Former Microsoft VP: company briefly thought about buying Sega February 8, 2013 by admin Tweet A former Microsoft executive claims that the company had some brief thoughts about acquiring Sega to quickly get into the game console business before ditching the idea to launch the first Xbox. Read more… Neowin Related Posts:Microsoft considered buying Sega in 2020, and had…Sega says it is not interested in Microsoft…Sega leaked '90s document says killing PlayStation…8Bitdo's new wired Xbox and PC controller is…Sega reveals five of its game franchises are coming…