Nintendo "laughed their assess off" when Microsoft tried to acquire the company in 2000

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Dulfite said:

sales2099 said:

Well I’d say MS got the last laugh that gen as the original Xbox outsold the GameCube. Speaking as someone here who only had a GameCube back in the day.

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"Microsoft lost $5 billion to $7 billion on the original Xbox, launched in 2001."

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"With the exception of the small period of time when Nintendo cut the price to $99, Nintendo sold the Gamecube with profit on every unit. Sony did not do the same with the PS2."

Nintendo vary much had the "last laugh" that generation, and the next one, and the next one.

MS being a far richer company makes this not really matter. Point being gamers played Xbox more then the GameCube. Again speaking as a sole GameCube owner of that gen. No disrespect intended.