Even the thought of it is terrifying after seeing what Microsoft has done to Windows especially after Windows 10.
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#12Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Why would they kill off a complementary product? Incompetence, plus some longstanding organizational problems: https://theartofdoing.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ManuCor...
Yeah Microsoft is so incompetent they’ve managed to get only a near 3T market cap.
Halo was a much better game series when Microsoft was worth a lot less.
Increased stock valuation doesn't mean better games.
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#13Disney would have more synergy with Nintendo I think
Yeah we saw the trainwreck with the Star Wars IP. Let's not go there.
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#15> Through a flurry of leaked documents involved in the court case between the FTC and Microsoft, it has been revealed that the software giant has been looking to acquire Nintendo since the year 2020.
The leaked document link doesn’t resolve for me. It sounds like this is a separate incident from the very early 2000’s one? (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-01-06/xbox-the-...)
“BACHUS Steve made us go meet with Nintendo to see if they would consider being acquired. They just laughed their asses off. Like, imagine an hour of somebody just laughing at you. That was kind of how that meeting went.”
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#17They'd be stupid not to want to, I imagine Sony has pretty much the same intent