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Nintendo uninterested in chasing Microsoft and Sony's acquisition frenzy
After a busy period of acquisition announcements from both Microsoft and Sony, Nintendo has been asked whether it too p…
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After a busy period of acquisition announcements from both Microsoft and Sony, Nintendo has been asked whether it too planned to purchase other developers.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, considering how well it's doing its own thing, Nintendo's boss said no.
"Our brand was built upon products crafted with dedication by our employees, and having a large number of people who don't posses Nintendo DNA in our group would not be a plus to the company," Nintendo boss Shuntaro Furukawa told investors today (translated by Bloomberg [paywall].
Nintendo has only occasionally purchased external developers in the past - and certainly not with the same speed as Microsoft and Sony's acquisitions over the past two years.