Report: Microsoft buying Nintendo land

not a suprise microsoft beating nintendo once again... even though its only land (i own a 360 and a wii by the way)

Theyre buying land. So what? Wait a minute. Nintendo gets the money from MS, right? Price Drop for the DS and Wii! YES!!!

@EAInfinite MICROSOFT BUY NINTENDO?!?! u must be joking me even though bill gates has the money not only would 6 billion dollars cost alot of money ALOT nintendo would never sell.

ya microsoft has been thinking about buying nintendo itself... its only like 6 billion, thats pocket change for microsoft man

yes!!! now microsoft will merge wit nintendo make a company called ninsoft and make the ultimate console that can play 360 and wii games its a dream come true so they can take down that stupid ps3...yeah if only it were possible...:(

And so it begins.......... Round one : microsoft Round Two :TBA* *E3 will determine

microsoft buys game studio from nintendo. makes... 1 game? perfect dark zero. microsoft buys land from nintendo. makes... a parking lot?

now all they need to do is buy mario

"First their parking lot, then the whole company." LMFAO, yeah right

First their parking lot, then the whole company.

redmond is basicly microsoft territory so it nothing special

Microsoft owns most the business space in Redmond already. no surprise. they're even talks of MS buying the land where Group Health Hospital is located... "omgz, MS is making a hospital gamez! 1!!1!" This isn't news, the land is being used as a parking lot for RedWest which has nothing to do with Xbox. All the xbox buildings are out on Union Hill Road, last time I heard.

Rentago said "Also 360 isn't that bad, I've read from papers about 30-40% of 360 break downs is because of the way people treat it and use it. Not to mention when it gets bricked or something because of modders, hackers, standbyers, and most of all the intercooler messing it up. 360 is good for non-idiots. Anyone who says anything about buying another 360 is also a tard, an R tard. a THREE YEAR warrenty that is 75 dollars is well worth the cost if you put thought into it. I got it, mine broke after almost 2 years and I picked up another one. Problem solved." So pretty much, your calling yourself an idiot for your's breaking??? Right.

Im still not sure whats happening.... explain what kind of impact that this will cause, gamespot.

why is this important news?

pOWNED... and I mean that literally. That land is owned by Microsoft now.

wft are you guys talking about, what has MS stolen from nintendo?

Microsot your not going to find any Top Secret Nintendo Business bits left behind no matter even if you buy Nintendo's old property and search every nook and cranny.

Yup irony sums this up pretty much.

The irony! How strange.

Microsoft spying on Nintendo.

Ohhh... They will keep X-ray having Telescopes in their buldings and try to find out what are Nintendo\s plans.... :P

Microsoft buys Nintendo land for a parking lot. That is funny.

QUOTE "Merl57 I miss Rare" I do too. Didn't they make Killer Instinct for N64?

I miss Rare

Hahahaha. Great picture for this story. Always Be Closing. You know what second place gets? That's right a set of steak knives. Third place your fired.

unbreakable4534: "I hate the words "Microsoft buying Nintendo..." in the same sentence." So you`re saying a headline saying "Nintendo buying Microsoft" woudn`t please you? :P Though, I got to admit, the headline fooled me for a second. :D

Anyone remember the time when corporations weren't considered people?

1.2billion dollars...

I love how many comments have NOTHING to do with this article.

This is for anyone who only owns a Wii or wants a wii hockey game. EA is not bringing an NHL game this year. I am asking those who this relates to if you could send an email to EA and ask them why? Maybe with enough emails it will bring attention that maybe they should of made the game for the wii this year. As for buying a 360 or PS3 as people will suggest, I can not afford one. Anyways thanks to anyone that emails them.

I think the point of the news is to share something about the two companies doing business In other words they are not sworn enemies that shall never speak to one another

Running out of idea for news gamespot? heres one http://www.ripten.com/?p=374

"this shoud apply to gamers because it shows that microsoft is getting quite serious about going all out to expand their company in the console industry.. idiots who say this doesn't matter to gamers should really be rethinking things." How does this show they are serious about expanding. Are you dislexic? THEY ARE BUILDING A PARKING LOT. That isn't expanding their resources, that's a place where you put you car.

I heard Chuck Norris contacted Nintendo and "suggested" they sell the property to MS or else.........

Microsoft and Nintendo vs Sony... LoL!!!

microsoft, nintendo, xbox 360, wii, redwest, rare

MS & Nintendo are tight.

Bill Gates money sucker!

darn it Bill your making too much money off of pc/xbox soo dont blame Nintendo or buy their stuff etc etc

LOL, this is why MS is so entertaining to me. They're going to buy Nintendo's old US hq... and use it as a parking lot.

playstation_wii Is this the cause for Bill Gates not being the richest man in the world?!? _______ Lol yeah sure he just needed more parking space for his worlds largest care collection. Also 360 isn't that bad, I've read from papers about 30-40% of 360 break downs is because of the way people treat it and use it. Not to mention when it gets bricked or something because of modders, hackers, standbyers, and most of all the intercooler messing it up. 360 is good for non-idiots. PS- Anyone who says anything about buying another 360 is also a tard, an R tard. a THREE YEAR warrenty that is 75 dollars is well worth the cost if you put thought into it. I got it, mine broke after almost 2 years and I picked up another one. Problem solved.

So...this is the 3rd space right between Park Place and Boardwalk huh?

Is this the cause for Bill Gates not being the richest man in the world?!?

Meanwhile, elsewhere a racist nazi car was posted to the Forza 2 online auction. This pushed Microsofts hand to ban the culprit. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYvZnTFpip0

Watch out Sony !

Um...yeah, and we as gamers care why?

first off, people shut up about the damn 360, my brother bought one and we've had it fr about a year and a half and its 110% fine and he plays gears for around 4-6 hours a time.. and also, this shoud apply to gamers because it shows that microsoft is getting quite serious about going all out to expand their company in the console industry.. idiots who say this doesn't matter to gamers should really be rethinking things. but i still have to admit, gamespot over the last few weeks.. slooooooow

This is a smart acquisition, because Microsoft is a company that is expanding at such a rapid rate.

How does this relate to us gamers in any way? Like I said before, even on Gamespot, the news is slow. What's next? Sony corp. eats babies?