Sales, Bottom Dollars, and Nintendo Launch Profits

[Joelcool7]

As far as hardware and software sales are concerned Nintendo is always the most profitable regardless of sales!

The GameCube was turning a small profit from launch , using the new PowerPC technology Nintendo was able to cut hundreds from the manufacturing cost when compared to lets say the X-Box which had older technologies just alot of them. The GameCube looked as good as X-Box at its peak put Halo2 alongside RE4 and many would argue GameCube actually had better graphics. Nintendo managed to build a console that had all the properties of a big budget unit for the price of a low budget unit. This turned into nothing but profits from their hardware division despite a massive lack in hardware sales.

 

Another thing Nintendo has always been known for is selling outstanding numbers of first party software on a small number of hardware units! Lets look athe sales of the GameCube's highest selling first party title (SuperSmashBros:Melee - 6 Mill) then at Sony's (Gran Turismo 3  sold 11-million copies) a console that has sold 120-million hardware units failed to push more then 5-million copies of its highest selling title then a console with only 26-million units sold. Nintendo's first pary titles tend to all sell around a million copies its expected! 

 

Lets look at third party sales now! Lets look at the highest selling franchises shall we!

1st place = Mario with 193-million copies sold!

2nd place = Pokemon with 155-million copies sold

7th place = Legend Of Zelda Approx 49-million copies sold 

8th place = Donkey Kong 48-million copies sold

Sony's Gran Turismo placed in 10th and was the only Sony franchise to make the top ten cut with 44-million copies sold! This shows Nintendo first party power and while the GameCube didn't get nearly as much third party support Nintendo's first party titles were still able to generate some very good profits!

 Nintendo dominates its own platform's and almost always sells its hardware for a profit. So when Microsoft lost 100USD a unit they had to sell two games per console to get their profits back while Nintendo never had to sell a single game to have the same amount of profitability!