DirtyP2002 said:
Miyamotoo said:
DirtyP2002 said:
ktay95 said:
DirtyP2002 said:
Microsoft should just buy Nintendo. End of story.
Nintendo makes games for Xbox One, Windows Phone and Windows 10... Let Microsoft build the network (XBL) for it and let bigger Nintendo games (Zelda, Metroid, maybe even Pokémon) run on a more powerful machine.
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I dont think you understand how bussiness works do you??
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Actually I can see lots of benefits for consumers and both companies.
Let's face it, Nintendo is fighting to survive these days. Wii U bombed and handhelds are on their way out thanks to smartphones.
A joint-venture with Microsoft would be awesome. MS covers the huge costs for R&D and build (finally) a powerful console for Nintendo again. MS builds the online infrastructure (Xbox Live) so that Nintendo can (finally) make their online gaming fun. Nintendo concentrates on what they can do best: Build games.
MS gets the benefit that they finally get a userbase in Japan and a better position in Europe outside of UK and Scandinavia.
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Nintendo is making money even with Wii U, and now they will launch mobile games, completely new NX platform and they start to aggressively use their IPs. Nintendo can cover the costs for R&D and build powerful console itself, if they want. DeNA is making now online Infracstructure for Nintendo. Nintendo online gaming is very fun currently, Mario Kart, Smash Bros and Splatoon all works without any problems and they are very fun. Nintendo is always concentrates on what they can do best, building games.
Gaming division don't earn much money for Microsoft, I am not sure that they at end of day from first Xbox till today they have made profit at all, on other hand they would need to pay 10 of billions of dollars for Nintendo and not knowing at all if that will change anything. If MS really thinks that buying Nintendo would be good move for them, they would buy them long ago, but also I dont think that Nintendo is for sale at all. :)
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the last 'powerful' console from Nintendo released 2001 I guess (GCN).
Let's be real here: When it comes to hardware, Nintendo is 5-7 years behind. Their online infrastructure is nowhere near XBL and they have to catch up at least 5 years here as well. Look how long it took Sony to get PSN where XBL was.
NX is nothing but a buzzword right now. We have to wait how this turns out. So far, every Nintendo console sold less than the one before since 1991, except the Wii, which turned out to be a fad for a few years.
I am not hating on Nintendo, I loved my consoles and they are one of the very few developers from Japan I really care about, but they are stuck in the past and poorly managed. MS / Nintendo cooperation would be best for them, MS and gamers.
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I wouldn't mind a partnership. It would be good for both parties, but I think the bottom line is Nintendo is very sensitive about having full control, and MS would have to be willing to cede a lot of their control to Nintendo. Bottom line is though IMO Microsoft doesn't need the game business, Nintendo obviously does.
MS should put their support behind NX and assist with online, in exchange Nintendo agrees to use Windows OS for NX (home and portable) and help MS with maybe some Nintendo ports for their Windows Games PC service (to combat Steam). That would be a good arrangement I think.
But Nintendo is so Japan-centric and paranoid that it probably would never happen.
