Microsoft & Nintendo Peripheral Partnership? Reggie Says “We’ll See”

by Chad Lakkis on July 21, 2008 at 4:11 pm

Introducing the Xbox Wii60

At about the three minute mark in the GameTrailers video interview (shown below) with Nintendo President, Reggie Fils-Aime, Geoff Keighley began to press Reggie for a response regarding what he believed to be Microsoft’s implied interest in a Nintendo partnership, allowing Xbox 360 users to someday wield a Wiimote like device.

Reggie politely danced around the question for a few a few seconds, before uttering the words “we’ll see”. He then stated that John is a big Nintendo supporter, and while he would “always take John’s call”, he felt that the vision of the two companies was “fundamentally different”.

Not sure what having two different visions has to do with anything. If Microsoft is willing to open their wallet (which they have already shown the ability to do so), and Nintendo is willing to allow other companies to latch on to the success of their device, then it seems to me that a deal could happen.

Heck, Microsoft is appears to be well on their way to Nintendo “cuteness” with addition of their own “mii” sytem, why not add the peripherals, change the green glow (sometimes red) to blue, and call it a day.

Source: GameTrailers (via /gamer)

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