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Which company will have better results come fiscal year end in 2015?

Sony 88 20.00%
 
Microsoft 82 18.64%
 
Nintendo 225 51.14%
 
Ouya 45 10.23%
 
Total:440
jonathanalis said:
MK8 really did help nintendo Q2.

but im impressed with 3DS software in japan.
probably 5 2 million sellers in a row until end of year!
YW2, MH4, SSB4,Pokemon ORAS, and YW2,5.

I think this is saving nintendo. Not wii U, MK8, amiibo nor wii U smash, is japan 3DS software.

What is "saving" Nintendo is high margin first party game sales, regardless whether it is on 3DS or Wii U.



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theprof00 said:
Teeqoz said:
theprof00 said:
Thing is, both companies use different models.
Nintendo makes money off console and software.
They'll make good money off the consoles, and really good money off their upcoming software releases.

Sony on the other hand have a razorblade model. They lose money on the console and hope to make it back with sofware. The Sony software lineup isn't stellar, but there are some good looking AAA games coming out. I don't see them performing really well though. Maybe 5m max for new uncharted, 3m for bloodborne.

I think it's possible for nintendo to edge them out, but it really depends if Sony can bring the software.


First of all, UC 4 will pass 5 million easily, it'll probably come close to 10 million or more. Second of all, Sony makes money on hardware (not much for the PS4 though, but they don't lose money on it) and third of all Sony earns money from third party titles being sold on their system, Nintendo well, they don't really sell that much third party software (on the Wii U anyway). 

You think uncharted will sell on par with halo?

Not likely. It's a new system with 12.3m sold. Even if sony sold an additional 7m consoles during the holiday, and an additional 20m next year, 1 in 4 ps4 owners would have to buy it. UC has never had that kind of attach rate.

Even uncharted 2 only sold 6.5, let's say 7 for digital included. And that was with an install base of 40m. Uncharted 3 has the same numbers but released with a 65m userbase. That's 1 in 10.

The highest selling game on ps4 right now is destiny, made by bungie, huge marketing campaign, and best selling new IP ever...and that's only 3.3m

5m is generous.

Sony doesn't "make money" on hardware. They are "profitable" on hardware, which is a calculation figuring in one game, an extra controller, and the system etc. And yes, Sony makes money on third and second party as well. My point is that Sony needs install base and games sales. I think it looks very good for them, but you must agree that it's a tough comparison to nintendo. They recently released a new version of 3ds that is going to sell a lot, is overpriced, has a new smash brothers, etc. On top of which, Nintendo usually outperfoms everyone by a lot in holidays. Remember also that Vita isn't doing so hot.

Let's pretend vita and wiiU make the same amount of profit and cancel them out.
What we are then dealing with is deciding what will be more profitable, 3ds or ps4. Gut is telling me 3ds, though ps4 has a very good chance.

Install base dosn't mean nothing God of war 3 sell more then other god of war despite the huge difference in install base and Uncharted is a very leggy games so when ps4 hit 40 millions the game will still selling well weekly.

Uncharted serie is growing with evety release game i would not be surprised if Uncharted 4 will sell as well as Halo even if not it will still selling a lot over 5 millions



PS4 - over 100 millions let's say 120m
Xbox One - 70m
Wii U - 25m

Vita - 15m if it will not get Final Fantasy Kingdoms Heart and Monster Hunter 20m otherwise
3DS - 80m

Look at all the businessmen in this thread. So many people understand the ins and outs of business here. I'm surprised the industry isn't swamped with dozens of successful console manufacturers, with how many people clearly know exactly why each business is succeeding as well as it is. They all ought to go start their own console making business, because they know so much about it. Competition is good, after all.



Teeqoz said:


Try harder: http://www.dualshockers.com/2014/05/22/kaz-hirai-the-ps4-is-already-profitable-with-hardware-alone/

The same however can't be said about the Wii U.

And yes, I expect UC4 to do waaaay more than 5 million. When Destiny has managed 3,3 million in a month, on an installbase of ~ 12,3 (most likely undertracked though), I'm sure UC4 will do more.

 

let's assume software royalties are 10 dollars per game (which is in the right ballpark based on what we know), and let's also say cod sells 7-8 million on PS4+PS3. That's 70-80 million profit from Cod alone. Then we also have GTA:V remastered, which could pull some 3 million maybe. Then there's FarCry 4 which will also do some 3-4 million at least on PS platforms. Then there's LBP3, which will probably have a profit margin of 30$ per copy sold. Even if that only sells 2 million on PS3 and PS4 combined this year, then that's 60 million profit.Then there's all the other software continuosly being sold on the PS3. Add to that profits from hardware (rember I showed you PS4 alone has been profitable since may) of roughly 15 dollars (fairly modest) and assumed sales of 7 million in the holidays, that is another 105 million dollars of profit.

Try harder? Do you know me? I'm a huge playstation guy, but I'm also realistic.

