Category: Microsoft|Jan 9, 2021 | Author: Admin

Microsoft tried to trade Nintendo: then they broke out in laughter

Share on

Nintendo has always done its own thing, they are Japanese. We should probably be happy that they were not traded by Microsoft.

What was Ballmer thinking?
And if we are to believe the company itself, there was no danger that this could happen: "they laughed Microsoft out of the room".

It was during an interview in connection with the 2001 launch of the Xbox at CES that the interesting information came from Kevin Bachus. Bachus at the time had the title "Director of Third-party Relations".

- They laughed at us for an hour
"Steve asked us to talk to Nintendo to find out if they could consider an acquisition. They laughed to death. Just imagine an hour with people laughing at you. That was more or less how the meeting went ”.

Nintendo and Microsoft are so culturally different companies (from all American technology companies, just so it is said, but especially one that makes the most money in the corporate market), that it is difficult to understand why Ballmer thought it was a nuisance, but the story is good so it was worth them in the end.

There were also talks that Microsoft could be responsible for the hardware and the Nintendo games. It is an agreement that in that case would have made some more sense.

Sponsored Ads:

Comments:


No one has managed this before

Category: IT|Jun 2, 2023 | Author: Admin

If you do not deactivate Gigabyte's function, you may be at risk of hackers

Category: IT|Jun 1, 2023 | Author: Admin

Driver failure

Category: IT|May 31, 2023 | Author: Admin

Now Android is getting even better at battery life

Category: Google|May 30, 2023 | Author: Admin

Solve the Windows annoyance that plagues everyone

Category: Microsoft|May 29, 2023 | Author: Admin

After 22 years, the pirates have made it

Category: Microsoft|May 28, 2023 | Author: Admin

Microsoft finally relents

Category: Microsoft|May 27, 2023 | Author: Admin

Microsoft: - China hacked critical US infrastructure

Category: Microsoft|May 26, 2023 | Author: Admin

How to enable Google's clever new Chrome Reading Mode right now

Category: Google|May 25, 2023 | Author: Admin

We didn't think Playstation would make it

Category: General|May 24, 2023 | Author: Admin

The disks auto-erased their contents for months - now comes the fix

Category: IT|May 23, 2023 | Author: Admin

Apple has revealed wild things you'll be able to do with iOS 17

Category: Apple|May 22, 2023 | Author: Admin

Musk demands an answer from Microsoft by June 7

Category: IT|May 21, 2023 | Author: Admin

You can lose everything

Category: Google|May 20, 2023 | Author: Admin

Now you can talk to “ChatGPT” on iPhone

Category: IT|May 19, 2023 | Author: Admin
more