Sure if N wanted to sell things could be worked out but N has always expressed an interest in staying ‘pure’ in their game development and system creation. Japan is a little bit different and the government and the companies tend to have a more protective stance about their flag bearing companies.
Tue 24th Oct and no….what your saying is mostly true in the USA and to some degree even the rest of the western world. It's really not going to happen unless Nintendo has multiple Wii Us in a row and even then they'd probably just go the Sega route before being bought out. Nintendo doing a major course correction and possibly jeopardize not getting Crash, Banjo, Doom, Wolfenstein, or in the future CoD over a leaked email that was mostly complementary are fooling themselves.Īs for Microsoft, they have inquired twice about owning Nintendo and both times were told to take a hike. The thing is Microsoft and Nintendo will remain to have a healthy relationship provided they continue to benefit from it. That is a duh! If Sony could aquire those IPs you don't think they would? You think even corporate outsiders like Disney wouldn't sniff around Nintendo if they think they could score Mario, Zelda or Donkey Kong? Pokemon alone would put Microsoft in a much better position, let alone Nintendo's other IPs. It didn't contain plans to do a hostile takeover, or plans to screw over Nintendo, it was basically saying due to Nintendo's strong IP history they'd put Microsoft in a better position in the market. They basically said "if we could buy them we would, but that's not happening" is more of a complement than anything. Xbox also reiterated earlier this week how Nintendo players will definitely be part of the Call of Duty community now that the Activision Blizzard acquisition is complete.Īnyone who thinks Microsoft's internal emails released through court documents will harm the two companies relationships don't really understand how the business side works. Some of the results of Nintendo's partnership with Microsoft and Xbox in 2023 include the release of games like Minecraft Legends and even Rare's legendary FPS GoldenEye 007 on the Switch Online service. 
In the end, that bodes well for the player." "So as consolidation happens, on an equal basis, we're seeing these new studios, which really just speaks to the dynamic nature of the industry overall. However, he also highlights how this is balanced out by new and talented indie studios popping up every year. The head of Nintendo's American branch also mentioned how the company was "looking forward to that partnership continuing" in the future.Īs for acquisitions and consolidations, after more than 16 years in the video game industry, Doug believes it's the "one thing" that's been "constant". We consider them to be partners in many, many ways" "We have a great relationship with Microsoft.
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