking in regard to recently. Yes, there was an attempt back then, but they literally got laughed out of the room.

 

[Zheph]

 

[Vandole]

I'm not sure that's correct. Wasn't there a literal attempt by MS to buy Nintendo before the launch of the original xbox?

It was more of a proposal than an attempt.

 

[Robb]

Nintendo is the richest company in Japan with over $11 billion in cash.

 

[darrylgorn]

 

[Thaedolus]

1) Protect your brand identity, stick to your values
2) Keep releasing bangers on your compelling platform with insanely wide appeal
3) ????
4) Profit

 

[Cert.in.Death]

It would seem that success is...

...exclusive.

 

[Topher]

Third party when?

When their CEO starts yapping about "multiplatform", maybe?

 

[acm2000]

Capcom 88? Way lower than Konami or Sega, surprising to me.

sega and konami are way more than just game developers

 

[Panajev2001a]

Is Phil in the bottom left thinking how Nintendo is better off being a third party off of their own HW but just does not know it yet ?

Microsoft's Phil Spencer: Acquiring Nintendo would be a "good move for both companies"

Microsoft was interested in acquiring Nintendo, an internal email has revealed. More non-redacted FTC court documents w…

www.gamesindustry.biz

…

 

[Gojiira]

I'm not sure that's correct. Wasn't there a literal attempt by MS to buy Nintendo before the launch of the original xbox?

Yes, they specifically approached them and were literally laughed at when they proposed the purchase.

 

[lestar]

Capcom 88? Way lower than Konami or Sega, surprising to me.

Capcom does not have pachinkos

 

[SHA]

Vehicles get older and age as many products but Nintendo characters don't, we may actually see creatures getting extinct while people still talking about Mario and Zelda, that's it, it's nothing but confirmed, real humans are a liability compared to fictional characters, that's a shame.

 

[Fake]

Nintendoom.

 

[Hudo]

I too, am debt-free. Feels good.

Edit: Surprised at Square Enix making the list at all. I thought these fuckers were essentially drowning in debt.
But I genuinely thought that Toyota or Honda would be number one. Weird.

 

[Salz01]

I would love if Nintendo just bought out Microsoft’s gaming division.

 

[alucard0712_rus]

I just love Nintendo!
For so many years they continue to produce astonishing games. It is the art in the nicest form.
Really glad that they succeeded.

 

[Diddy X]

I would love if Nintendo just bought out Microsoft’s gaming division.

But they only have 11b cash lol

 

[Badlucktroll]

 

[Roman Empire]

Uncle Phil won't be happy with this news.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

Nintendo needs to evolve and grow up and make political statements!

Oh wait.

 

[Papa_Wisdom]

Vehicles get older and age as many products but Nintendo characters don't, we may actually see creatures getting extinct while people still talking about Mario and Zelda, that's it, it's nothing but confirmed, real humans are a liability compared to fictional characters, that's a shame.

Those creatures could well be humanity at this rate.

 

[Alebrije]

Wow just imagine if Nintendo were not doomed.

 

[marquimvfs]

Surprised at Square Enix making the list at all. I thought these fuckers were essentially drowning in debt.

I also were surprised by the number that Capcom was, well below SE, Konami and Sega. But then was remembered the parallel business those companies run. SE is a major book/manga magazine publisher in japan. It makes sense they have more money in the bank than a gaming only company.

 

[LordOcidax]

And some Gaf users giving Nintendo advices on how to manage a video game company to avoid bankruptcy… lol

 

[TheTony316]

The richest company in Japan is Toyota.

 

[REDRZA MWS]

Pretty sure that would go a great deal further in making current hardware. Last time they got me was the Wii, never again.

 

[RoboFu]

How's your debt Sony?

 

[FoxMcChief]

Great news. Nintendo has always been my favorite video game company.

 

[worldwithpyramids]

what's crazy is how little this translates into increasing their stock price lol

 

[AngelMuffin]

1) Protect your brand identity, stick to your values
2) Keep releasing bangers on your compelling platform with insanely wide appeal
3) ????
4) Profit

Protect the value of your IP, which they’ve always done.

 

[Oberstein]

The richest and still no Starfox.

 

[LordOcidax]

The richest company in Japan is Toyota.

Richest not biggest… Maybe Toyota have debts.

 

[Ribi]

and you all are the ones to blame

 

[AJUMP23]

Switch 2 or whatever they call it is going to be a wonderful stock bump.