Apple’s Game Changer
<p>At the risk of sounding like <a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2014/blow-nintendo-games/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">a broken cartridge</a>, I think it’s time for Apple to seriously look at buying Nintendo.</p>
<p>Yes, I’ve been going on about this <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2013/09/04/nintendont/?utm_campaign=First+Draught&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue+newsletter" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">for years</a>.¹ And yes, major hurdles remain: namely that Nintendo remains a profitable company with seemingly little or no desire to sell.² But come on, it’s starting to make too much sense.</p>
<p>I found myself <a href="https://twitter.com/mgsiegler/status/1113884614601334784?utm_campaign=First+Draught&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue+newsletter" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">thinking about this once again</a> last week on <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-03/apple-m-a-chief-now-reporting-to-cook-as-calls-grow-for-big-deal?utm_campaign=First+Draught&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue+newsletter" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">the news that Apple was promoting their head of M&A, Adrian Perica, to report directly to Tim Cook</a>. Mark Gurman reads this as an indication that Apple is about to get more serious about larger acquisitions. And he could be right — <a href="https://twitter.com/mgsiegler/status/1080965607552516096?utm_campaign=First+Draught&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue+newsletter" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">I’ve been thinking about this myself recently</a>, given <a href="https://500ish.com/apples-precarious-and-pivotal-2019-f4f8cea3993a?utm_campaign=First+Draught&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue+newsletter" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">the current state of Apple</a>.</p>
<p>But just as important here is something that was announced two weeks ago: Apple Arcade. While the <a href="https://500ish.com/it-wasnt-actually-showtime-c4fc7fcc84dc" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">details were light</a> — we don’t know the launch date beyond the fall, nor do we know the price Apple will charge — we do now know that it’s one of the key cogs in Apple’s move towards <a href="https://500ish.com/apple-at-your-service-122af3093634" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">their services-oriented future</a>.</p>
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