[adamredwoods]

Nintendo has a family charm, IMO, that Microsoft will never be able to duplicate. Xbox is not charming, and I own both an Xbox and Nintendo. In my limited opinion, they seem to be very opposite companies. The only reason I can think of that Microsoft would acquire Nintendo would be to kill it off.

[gdulli]

Why would they kill off a complementary product? Nintendo could be the kids/mobile brand and Xbox would be the adult living room brand. Microsoft could profit from both. It's Playstation that would become redundant in an acquisition.

[meepmorp]

> Why would they kill off a complementary product?

Incompetence, plus some longstanding organizational problems:

https://theartofdoing.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ManuCor...

[endisneigh]

Yeah Microsoft is so incompetent they’ve managed to get only a near 3T market cap.

[meepmorp]

Oh shit, you're right, they've never done anything incompetent before!

[endisneigh]

Ya, I totally said they’ve never done anything incompetent lmao.

[dvngnt_]

Halo was a much better game series when Microsoft was worth a lot less.

Increased stock valuation doesn't mean better games.