Ok, so I was wrong about ps4 profit on hardware. My bad.
But why are you bringing up WiiU again? I said let's cancel out wiiU and vita because they're probably even in terms of profit.

Again, the question is "which will make more profit, 3ds or ps4". Now, for 3ds we have a brand new smash game (Smash sells in the area of 8m generally) and a new pokemon that everyone is saying looks like the best one ever made, with actual flying. 3DS, with the new console and 2 heavy hitter games is probably going to sell about 7m as well this holiday, if not more.
Check out this thread for sales infor http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=192353&page=1#

LBP2 sold 3m, LBP1 5m. Let's just say 4m for this one.
Now we have smash brothers http://www.vgchartz.com/gamedb/?name=smash&publisher=&platform=&genre=&minSales=0&results=200
13m. That's going to be more than lbp and uc4 put together.

Then pokemon x/y which sold 11m http://www.vgchartz.com/gamedb/?name=pokemon&publisher=&platform=&genre=&minSales=0&results=200
We're probably going to see at least another 10m with pokemon ora.

And now the new 3ds which is 18900 yen, same price as a bundled 3ds, and huge sales this past week in japan.

Yes, ps4 makes good money on third party, but can they outperform ~30m copies of just two games making 30$ profit margin each. That's almost a billion$ alone.



small44 said:

Install base dosn't mean nothing God of war 3 sell more then other god of war despite the huge difference in install base and Uncharted is a very leggy games so when ps4 hit 40 millions the game will still selling well weekly.

Uncharted serie is growing with evety release game i would not be surprised if Uncharted 4 will sell as well as Halo even if not it will still selling a lot over 5 millions

All you're saying is that there's a possibility. None of that is conrete. Yes, gow3 sold more than gow on a lower install base, but gow3 was also a significantly better game than gow. It's the same reason why lbp2 and uc3 didn't sell as much as the previous ones despite a bigger install base. The games simply weren't as good. Same for killzone. KZ2 was amazing, kz3 wasn't. The sales speak for themselves.

Yes, there is a possibility that uc4 can sell 10m, but just because other games and franchises have defied the trend, it doesn't mean that selling 10m is guaranteed. On top of which, let's not look at this from within a vacuum. This isn't about uc4. It's about what will profit more, sony or ninty.



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HylianSwordsman said:
Look at all the businessmen in this thread. So many people understand the ins and outs of business here. I'm surprised the industry isn't swamped with dozens of successful console manufacturers, with how many people clearly know exactly why each business is succeeding as well as it is. They all ought to go start their own console making business, because they know so much about it. Competition is good, after all.

It's called reasoning an debating over a topic. You should try it some time, makes people smarter.



 
But why are you bringing up WiiU again? I said let's cancel out wiiU and vita because they're probably even in terms of profit.

Most game sold on Wii U are Nintendo games, that should make a big difference in terms of profit.



theprof00 said:
small44 said:

Install base dosn't mean nothing God of war 3 sell more then other god of war despite the huge difference in install base and Uncharted is a very leggy games so when ps4 hit 40 millions the game will still selling well weekly.

Uncharted serie is growing with evety release game i would not be surprised if Uncharted 4 will sell as well as Halo even if not it will still selling a lot over 5 millions

All you're saying is that there's a possibility. None of that is conrete. Yes, gow3 sold more than gow on a lower install base, but gow3 was also a significantly better game than gow. It's the same reason why lbp2 and uc3 didn't sell as much as the previous ones despite a bigger install base. The games simply weren't as good. Same for killzone. KZ2 was amazing, kz3 wasn't. The sales speak for themselves.

Yes, there is a possibility that uc4 can sell 10m, but just because other games and franchises have defied the trend, it doesn't mean that selling 10m is guaranteed. On top of which, let's not look at this from within a vacuum. This isn't about uc4. It's about what will profit more, sony or ninty.

How do you know Uncharted 4 is worst then Uncharted 1 and 2 it's an opinion anyway not everybody think Uncharted 3 is worst then Uncharted 1 and 2.

And it look like it's been a long time since you didn't see Unchated 3 total sale cause Uncharted 3 already outsold Uncharted 2.

I never said uc4 is guarenteed to sell 10m but still possible ,you said Unchated 4 will sell 5 millions max in your previous post Uncharted 4 will definitly do that number it will sell 5 millionx min not max



PS4 - over 100 millions let's say 120m
Xbox One - 70m
Wii U - 25m

Vita - 15m if it will not get Final Fantasy Kingdoms Heart and Monster Hunter 20m otherwise
3DS - 80m

What is the best selling first party Vita game and how much has it shipped/sold?



Even with the "Struggling Wii U" people so quickly forget 3D, Pokemon and Monster Hunter. This is why Nintendo will have a high profit this holiday. Sony has PS4, Nintendo has 3DS and a improving Wii U. Doesn't matter who sells more, as long as they all 3, including Xbone make some money.