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

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Dulfite said:

sales2099 said:

Ok. Profits is logical. Just saying gamers chose the newcomer over Nintendo, despite what you said. Not completely one sided. 

True, but one of the ramifications of my point is I'm sure many gamers chose the Xbox because it was priced at a loss. If it was priced at a profit like the GameCube was, it is a certainty it would have sold less than it did, perhaps even less than the GameCube. 

I would not say many gamers. Xbox barely sold more than GC and I remember a part of that Xbox audience were SEGA fans flocking over from Dreamcast. They were not a fan of Sony and esp did not like Nintendo. Xbox was a blank slate and had sp,e SEGA exclusives.