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Despite being the head of Xbox it looks like Phil Spencer is, like most of us, a Nintendo fan too. In fact, he’s a big enough fan that leaked emails revealed he wanted to be the man to unite the two gaming giants.
In the2020 emails, Spencer describes theSwitchmanufacturer as “THE prime asset for us in Gaming.” and that if any US company had a chance with Nintendo we (Microsoft) are probably in the best position.“Considering Microsoft’s acquisitions of Bethesda and the $69 billion dollar merger with Activision Blizzard, it’s clear that the company isn’t afraid of making big moves, but Nintendo is at another level still. Nintendo is of course a hardware rival for Microsoft, but it is also the most storied and historic name in gaming, having been around since 1889 and producing consoles since the NES in 1983.
Spencer however wouldn’t plan on a successor to the Switch it seems. In the same email, he describes how it’s taking “a long time for Nintendo to see that their future exists off of their own hardware.”
(Image credit: Nintendo)
(Image credit: Nintendo)
You only need to see last week’s Nintendo Direct for the unique imagination the company has. Bringing back a popularracing franchisefor the first time in 20 years. as a battle royale, for example is something no one else would have thought of.
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