Microsoft’s Phil Spencer Discusses Possible Acquisition of Nintendo in Leaked Email

If you’re looking for more soap opera with the FTC documents, don’t worry, there’s plenty of time. Between everyone the leaks that have emerged in the last few hourshighlights an email from August 2020 where two senior marketing executives from Microsoft and Phil Spencer They discuss a possible acquisition of Nintendo.

Spencer says the Japanese company is “the biggest asset for us,” and that acquiring Nintendo would be “a good step for both companies”. At that time there were still no plans to buy Activison Blizzard, and the biggest opportunity on the table was Microsoft’s acquisition of Tik Tokwhich ultimately did not materialize.

Spencer said: “I have had numerous conversations with Nintendo’s LT (leadership team) about closer collaboration and I feel that if any American company had a chance with Nintendo, “We are probably in the best position.”. The head of Xbox makes it clear in these statements that, if the opportunity is put on the table, he would try to make the purchase.

Phil Spencer is clear that Nintendo would be the great purchase

Obviously we are talking about an email from 2020 and many things have happened since then, but Xbox’s mentality most likely hasn’t changed much on the matter.. A few years ago the purchase of a lot of studios was closed, Bethesda among them, and releases like Starfield They are already laying foundations for the future for the Xbox gaming ecosystem. Let’s remember that IPs as important as The Elder Scrolls VI will not come out on PS5.

Nobody knows how much the price would be for Nintendo and all its studios, but it wasn’t going to come cheap for Microsoft. It is questionable whether Xbox, being the gaming division and a great oasis of income, could assume the expense today without help from Microsoft’s coffers. In any case It seems difficult that Nintendo could go on salebut if that is clear, Xbox is clear what it would do.