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

[Metallox]

HoangNhatAnh said:

Metallox said:

Gears games have substantially changed, bud, and for the worse. 

Your Melia avatar would have never been existed if MS really got Nin at that time, you know.

Jumpin said:

Gamecube also lost Nintendo a lot of money. But Nintendo could still turn a small profit thanks in part to the booming handheld business from Gameboy, GBA, GBA SP, and DS during that time.

Jumpin said:

No it didn't. If Gamecube made a profit, Nintendo would have made significantly more money than it did. The home console business cut heavily into the profits turned by the handheld division.

Bold 1 & 2: GC helped Nin making more profit than Sony in 6th gen.

I'm on mobile so I can't snip, sorry for that. So, from what I understand, relations between executives of Namco Bandai and and of Monolith were dwindling significantly after Xenosaga 3, but are we sure Monolith wouldn't have been able to pitch the project to the company or other publisher nonetheless? What I'm absolutely certain of is that Chronicles X wouldn't have happened, so I'm eternally grateful that Nintendo bought the company.