The massive Xbox leak has revealed an email from Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer in which he discussed how it would be a “career moment” to acquire Nintendo. In the same email, Spencer also mentioned Warner Bros. Interactive and Valve as potential acquisition targets.
This follows earlier documents that came to light showing that Microsoft at least considered making acquisitions of Bungie, Square Enix, and Sega.
In the newly discovered email by The Verge, which is dated to August 6, 2020, Spencer is replying to Microsoft marketing executives Takeshi Numoto and Chris Capossela on an email chain with the subject “random thought.” Spencer said that Nintendo is “THE prime asset for us in gaming.”