by While developing the original Xbox, Microsoft considered buying out Nintendo to help with software output on their console, and having familiar IP.
What?! That's honestly kind of insane! It would've been a HUGE buyout. I wonder what the game industry would be like today if they had actually gone through with this idea.
Xbox is a household name when it comes to gaming, but it wasn't like that when Microsoft was first working on the system. They had to figure out how to make a big splash, which is when all sorts of zany ideas were being tossed around. Original Xbox co-creator Seamus Blackley said that a number of people working on Xbox wanted Microsoft to snatch up Nintendo. That would have been a huge deal at the time, but it obviously didn't happen. Things would certainly be different today!
What?! That's honestly kind of insane! It would've been a HUGE buyout. I wonder what the game industry would be like today if they had actually gone through with this idea.
