Japan's Nintendo flatly denied the possibility of its takeover by US software giant Microsoft, saying the leading game company was not up for grabs.
"Nintendo is not on sale, and there is no such talk at all," Nintendo public relations chief Yasuhiro Minagawa said Thursday, referring to a German magazine report that Microsoft was interested in buying the Japanese firm.
The Wirtschaftswoche magazine said Microsoft chairman Bill Gates told the weekly on the sidelines of a conference with analysts in the United States that he would immediately make an offer if Nintendo's majority shareholder, billionaire Hiroshi Yamauchi, were ready to sell.
Minagawa said Microsoft had never approached Nintendo for a possible purchase of shares.
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"Nintendo is not on sale, and there is no such talk at all," Nintendo public relations chief Yasuhiro Minagawa said Thursday, referring to a German magazine report that Microsoft was interested in buying the Japanese firm.
The Wirtschaftswoche magazine said Microsoft chairman Bill Gates told the weekly on the sidelines of a conference with analysts in the United States that he would immediately make an offer if Nintendo's majority shareholder, billionaire Hiroshi Yamauchi, were ready to sell.
Minagawa said Microsoft had never approached Nintendo for a possible purchase of shares.
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just not MS
owned
N64 and the GC
N64 and the GC
O come on the N64 r0x0rs ... i still play it
That doesn't even begin to make sense.
hey nintendo made one good console... it was playstation... yes, nintendo and sony made the playstation together under the name "Nintendo Playstation" then nintendo said cd based systems would never sell and droped it and sony continued it and look where that went
Dumb, really.
Dumb, really.
Opps, I forgot the DS won't be in the VIDEO GAME market. Geez, come down off your high horse jack ass. Do you think Nintendo makes their profits in different currencies between the GameCube and GameBoy or something?
Stupid, arrogant... really.
Sony sells junk and would run Nintendo into the ground.
Nah Sony have already had their revenge with the original Playstation (History buffs know what im talking about here)
Whats more Sony has a much better relationship with developers and publishers which is why the PS2 is the market leader after all its not the most powerful machine or the most feature packed the Xbox gets that crown. Nintendo really needs to launch some new franchises Mario and Pokemon intrest is plumeting especially outside Asia whats more they can't survive on the portable market alone and they can't go the SEGA route latest profit drops show that.
3DFX : Nvidia have absolutly no intention of buying us, We are not for sale
Nvidia : We don't plan to buy 3DFX at all
1 month later :
Nvidia announce 3DFX Buyout....
Just a thought...
Reporter: Do you intend to buy David Beckham.
Real Madrid's President: No. No. Never. No.
One Week later:
David Beckham sold to Real Madrid.
I know its not much of a comparison, but hey.
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