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    Oh the horror!

    Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has told a German financial magazine that he remains interested in buying Nintendo, stating that "if Hiroshi Yamauchi phones me, I will pick up at once."

    Gates told WirtschaftsWoche magazine that he would immediately make an offer for the company if Yamauchi, who remains the largest shareholder in the firm despite retiring from his position as president over two years ago, indicated willingness to sell.

    However, his comments seem to be largely in the realms of wishful thinking, as Yamauchi retains a keen interest in the running of the company, which has been in his family for over a century, and is highly unlikely to consider a sale to the American software giant.

    Indeed, Yamauchi rebuffed an offer from Microsoft only a few years ago, just after the firm decided to enter the console market with the Xbox. The final decision to develop its own console operation is believed to have been taken only after attempts to buy both Nintendo and Sega failed.

    The fact that Gates is still keen on acquiring Nintendo can be seen as a statement of his respect for the Japanese company, which remains the most profitable business in the games industry, but is unlikely to lead to any business deal - with the two companies, whose US headquarters are only a stones throw away from each other in Redmond, Washington, set to continue battling for second place in the current generation of console hardware.
    Somebody give him a good kicking. Please!

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    well i have to admit, the similarity between the specifications of the Xbox and Gamecube sequels is strikingly similar...

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    yeah they are anit they ...

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    this would be cool, so long as nintendo still made the games, because then you would be able to get a console with amazing hardware that nintendo would actually use in their games,unlike the xbox game developers
    and there wouldnt be as much choice when buying a console, you could get halo 2 and the next mario on the same platform

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    Not sure that would happen Pete, Bill gates would probably still release both consoles because that way he would be able to corner both markets in the USA and Japan.

    Nintendo for all the negative press is the only real competitor to Sony in the Japan Market and although the X-Box has tried it's hardest to get a foothold in that market it's still selling less than the Playstation one.

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