Gates interested in buying Nintendo...

[Zim Hosein]

Gates interested in buying Nintendo

The fact that Gates is still keen on acquiring Nintendo can be seen as a statement of his respect for the Japanese company, which remains the most profitable business in the games industry, but is unlikely to lead to any business deal - with the two companies, whose US headquarters are only a stones throw away from each other in Redmond, Washington, set to continue battling for second place in the current generation of console hardware.

 

[Anubis]

that would be bad

 

[aplefka]

I don't think it'll happen. The guy who's CEO of it right now just got his position like 2 or 3 years ago right?

 

[rpc64]

Here's to hoping this will NEVER, EVER happen

 

[NogginBoink]

Anyone know how reliable this source is?

And isn't it illegal in Japan for a company to be owned by an American or an American corporation? (I suppose owning shares would be okay, but is a controlling interest by foreigners illegal?)

 

[IamElectro]

Originally posted by: NogginBoink
Anyone know how reliable this source is?

And isn't it illegal in Japan for a company to be owned by an American or an American corporation? (I suppose owning shares would be okay, but is a controlling interest by foreigners illegal?)

Car companies do it all the time.

 

[phreakah]

i think subaru is owned by GM and it's operated in japan

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: phreakah
i think subaru is owned by GM and it's operated in japan

It's 20% ownership and it's hardly a controlling interest. Mazda on the other hand....

 

[Aquaman]

Noooooooooooooooooooeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssssssss

That would mean that Gates would own the Mariners

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[Shockwave]

That would SUCK. Let Gates stick with borking up his owned damned system, and leave other ones the hell alone!! :|

 

[Aimster]

Im not into gaming at all, but why would that suck? More money for Nintendo...

 

[mitchafi]

dear god that's hope this never happens.

 

[LordMorpheus]

I read the subject as "Gates interested in buying a Nintendo"

Which would be great. You can put the geek in a suit, but a geek he shall forever remain.

 

[Blayze]

NO! This would be horrible.

 

[Layzee]

Oh no.. I can see it now. BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH on my Nintendo. NOOOOO!!!!

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: Layzee
Oh no.. I can see it now. BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH on my Nintendo. NOOOOO!!!!

Well at least you'd see some info on my your GC locked up! :evil:

 

[kami333]

Probably depends on how much he is offering.

Gotta remember that Nintendo is still a business.

 

[Murphy Durphy]

Nintendo president said there would be no way he would ever sell to Microsoft a few years back...

I don't get what all you naysers are complaining about. Nintendo's software with Microsoft's Hardware would make for one killer system.

 

[Chu]

which may not happen.

 

[TuxDave]

In terms of making better products, I think it'll help. The only problem is that you lose market-share due to all the anti-M$ fanboys.

<---- Has forgiven M$ ever since WinXP and Win2000.... I haven't had a BSOD in a looooong while.

 

[Fenixgoon]

IMO... nintendo = teh suck... i dont think i've seen a company that's ever re-hashed all of its old games (SNES) and ported them to a new console (GBA).... wtf-ux0rs? i don't think i've seen an original GBA game to date, all ports!

 

[UglyCasanova]

Originally posted by: Shockwave
That would SUCK. Let Gates stick with borking up his owned damned system, and leave other ones the hell alone!! :|

Did you just say borking?

 

[Schadenfroh]

i would love to see it happen, after what ninetendo did to my precious atari

 

[RagingBITCH]

As much as I like both companies, and the fact that it would let MS focus on the console aspect and Nintendo on kick ass first party games, that's a lil bit too much consolidation for my tastes. It'd certainly take the wind out of anything Sony could put out, but competition is always good.

 

[RussianSoldier]

doh, i read the title as "Gates interested in buying a Nintendo...