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In a new report from , many of the people who worked on the console in thಌe run-up to its release outlined attempts to acquire the likes of Nintendo, EA, and Square Enix.

Having announced the Xbox in 2000, Microsoft was looking around for games for its new system and the developers who would make them. According to Bob McBreen, then head of business development, "t🐠he first company we reached out to buy was EA." That offer was met with a swift "'no thanks,'" so Microsoft turned its attention to Japanese giant Nintendo.

Kevin Bachus, director of the console's third-party relations, said "Steve [Ballmer, former Microsoft CEO] made us go meet with Nintendo to see if they would consider being acquired." Apparently, however, that conversation did not go well: "They just laughed their asses off. Like, imagine an hour of somebody just laughing at you. Tha🦂t was kind of how that meeting went."

Bloomberg's report also touches on unsuccessful attempts to purchase Square Enix, as well as Mortal Kombat developer Midway. The former told Microsoft that its asking price was too low, while the latter was still attached to its business with PlayStation. Eventually, it worked out for Microsoft. They would *ahem* settle for Halo developer Bungie, creating one of the Xboxไ's most successful and enduring franchi♉ses.

While the acquisition of a company as massive as Nintendo might have been unthinkable in the early days of the Xbox, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Microsoft's ♛purchase o🎀f Zenimax Media, announced last year and expected to complete in a few months' time, brought the likes of Bethesda, Arkane, and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Id Software into the Xbox family.

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