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FilaBrasileiro said:
FishyJoe said:

 

Not even comparable. Sony carries $12 billion in debt. Nintendo is rich in surplus cash. Sony will have 165,000 employees to cut paychecks to. Nintendo has 3700 employees to pay. Nintendo could stop selling product today and could still probably operate for several years without making changes.

 

Definitely comparable, both Japanese companies who are affected by the rising of the Yen, Sony is in debt? That's news to me, last I heard they had enough cash reserve to operate for a few more years. I'm not suggesting Nintendo is not in a better position, obviously they are, but the economy can hit them, I don't think you should be so gullible to think that they'd be immune to it.

Sony does hold a big debt load, in addition to massive expenses from having so many operations and employees. I didn't say Nintendo was immune, however they have built enough buffer to last through anything short of something worse than the 1929 depression.