Oh look.  It's this week's "wii is doomed" thread.  Maybe next week's will be more interesting (but certainly not any more original).

Carry on.  Nintendo's been doomed since 1989 according to research already provided here on VGC, and more than 20 years on we can't expect any different.

Well, saying Nintendo cares more about gaming than profits is obviously misleading. However, saying they care more about gaming than short-term profits may not be inaccurate. For Nintendo, gaming is everything - gaming is their future, so the state of it means everything to their long-term success.

We can't say Sony or MS doesn't care about the state of gaming, as I'm sure the game divisions definitely do. However, when it comes to pushing gaming as a medium, I feel like Nintendo is way ahead of the pack (in their methods, anyway). They're the ones trying to make a gamer out of everyone, with them displaying stuff like graphs of the social acceptance of video games... With a cause like that, profit oriented or not, I think it's a struggle worth cheering them on for.

You explained evertyhing that needed to be explained about profits and gaming for Nintendo.

You should celebrate that Nintendo is succeeding. They are the only company that actually cares about gaming. Microsoft and Sony care more about profits, creating monopolies, and sucking the life out of everything they touch.

Okay so Nintendo wanted to expand the market and make gaming mainstream, so what? That's a good thing. That means gaming isn't going to turn into a niche business and slowly die. That means more people are enjoying gaming instead of a select few hardcore grumps.

Selling a console that costs 800 dollars or more for 600 at launch is something that a company   that cares about profit does,(those greedy bastards at Sony)  and selling a console that costs 150 for 250 at launch is from the god Samaritan of gaming (we thank you dear nintendo for not caring for profit and selling your console so cheap)

Selling a console that costs 800 dollars or more for 600 at launch is something that a company   that cares about profit does,(those greedy bastards at Sony)  and selling a console that costs 150 for 250 at launch is from the god Samaritan of gaming (we thank you dear nintendo for not caring for profit and selling your console so cheap)

Selling a console that costs 800 dollars or more for 600 at launch is something that a company   that cares about profit does,(those greedy bastards at Sony)  and selling a console that costs 150 for 250 at launch is from the god Samaritan of gaming (we thank you dear nintendo for not caring for profit and selling your console so cheap)

Sony took a loss on the PS3 because it is not their main business. Their main business is Electronics. The only reason they are in the game business is to support their electronics business. Do you remember why the PS3 was so expensive in the first place? That's right, Blu-Ray.

Sony took a loss on the PS3 so they could shove Blu-Ray down everybody's throats, force everyone to repurchase all their movies, and push everybody to buy expensive HD television sets that they didn't need. Now they are trying to do the same with their 3D televisions.

Nintendo, on the other hand, doesn't have any other divisions, their focus is all on gaming. They CAN'T take a loss because they don't have anything else to support them.

Sony took a loss on the PS3 so they could shove Blu-Ray down everybody's throats, force everyone to repurchase all their movies, and push everybody to buy expensive HD television sets that they didn't need. Now they are trying to do the same with their 3D televisions.