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Microsoft Lusts Nintendo, To Little Avail

Posted by simoniker on from the first-date-nerves dept.

Richard Finney writes "The online version of Forbes Magazine says that Bill Gates has expressed an interest in buying Nintendo from Japanese billionaire Hiroshi Yamauchi." Though this news seems to have been part of a theoretical 'what if' question, the story reports: "'If Hiroshi Yamauchi phones me up, i will pick up at once,' Gates told WirtschaftsWoche magazine on the sidelines of an analyst conference."

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  1. Who cares? Nintendo hasn't made anything... by bretharder · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Who cares?
    Nintendo hasn't made anything worth while since the SNES.

  2. Re:Giving Sony Competition by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Those are all great games...but is there anything out there for the straight guys?