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发表于 2006-2-9 11:44 · 未知
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转 Gamespot
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Cisco considering Nintendo buyout?
Source: Page two of an article on News.com, owned by GameSpot parent CNET Networks.
The official story: Nintendo did not respond to requests for comment.
What we heard: Just under two weeks ago, Cisco Systems announced that it was launching a new home entertainment division. The move was a new direction for Cisco, which has made billions supplying networking hardware to huge corporations. However, it had been suspected ever since Cisco bought Scientific-Atlanta, a leading maker of cable boxes, last November for $7 billion.
Cisco's announcement has led many a tech reporter to ponder what company might be next on the cash-flush tech giant's shopping list. Yesterday, one such reporter, News.com's Marguerite Reardon, published her own prognostication article titled, "Is TiVo next on Cisco's push into homes?"
But while the first page of Reardon's article focused on Cisco scooping up the troubled maker of the popular--and highly addictive--personal video recorders, it was the second page that got gamers' alarm bells ringing. After clicking on a link marked "Nintendo another possible candidate," readers were treated to Reardon's reasoning for a Cisco-Nintendo union.
"A stretch? Not really," she wrote. "Microsoft, which is emerging as a key competitor to Cisco in the home entertainment market, is already in this market with the Xbox 360. Gaming has already proved to be a strong application for broadband, so it makes sense that Cisco would want to own a game device to help drive more traffic on its network. With its popular GameBoy [sic] product, Nintendo would also provide Cisco an entree into the mobile-handheld market." The fact that, unlike its cousin the DS, the Game Boy Advance has no Internet functionality did not dampen Reardon's enthusiasm for the potential buyout. And since it was released in 2004, the GBA-to-GBA wireless adapter hasn't exactly been a runaway hit.
Given that the Cisco-Nintendo article has "News.com" in the URL, many Nintendans took it as hard news. However, News.com also provides news analysis, and the piece is clearly marked as such in bold red letters at the top of its first page. In other words, the article is Reardon's informed prognostication about Cisco's possible next move--not official confirmation of any such deal.
Bogus or not bogus?: Bogus for now--and highly unlikely to ever happen, in our own opinion, as Nintendo remains profitable. |
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