After leaked FTC paperwork surfaced concerning Microsoft and its chief govt Phil Spencer, gamers discover it hilarious that Microsoft and Xbox thought they may purchase Nintendo when their try within the early 2000s had them laughed out of the room.
Whereas the web has been abuzz concerning Microsoft and the FTC lawsuit, it has introduced a number of components to mild concerning Microsoft and Xbox. However in a newer FTC leak, a doc—or moderately an e-mail, to be actual—surfaced that has gamers laughing at Microsoft and Xbox’s audacity to assume they may acquire Nintendo.
Within the e-mail, which was despatched in 2020, Spencer admits it’s one among his greatest aspirations to purchase Nintendo and convey it into the increasing Microsoft gaming empire.
The humorous factor is that this isn’t the primary time they’ve tried to accumulate Nintendo. Within the early 2000s, the staff had a gathering with Nintendo, and when it was introduced up that they’d like to accumulate the 100-year-old Japanese gaming company, they have been fairly actually laughed out of the room, which might have been a kick to their pleasure.
Pondering again, possibly that was what began their villain arc.
At present, gamers nonetheless discover it ridiculous the corporate even thought it might try to accumulate Nintendo, with some even mentioning that Nintendo would probably rather burn to the ground than let an organization like Microsoft purchase them.
Curiously, Nintendo isn’t the one firm they’d like to accumulate; one other talked about in Spencer’s leaked emails was Valve. Equally, gamers stated they hoped this could by no means undergo as a result of Microsoft would have an excessive amount of of a monopoly on PC gaming.
Though Spencer stated, “getting Nintendo can be a profession second,” nobody else hopes it will pass, with many suggesting he’s delusional for claiming “it’s simply taking a very long time for Nintendo to see that their future exists off of their very own {hardware}.”
Sadly, this all highlights that reinventing gaming, inspiring creativity, and creating unimaginable titles wouldn’t be “career-defining.” As an alternative, it’s all concerning the acquisitions—and Phil has definitely been on that path for a while now.
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