Soundwave said:
bucky1965 said:
Soundwave said:
bucky1965 said:
Will never happen. Ninty is its own company. They will never merge with anyone. |
Five years ago, I'd agree, but the current Nintendo faced with the humbling sting of three consecutive operating losses in a row, a Wii U flop, and the alarming erosion of the handheld market I think would be more open to a partnership like this than some might think IMO.
The main caveats here would have to be how much control Nintendo has and would MS be a threat of buying out Nintendo at some point later down the road (though this may be a non-issue now that Nintendo has repurchased most of Yamauchi's shares).
If nothing else, simply getting MS out of the console business makes Nintendo the defacto "other guy" in the business and would increase their stature in the industry by default. Third parties would support them just because they don't want to make games just for one platform only, more consumers might give them a chance as the spotlight is no longer split three ways, etc. etc.
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Ninty is losing money now, but are not in dire financial straits. They are even buying back 20% of their stock. Same reasons you will never see Mario on a smartphone.They don't need to. Yes they would make more money but youre at the mercy of others. And thats not in their culture, good or bad.They would rather branch off into other non gaming things.
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I don't think Nintendo would accept any deal where they don't have control over the console, but if MS said "hey we're tired of making consoles, how about instead of pointlessly fighting, we help you out?", I think in that scenario Nintendo might bite.
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Nintendo is its own brand. With MS's ego, I can't see them doing it without some sort of brand recognition.MS has its own culture too.
