Microsoft shares letter from when it tried to buy Nintendo

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Microsoft has shared part of the letter it sent to Nintendo in 1999 when it wanted to buy the company.This was before the launch of the original Xbox in 2001, and can be found by going to the Xbox museum website and exploring the history of the original Xbox (thanks, Kotaku).As we learned earlier this year, the desired acquisition had embarrassing results, as Xbox founding member Kevin Bachus said: “[Nintendo] just laughed their asses off.

Like, imagine an hour of somebody just laughing at you. That was kind of how that meeting went.”To commemorate this gigantic swing and a miss, Microsoft has shared part of a letter sent by VP of hardware Rick Thompson to Nintendo, and it has some interesting details.