Link?The news made headline in fucking Nikkei daily
Holy shit phil, good luch improve Japan relationship after this
Phil Spencer: "....getting Nintendo would be a career moment and I honestly believe a good move for both companies."
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The ps and nintendo fans there should leave
Let that place become xbox echo chamber
Not disputing what you're saying here, in general, but Microsoft got hit with a huge antitrust lawsuit in the late 90s and lost. Everyone knows this right?
United States v. Microsoft Corp. - Wikipedia
By the way, for the Nintendo one, are you talking about the "American Video" lawsuit? That's nothing compared to the US Govt. coming after you like in the MS case. Yeah Nintendo used to have a heavy hand in the NES era when they had the most control but again ... comparing that to what the big tech companies currently engage in, they aren't even close. And Nintendo didn't exactly lose. And the company suing them were trying to circumvent licensing on the market.
I don't really see any corollaries between either of the companies behaviors on this topic.
American Video Entertainment - Wikipedia
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The new line is "of course every company would like to buy baby girl Nintendo welcome to capitalism lol"
"Welcome to capitalism" unironically being spouted on resetera is peak comedy
It's funny how they're against the system on there unless it benefits Microsoft.
Nintendo ran afoul of the FTC themselves in 1988 due to their bullying of retailers to keep Atari and SEGA products off the shelves as well as their publishing policies, so if you’re going to bring up MS’ antitrust suit, at least acknowledge that MS wasn’t the only console maker that got their dick slapped for anticompetitive practices.Not disputing what you're saying here, in general, but Microsoft got hit with a huge antitrust lawsuit in the late 90s and lost. Everyone knows this right?
United States v. Microsoft Corp. - Wikipedia
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By the way, for the Nintendo one, are you talking about the "American Video" lawsuit? That's nothing compared to the US Govt. coming after you like in the MS case. Yeah Nintendo used to have a heavy hand in the NES era when they had the most control but again ... comparing that to what the big tech companies currently engage in, they aren't even close. And Nintendo didn't exactly lose. And the company suing them were trying to circumvent licensing on the market.
I don't really see any corollaries between either of the companies behaviors on this topic.
American Video Entertainment - Wikipedia
Oh, also, while MS has been in FTC trouble, only Nintendo has been there due to their console business tactics.
Not disputing what you're saying here, in general, but Microsoft got hit with a huge antitrust lawsuit in the late 90s and lost. Everyone knows this right?
United States v. Microsoft Corp. - Wikipedia
By the way, for the Nintendo one, are you talking about the "American Video" lawsuit? That's nothing compared to the US Govt. coming after you like in the MS case. Yeah Nintendo used to have a heavy hand in the NES era when they had the most control but again ... comparing that to what the big tech companies currently engage in, they aren't even close. And Nintendo didn't exactly lose. And the company suing them were trying to circumvent licensing on the market.
I don't really see any corollaries between either of the companies behaviors on this topic.
American Video Entertainment - Wikipedia
Admittedly looks like I turned to the wrong lawsuit, but @KiryuRealty is right; Nintendo was investigated by the FTC in 1988 and settled out of court a few years later:
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-04-11-fi-359-story.html
So, I got the lawsuit itself wrong, but Nintendo was found potentially guilty of anticompetitive practices like price-fixing:
As for the terms of the settlement agreement:
And considering the stranglehold Nintendo did have with 3P in the NES/Famicom era, it's very likely they were guilty of what was being levied against them, hence settling out of court to avoid trail. Similar to what Microsoft did in their antitrust lawsuit.
So in both cases, I think we can agree Nintendo and Microsoft lost those respective cases, though technically Nintendo just avoided having theirs go to court, and Microsoft reached a settlement before things could proceed further.
The guy made his own site (or got someone to do it for him) I'm surprised they didn't give a review code for starfield & include it on their 10/10 masterpiece listWhat a sad way to live and a waste of humanitycan’t believe clowns like this actually exist
"We hate capitalism. That's why Microsoft must be allowed to by up the industry in order to compete."
Comparing the two companies, Microsoft is a particularly American staple so I can see a world where any shady business moves are looked upon more softly than a Nintendo or even Sony.
Jizz will defend his fellow bots, but they will never change
Jizz will defend his fellow bots, but they will never change
They found their narrative to defend what Phil said, they are pretending all he said was "it would be cool to own Nintendo" when in reality they are envisioning and planning a future where they do literally own them while they "play the long game" and claim Microsoft know what's best for Nintendo and that is being owned by Microsoft and their games are no longer on their own hardware since that is their "future" according to Phil.
While ignoring Microsoft's clear intentions to buy up the game industry
Confirmed Microsoft have agent/ astroturfer placed in Neogaf, Resetera, Polygon, IGN and numerous gaming websitesJizz will defend his fellow bots, but they will never change
I think we witnessed the beginning of Xbox’s end. Xbox will next gen no longer exist. This vile brand can disappear in the depths of the abyss forever.
I also noticed a few hours after the news leaked that the current defending take "Of course as a company you would like to buy Nintendo, duhhh, who wouldn't?" has increased substantially.
In the beginning, even on resetera I mainly read concern and people critizising/making fun of Microsoft, I feel like the sentiment has shifted a bit.
And that post from IGNs favorite Xbox Fanboy Destin shows exactly how weak that excuse is.
We are not talking about "smart investments" here. These are industry changing, incredibly monopolistic goals that Microsoft has. People and fans are rightfully enraged. It's not about "Ohh but Microsoft knows it's unrealistic to get them at the moment and also this was 3 years back". It's about what Microsoft actively sets out to do.
These are not brainstorming sessing where Nintendos name just randomly dropped.
In the beginning, even on resetera I mainly read concern and people critizising/making fun of Microsoft, I feel like the sentiment has shifted a bit.
And that post from IGNs favorite Xbox Fanboy Destin shows exactly how weak that excuse is.
We are not talking about "smart investments" here. These are industry changing, incredibly monopolistic goals that Microsoft has. People and fans are rightfully enraged. It's not about "Ohh but Microsoft knows it's unrealistic to get them at the moment and also this was 3 years back". It's about what Microsoft actively sets out to do.
These are not brainstorming sessing where Nintendos name just randomly dropped.
Phil still posing as a competent exec while overseeing the destruction of Xbox’s entire game division and worst generation so far. That’s what he is… a poser.
100% chance that if he were to ever ask anyone at Nintendo they’d laugh in his face and get an order of protection with a minimum distance of 3,000 miles.
100% chance that if he were to ever ask anyone at Nintendo they’d laugh in his face and get an order of protection with a minimum distance of 3,000 miles.
Funniest shit I've seen today 