Profit Numbers: Nintendo, Sony (Game Segment) and Microsoft (EDD Segment)

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Paperdiego said:
with that kind of money why does nintendo only stay a game company??
you would think that since they can run a company so well even when they are "losing" they would move into other industries and do the same.

computers anyone??

 

Nintendo is actually over 100 years old.  Their main income was hanafuda playing cards but they also dealt in love hotels (I'm nto kidding), a cab company, a TV network, rice and some other ventures.

Never once in all those 100+ years have they posted a loss (they've only had one negative quarter ever and it was solely because of the exchange rate).

Now they focus almost exclusively on video games (they still own the Seattle Mariners baseball club) and as you can see has been highly successful for them.  Better to stick with what works than to diversify and lose continuity and cohesion.