Apple’s Game Changer

<p>At the risk of sounding like&nbsp;<a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2014/blow-nintendo-games/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">a broken cartridge</a>, I think it&rsquo;s time for Apple to seriously look at buying Nintendo.</p> <p>Yes, I&rsquo;ve been going on about this&nbsp;<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2013/09/04/nintendont/?utm_campaign=First+Draught&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue+newsletter" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">for years</a>.&sup1; And yes, major hurdles remain: namely that Nintendo remains a profitable company with seemingly little or no desire to sell.&sup2; But come on, it&rsquo;s starting to make too much sense.</p> <p>I found myself&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/mgsiegler/status/1113884614601334784?utm_campaign=First+Draught&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue+newsletter" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">thinking about this once again</a>&nbsp;last week on&nbsp;<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&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue+newsletter" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">the news that Apple was promoting their head of M&amp;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 &mdash;&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/mgsiegler/status/1080965607552516096?utm_campaign=First+Draught&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue+newsletter" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">I&rsquo;ve been thinking about this myself recently</a>, given&nbsp;<a href="https://500ish.com/apples-precarious-and-pivotal-2019-f4f8cea3993a?utm_campaign=First+Draught&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;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&nbsp;<a href="https://500ish.com/it-wasnt-actually-showtime-c4fc7fcc84dc" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">details were light</a>&nbsp;&mdash; we don&rsquo;t know the launch date beyond the fall, nor do we know the price Apple will charge &mdash; we do now know that it&rsquo;s one of the key cogs in Apple&rsquo;s move towards&nbsp;<a href="https://500ish.com/apple-at-your-service-122af3093634" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">their services-oriented future</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://500ish.com/apples-game-changer-93a4ac0292fc"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>
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