Redacted court documents hint at a big Microsoft-Nintendo secret

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Epic Games v. Apple has unearthed lots of tidbits about Microsoft's business operations.
One such tidbit has ruffled Nintendo, which claims sensitive information has been revealed.
Given that it's unclear what the sensitive information is, speculation abounds.


Just when it was starting to look like all the exciting discussion topics from Epic Games v. Apple had come and gone, one more nugget arrives at the forefront. This time, it's Nintendo inadvertently drawing attention to info it deems as sensitive. The question on everyone's minds is: Why is the info sensitive?

Axios' Stephen Totilo raised awareness of the situation over on Twitter. He said that Nintendo has reacted to Microsoft's deposition with the statement that it reflects competitively sensitive information about negotiations going on between the two companies.

Nintendo says these portions of an Xbox biz dev exec's deposition i...