Purely rumor right now and I really can’t put too much trust behind the sources… but either way, if something like this were to happen, it would be one hell of a curve ball thrown at the gamine industry.
CNET wonders if 'Apple is about to frag the gaming community with a revelation that could shake Microsoft to its core: Apple will buy Nintendo. What could be more quintessentially left-field Apple behaviour than buying out the U.S.‘s number three games console manufacturer?’ The article goes on to compare the companies, saying ‘both have followings whose brand dedication verges on the religiously devout’ and design styles that are so similar that ‘the Nintendo DS Lite practically looks like Jonathan Ive built it.’ The writer says an Apple and Nintendo merger will ‘penetrate the mainstream consumer market with Macintosh computers’. The possible outcome of a merger would be a console based around the Mac Mini. As for whether Apple have the cash to pull it off: ‘Cisco was rumoured to be looking at a purchase of Nintendo earlier in the year, so the idea of Nintendo being bought is not outlandish in itself. Apple’s market cap is $51.7bn (Nintendo’s is $23.1bn)’
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/digitalmusic/0,39029432,49276362,00.htm
that would suck… then you’d never be able to get games/apps for it
Seriously and i dont think i could stand a paddle with 1 button. But it runs photoshop so well…
lol, is it me or is apple always following oranges step(xbox,ms)
Bacon
June 9, 2006, 7:43pm
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Seriously what is with all the stupid rumors on slashdot making it into news?
