Leaked Microsoft document criticizing Nintendo leaves gamers enraged Xbox\/NintendoIn the massive leak of documents that revealed many of Microsoft\u2019s internal correspondence was a conversation about Phil Spencer wanting to buy Nintendo, saying that the game company doesn\u2019t know what the future of their own product should be. The Microsoft documents leaked to their ongoing court case have been illuminating as to the internal operations of one of gaming\u2019s most powerful companies. While the majority of the biggest leaks were related to what the company has on the horizon and what they plan on investing in over the next few years, some internal correspondence has caught the eye of those scanning the documents. One conversation confirms that Xbox was eyeing a Nintendo acquisition in 2020. And, while the company has had a past history of trying to acquire one of gaming\u2019s most beloved companies, the wording around why they\u2019d want to buy out Nintendo has left some angry at Xbox. Phil Spencer believes Nintendo is taking \u201ca long time\u201d to see their future The leaked 2020 correspondence shows that Phil Spencer has a massive amount of faith in Nintendo\u2019s IP, and that they feel they\u2019re the company in the US that\u2019s in the \u201cbest position\u201d to try and buy out Nintendo. Considering that Nintendo, PlayStation, and Xbox are the only three survivors of gaming\u2019s early era of console makers, this acquisition would likely have narrowed that down to two. While Xbox has tried to buy out Nintendo in the past, this new document reveals how Phil Spencer sees Nintendo. Many fans of the legendary Japanese publisher and developer weren\u2019t happy with his comments. The meat of what people were complaining about is the part at the very end: \u201cGetting Nintendo would be a career moment and I honestly believe a good move for both companies. It\u2019s just taking a long time for Nintendo to see that their future exists off their own hardware. A long time\u2026 . :-)\u201d This is paired with Spencer stating earlier in the email that the biggest problem with getting Nintendo is that they\u2019re sitting on a \u201cpile of cash\u201d that makes them difficult to acquire, and that they\u2019re playing \u201cthe long game\u201d in trying to buy out the company. Criticism of Microsoft across Twitter is scathing. One user claimed that reading the last part \u201cmade my skin crawl\u201d. Others were very critical of Microsoft\u2019s strategy of acquiring existing studios rather than creating their own new IP. \u201cMicrosoft will really try to do anything to avoid having to create their own games from the ground up huh?\u201d commented one Twitter user. Meanwhile, others wondered why Microsoft was trying to acquire Nintendo in the first place. While there are some who are excited about the idea of having Nintendo\u2019s games cross platform, those people were met with overwhelming criticism from people who felt Nintendo\u2019s first party games should stay on their platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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