GameDaily BIZ’s James Brightman spoke with DFC Intelligence president David Cole, who closely follows the video game industry, to see what he thinks of all this Nintendo-Apple talk.
“That does sound pretty crazy,” remarked Cole, referring to the rumor. “You know for years and years it was like Nintendo and Sega were going to merge any day… Obviously Nintendo has done really well in terms of their profitability and their market value has really held up—if you go back and look at how their market value has held up over this past generation compared to, say Sony and Microsoft, who have seen drastic declines in their market value. And if you consider that Nintendo was considered sort of the loser in the last generation, and now they’ve got the opportunity to go into a new generation and restart their market share… clearly, it might not be the best time from their side to be looking to sell.”
Cole didn’t deny that Apple could be interested in Nintendo, however. It’s just not likely that Nintendo would agree. “[Apple] could start reaching out to see if Nintendo is interested, and then they say no. That would probably be the most likely scenario that I would see,” he said. “You know, companies are always talking with each other… which can lead to rumors and speculation. It just goes on all the time. The chance of something actually getting finalized is a totally different ballgame.”
Cole also noted that he “wouldn’t be terribly surprised” if Apple did become more active in the games space.
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hahaha! I almost wish I had been smart enough to make that up!
Cause, you know, it does always win out in the end.
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