Nintendo makes $1 billion profit for Q1 08

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ookaze said:
Nintendo shouldn't outbid anybody.
This is what happens when 3rd parties don't support the leading platform correctly.
Nintendo was left alone on their own leading platform.
3rd parties everywhere just ended up owning themselves with their war of attrition, which actually affected them only.
Now it's too late. If MS 'buys' a developer, they both know what will happen.
Buying devs for them not to support the other loser can work, but when it's for not supporting the leader, it just doesn't. Both buyer and bought companies end up owning themselves.

Now all the 3rd parties can do is trip over themselves to catch up.

Exactly what I have been saying for a while.  If you look at weekly publisher totals Nintendo is always far far ahead of the other publishers.  And on top of money coming in from software they have money from hardware and accessories.  With big 3rd party publishers stubbornly refusing to release big games on Wii, Wii owners are left with nothing but Nintendo games to buy  (and whether PS360 fans admit it or not Wii owners buy games).  So with no competion for them from outside Nintendo made games continue to sell in vast numbers on Wii and continue to rake in mad profit for Nintendo.