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Nintendo to Lay Off An Additional 190 European Employees




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Spotlesseden



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PostPosted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 11:22 pm Reply with quote
Apple or MS should buy Nintendo.
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Yen50414



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PostPosted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 11:28 pm Reply with quote
Uh... Nintendo is doing fine.
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mdo7



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PostPosted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 11:49 pm Reply with quote
Yeah, I heard about this few days ago, that's unfortunate.

Spotlesseden wrote:
Apple or MS should buy Nintendo.


I doubt that, and that'll never happen.
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Kadmos1



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 1:16 am Reply with quote
I hope those employees can find work soon.
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Lavnovice9



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 1:29 am Reply with quote
Spotlesseden wrote:
Apple or MS should buy Nintendo.


What did Nintendo ever do to you?
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mgosdin



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 6:25 am Reply with quote
Nintendo is a big company with no end of popular game properties. They have a successful handheld hardware business and a home console business that is, to be charitable, struggling.

Now, if one of the major American internet businesses thought outside of the box, and they do that sort of thing very well, then you might see MS, Apple, Google or maybe Amazon invest in Nintendo. Possibly a large enough cash infusion to permit a re-engineering or orderly wind-down of the home console business.

As it is the WII U's failure to thrive is dragging an otherwise healthy Nintendo down.

Full Disclosure : We were fairly early adopters of the WII U. My gaming fan sons like the console, but it sees far far more use as a web browsing interface than it does as a game console.

Mark Gosdin
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AiddonValentine



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 9:00 am Reply with quote
whoop-dee-doo. I notice people never get into a tizzy whenever Sony or MS lays off thousands (heck, I think laid off TENS of thousands).
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 11:05 am Reply with quote
AiddonValentine wrote:
whoop-dee-doo. I notice people never get into a tizzy whenever Sony or MS lays off thousands (heck, I think laid off TENS of thousands).


A reason for this might be because layoffs have become common place for some companies in recent years.
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Megiddo



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 12:19 pm Reply with quote
AiddonValentine wrote:
whoop-dee-doo. I notice people never get into a tizzy whenever Sony or MS lays off thousands (heck, I think laid off TENS of thousands).

Sure people do. Just when it pertains to the video game-related personnel.
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