Nintendo "Laughed Their Asses Off" At Microsoft's Buyout Offer
Nintendo "Laughed Their Asses Off" At Microsoft's Buyout Offer We love a good oral history, and Bloomberg's latest is all about the Xbox. Wait, come back! It's still Nintendo Life, don't worry, we haven't changed teams. It turns out that Microsoft had big plans back when the Xbox was in development, and those plans involved trying to buy out a bunch of gaming companies. Long story short, it... didn't go well. Not only did EA tell them that they had "no clue" how to make a console, and that it was "cute" that they were trying, but Nintendo, quote, "laughed their asses off", according to Direct...
Source: nintendolife.com