Personally, I just don't see it happening. The corperate cultures of each company are just too different, not to mention their entertainment goals. Besides, if Nintendo really wanted a gaint corperate sugar daddy to handle the console, they could just turn to Matsushitsa. And likewise, if Microsoft wanted a strong, influential software developer they'd find Sega much easier to work with. Microsoft & Nintendo together just doesn't have the same ring of truth to it...
