Microsoft once tried to buy Nintendo and got laughed out of the room, now Xbox has to insist it’s not for sale
Microsoft first asked Nintendo to be acquired, then offered to build its consoles in January 2000. Both failed, and Square and Midway said no too. Microsoft bought Bungie instead, and Halo made the Xbox. Here's how Nintendo and XBOX ended up on very different paths 25 years later. The post Microsoft once tried to buy…

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