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Microsoft's Phil Spencer is eyeing the possibility of acquiring Nintendo for the company. Microsoft hasn't given up on acquiring Nintendo. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in its efforts to stop Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard, recently unredacted an email revealing that the tech giant is still hoping to acquire the Japan-based game developer.
Microsoft's unique proposal made sense in certain ways. Nintendo was a long way behind Sony in terms of hardware at the time. So Microsoft reasoned that it could handle hardware manufacture while Nintendo concentrated on software.
Duane 'The Rock' Johnson, when he was still a professional wrestler, appeared on stage at the 2001 Consumer Electronics Show alongside Microsoft
In 1999, when Microsoft execs approached Nintendo about buying the company, Nintendo reportedly "just laughed their asses off" before saying no.
A burgeoning video game rival once approached Mario-maker Nintendo with a lucrative offer. The bosses didn’t think much of it.