50% market share thread

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misterd said:
Here's the most important thing:

Last gen, Sony had 75% and was profitable.

This gen, Sony expected to walk away with the race again, and they contructed a console that needed to win in order to be profitable, and as a result when they failed, they failed hard, and lost most or all of their PS2 profits quickly.

Last gen, Nintendo built a console that was profitable despite a dismal 12% market share.

This gen, they followed the same plan, and now that they are teetering on a 50% share, are making an embarassing amount of money.

It's clear to me which business model is the better one.

Some of that money should be invested in echology and being less contaminating with the envirnment. Nintendo is one of the worst electronic companies in relation to the environment according to GreenPeace, far below others like Apple or Sony. A business model is not only based on making money!