Former Xbox Exec Downplays Nintendo Purchase Interest, Reveals Handheld Concept
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In a new interview with The New York Game Awards on Twitch, Microsoft's former president of entertainment & devices division Robbie Bach elaborated on the company's previous interest in purchasing Nintendo. Revealed by Bloomberg earlier this month, Microsoft approached Nintendo prior to the release of the original Xbox and GameCube, but Nintendo apparently laughed off the company's proposal. In the new interview, Bach downplayed the meeting, stating that Microsoft was talking to multiple companies, and with Nintendo "they were across the street from our offices, so it wasn't like we had to make a long trip to go see them."