Microsoft Had At One Point Considered Buying Nintendo

According to an earlier report, it was revealed that prior to Microsoft launching the original Xbox, the company had some pretty wild and crazy ideas on how to enter the gaming market, which at that time was dominated by the likes of Sony and Nintendo. One of those ways was to give the console away for free, but it seems that another way would have been to buy up Nintendo.

This is according to Seamus Blackley who was the original Xbox’s co-creator. In an interview with Gamesindustry.biz, it seems one of the ideas that was being tossed around at that time was to buy out Nintendo. “Some even pushed the notion that Microsoft should make a huge play and just gobble up Nintendo. ‘Just name it, name a bad idea and it was something we had to deal with,’ Blackley lamented.”

Of course we can’t say for sure how serious Microsoft had considered the idea back then, but without doubt it would have been an interesting one. More importantly it would have been interesting to see how agreeable Nintendo would have been to such an idea at that time. Even in the recent years with the Japanese company struggling with their Wii U console, they have remained steadfast in their strategy so we’re not sure they would have agreed to such an idea to begin with.

Naturally we’re curious as to what the world might be like if Microsoft had acquired Nintendo. We might only be seeing two platforms now versus three, but what do you guys think? What do you think the landscape would be now had that happened?

Tyler Lee
Categories: Gaming
Tags: Microsoft, Nintendo