Why Nintendo Isn't Looking Out For Acquisitions

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Sony and Microsoft have frequently been making headlines for a while now, with both giants seemingly being on a shopping spree for acquisitions. Microsoft not only completed its purchase of ZeniMax Media, but also announced a record-breaking acquisition of Activision-Blizzard for a whopping $70 billion. Sony has also been acquiring studios such as Housemarque, Nixxess, Firesprite, and most recently Bungie for $3.6 billion.

It seems as though both are constantly trying to one-up each other in this war of acquisitions, even if that isn’t the case. Either way, Nintendo doesn’t seem interested in the idea of acquisitions at this point, which many fans have found to be pretty surprising. As it turns out, though, there is a multitude of reasons as to why this is the case.

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Nintendo has been one of the industry’s fixtures for decades at this point, long before Sony and Microsoft made any moves in the space. The Kyoto-based giant is also behind some of the most iconic and longest-running gaming franchises of all time, including but not limited to Super Mario,Metroid, and The Legend of Zelda. As such, it has cemented its place within the industry by earning the trust and respect of billions of gamers around the world.

Nintendo primarily sells consoles through its excellent first-party franchises, meaning it doesn’t rely too much on third-party support to warrant a purchase of its systems. This is precisely the reason why its biggest failures such as the likes of Virtual Boy and Wii U didn’t hurt the company as much as many might have expected them to. Even when its systems might not match up to the competition in terms of horsepower, they have remained the only platform to play