So I've seen plenty of Sony/Nintendo team-up timelines, and some Sega/Microsoft timelines, but not a single Microsoft/Nintendo timeline.
It's known by now that Microsoft offered to acquire Nintendo sometime before they (Microsoft) entered the hardware business, only to be laughed out by Nintendo's execs. But what if Microsoft approached them with more tact, and instead offered to collaborate with them on their next console, rather than outright acquire them? It would have the guts of OTL's Xbox, as well as use the DVD format, and Microsoft could help produce the more mature software that their previous consoles lacked, at least in comparison to what the Sega Genesis and PlayStation had.
It's known by now that Microsoft offered to acquire Nintendo sometime before they (Microsoft) entered the hardware business, only to be laughed out by Nintendo's execs. But what if Microsoft approached them with more tact, and instead offered to collaborate with them on their next console, rather than outright acquire them? It would have the guts of OTL's Xbox, as well as use the DVD format, and Microsoft could help produce the more mature software that their previous consoles lacked, at least in comparison to what the Sega Genesis and PlayStation had.