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Phil Spencer wants to buy Nintendo: i honestly believe a good move for both companies
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just open a poll thread to get his attention, he is basically a console warrior figuring stuff from gaming forums.
FalsettoVibe
Member
MS is cancer........and the idea of them owning Nintendo is sickening.
Interfectum
Member
Phil is so incompetent he could buy both Sony and Nintendo and somehow Xbox would still land in third place.
Stafford
Member
It really, really isn't for me at all. I don't care one iota for handheld gaming, it's all about that console experience for me. I have a beautiful Sony A95K 65 inch QD-OLED and many of these Switch games just do not look great on it, and I'm being kind here with my words. I care a lot for graphics and I'm holding off on buying TotK until the new hardware, hoping, expecting it to at least look acceptable on a large screen.
Hudo
Member
Sony and Nintendo merging would be equally terrible.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Represent.
Represent(ative) of bad opinions
The same idiots who are in support of them buying activision will see no problem with this either I bet.
What a joke of a company. Can’t compete worth shit so they have to buy the entire industry. Pathetic.
What a joke of a company. Can’t compete worth shit so they have to buy the entire industry. Pathetic.
Stafford
Member
Oh I will never deny that they make quality games, that isn't their issue. Their issue for me is they don't care too much about power anymore. But it's games like Xenoblade, Zelda that really deserve actually decent specs, so that you don't have this jaggy fest, textures actually looking great. And a stable performance.
Imagine if we had Zelda looking as crisp, clean and detailed as RDR2 for example. I've played Tears and it's playable, but would benefit greatly from way better hardware.
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Interfectum
Member
No, it's just fun to see the difference between Good Guy Phil that is peddled on Twitter and the real Phil in these emails. Hopefully TimDog and the rest sit back and think about what they are doing with their lives.
GigaBowser
The bear of bad news
email wars 4 years old never happened keep dreaming of playing Nitnendos games and enjoy Call of Doody
Nintendo (NTDOY) completes $864 million share buyback
Nintendo informs shareholders that it has completed its acquisition of a large sum of its own shares.
www.shacknews.com
Hayabusabruh
Member
Imagine first person Mario. Lol. Mario Cart in Forza would be kinda cute though.
Rocco Schiavone
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Ogbert
Member
This would be blocked by every competition authority on the planet, as it would represent direct horizontal consolidation.
It’s nonsense.
Punished Miku
Member
"Console war engagement is my oxygen."
Imagine if they found out emails about everyone else in the industry, who would then be sitting back and etc? You think they care?
I feel like MS should focus on improving what they have by putting games out and not relying on another company to save them.
Geez, they get one game that gets a bit of pop since the console has been out, and now they are talking about taking over the gaming world. A bit overzealous i think!
Geez, they get one game that gets a bit of pop since the console has been out, and now they are talking about taking over the gaming world. A bit overzealous i think!
HeWhoWalks
Gold Member
Better graphics wouldn't hurt. Of course. They don't need the slimy hands of Microsoft for that, though.
Hudo
Member
I don't follow, sorry.
Interfectum
Member
Well when everyone else gets their emails leaked we can discuss that then.
GHG
Member
BbMajor7th
Gold Member
If MS were spending those resources on putting out the best console on the market and pushing out 90+ bangers every three to six months, no one would care. Gamers would be eating better than ever. That is how market competition is supposed to work: you win by delivering the best products to the market. MS and XBOX have decided that's too much like hard work, so instead of developing studios and building mindshare for their IPs, they've decided to buy massive catalogs of IPs and developers (that have always been mostly platform agnostic) and wall them off for their own platforms.
Not only are they bringing nothing new to the industry (or even their own platform), they're also taking stuff away from others and - in the console space - sequestering it to the least popular of the three platforms, where it will enjoy less success overall. The only people excited about it are those who share Phil Spencer's same single-minded determination to see XBOX dominate at any cost.
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Honey Bunny
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Threw up a little
BootsLoader
Banned
2020.....
Keep dreaming.
Keep dreaming.
GHG
Member
WilliamB
Neo Member
That some thread title...
They said many times that they can't wait this kind stuff to leak, when it leaks they say "oh, not this one"
The reeeeeee thread is so funny
The Microsoft / Activision Blizzard acquisition |OT| Antitrust Simulator (completed; discussing post-merger issues) OT
For the lawyers in this thread, does MSFT have any recourse here? The FTC fucked up big time and published trade secrets in the public domain, which means revealing internal strategies to competitors. The information is out there and that's damaging for MSFT.www.resetera.com
Xbox fans wants Ms to sue the ftc
They said many times that they can't wait this kind stuff to leak, when it leaks they say "oh, not this one"
RagnarokIV
Member
Yeah sure mate, and who do you think's in charge of Nintendo? Dick Dastardly and fucken Wile E Coyote?
Pelta88
Member
I updated the OP where Phil Spencer lays out the strategy. First Paragraph.
Del_X
Member
The Microsoft outrage machine is just making shit up at this point.
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Ah OK, better than lyin' and implyin'
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Sleepwalker
Member
That some thread title...
They said many times that they can't wait this kind stuff to leak, when it leaks they say "oh, not this one"
Never understood why that apparently super left leaning side twerks for a trillion dollar corporation lol. Asking for heads to roll and for MS to sue the FTC as if they were shareholders.
GHG
Member
Nope, it's all there if you care to read.
diffusionx
Gold Member
Phil is engaging in a common practice with these high level executives, which is empire building. A lot of these guys are narcissists and want to rule over an ever growing kingdom within the organization, and MS has the resources to make it happen. Phil even seems to acknowledge it by calling it a "career move." Thing is, it can easily go awry. Nintendo + MS is a horrible fit. MS is horrible at managing franchises and Nintendo is operating with their franchises at the top level in the world imo (compare what Nintendo did with Mario to what Disney is doing with Soy Wars). They are expanding into theme parks and what not. MS released one of the worst TV shows in Halo. MS would destroy the value of Nintendo just for this guy's glory. He's out of control and needs to be reined in. He doesn't understand the strengths and weaknesses of his own organization.
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