Stock charts of the big 3

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Umm.. you posted the wrong link for Sony. Some points: 1/ Sony's shares have crashed over the last couple of years (about 50% down I believe). They need some good news/performance. 2/ MS's stocks crashed a while back (used to range around the $60US mark I believe). They have actually risen about 10% in recent times. 3/ Nintendo's stocks have soared (since around the time of the DS introduction). I was going to buy shares in them, but couldn't easily get access to their stocks (no Nintendo stocks trade in Australia). I remember a few years back they used to be around the 4000-yen mark ($40) - and are now into the 20,000's (around $170-$200 for a single share I think). Sony/MS are large corporations - where games are only a fraction of their dealings. Their stock prices often vary significantly on non-gaming issues/factors. Nintendo however is the opposite - with stock prices based solely on recent game/hardware performance. It didn't see that long ago that people were predicting Nintendo to leave the hardware industry completely. EDIT: you only get part of the picture when you look at the stocks that trade in the US. Look at the Japanese/real stock prices if you want better info (from memory, the Nintendo stocks that trade in the US are not real stocks).