What if Microsoft teams up with Nintendo?

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Snoorlax said:

AsGryffynn said:

Learn some history before you open speak... 

Stay on topic or just don't post at all...

DarthMetalliCube said:

Didn't Microsoft attempt to buy Nintendo way back in the day?

Anyway, it's not something I can see happening anytime soon. The two companies have very different styles when it comes to games, marketting, and the like. Though as it was mentioned - it could actually be a good partnership though in some repsects, as Microsoft is in good with the major third parties unlike Nintendo and have a much stronger presence in the UK market, where Nintendo doesn't thrive as well. Nintendo, meanwhile, could help MS immensely in Japan where MS is almost non existant. Then there's Nintendo's expertise in handhelds, vs Microsoft's in online gaming. It would also be nice to see Rare reunite with Nintendo, as they were always best when they were working with Nintendo, and have largely become a shell of their former selves ever since partnering with Microsoft.

In the scheme of things though, I'd prefer Nintendo remain as a separate and independent gaming entity than MS. For all their faults/weaknesses, there is still much that they get right when it comes to making games, and I do like some of that artistic integrity and overall quality could be compromised if they decided to partner w/ a major largely non-gaming corporation like Microsoft. 

Nintendo is slowly but surely changing and getting with the times though, for the most part, in their own ways which sometimes work, sometimes don't teaming up with MS would not only open up their minds about how the Western market works but also on how to improve their own policies and practices and improve on MS' understanding of the Japanese market and Asian market in general. It wouldn't be easy and would take some time but it would definitely be a win - win.

NATO said:

Im sure if Nintendo ever want advice on selling the least amount of console's, they'll know to call Microsoft.

Well, Xbox One is still outselling the WiiU by a large margin even before Nintendo halted production on WiiU and Xbox One is still getting major third party support without any worries of getting them. In contrast Switch owners have to hope, wait and see and prove themselves by buying mostly inferior, 5 to 20 year old ports to convince third parties in bringing their games to Switch ... So i guess Nintendo could definitely learn a thing or two from Microsoft.

NobleTeam360 said:
Instead of teaming up, MS could just sell the Xbox brand and it's IP's to Nintendo, of course, such a transaction would probably cost 10's of billions making it extremely unlikely, just as unlikely as any sort of team up between the two companies. But hey, it's a scenario that's fun to think about I suppose.

That would be a dumb move by MS, why would they sell their brand and IP's if they can still make millions of dollars off of them and Nintendo would probably not buy them anyway because they don't like or understand the realistic aesthetics and heavy focus on online that made their games so popular in the first place. MS could team up with Nintendo and keep making their games for the same console with Nintendo.

couchmonkey said:

You know, I'm a huge Nintendo fan, but it definitely wouldn't hurt my feelings to see Halo and Forza on Switch.  As you commented, Nintendo doesn't branch out a lot.  All the new IPs like ARMS feel very "Nintendo".  More variety would be nice.

Not to mention the myriad other problems, like the mismatch on hardware ideals, cultural differences between the companies, etc.

Nintendo fans would definitely love to see games like Halo and Forza on Switch even if most act like they don't care and Xbox owners would definitely like to play Mario or Pokemon with their children once in a while.

You know i think people focus way too much on this cultural difference between Nintendo and MS, of course there are many differences between the two companies which we need to be realistic about but did that make the deal between 2 Japanese companies (NinPlaystation) go well? Not at all, yet today, Nintendo actually agreed to have a Microsoft owned game on multiple Nintendo consoles and even their Xbox Live server running in their port of the game. Sony on the other hand? Didn't, and let's not forget that in the past Nintendo was willing to team up with Phillips (a western tech giant) over Sony, of course that didn't turn out too well but hey.................................................................................

Sony covers a more complimentary base to Nintendo. Their only issue is politics and past squabbles. If Nintendo wanted a Forza or halo they couldve made it better than Microsoft if they put their mind to it. What Nintendo needs to do is make sure metroid is turned into the premier FPS game on the switch.. If Nintendo could turn that franchise into the it shooter on the switch we wouldnt have to bring up Halo.  No offense to Microsoft, but at this rate with their internal development all theyve got in Halo, Gears and Forza. Nintendo and Sony will continue to build up new ips and quite frankly their consoles compliment one another better. What Sony and Nintendo have that Microsoft does not is developmental identity, creativity and talent. They know what they are focusing on, make games for that bracket tirelessly and with a high level of quality and polish. I mean...at this point Spencer has admitted this about Sony and Nintendo with single player games. I mean, lets face it....Xbox Live is great but PSN is no slouch.