Nintendo expected to post operating profit of over $5 billion says Reuters.

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WiiStation360 said:

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famousringo said:

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killeryoshis said:
5 billion dollers? You know what I can do with that money?

 

Stop working and buy the whole PS3 software catalog !
Upgrade my home theater sound system too and buy every Blu Ray that even remotely interest me....

With the 4.99 billion left over I would probably buy 2 million copies of every PS3 title I like to make them profitable and ensure they get sequels !

Then the whole video game business would translate into  making games I enjoy because I represente 2 million sales !

 

Bet ya my local best Buy would give me huge discounts too if I did 2 million units pre-orders!

 

Cut out the middlemen. Buy controlling stock in a major publisher or two and start issuing edicts.

I probably would have more impact accross the whole industry my way than by taking a stakes in a couple publishers.....

Imagine  how the industry would be transformed if suddenly you could make a high budget game profitable just by pleasing one guy !

 

Good luck getting any game I like as Wii exclusive too if I have my way !

 

$5 Billion could buy you 50.1% of Electronic Arts($3.1B), 50.1% of Sega ($1.3B), with enough left over to buy a few small developers as well.

 

Yeah but if the games those companies make keep selling like shit that would not be such a good idea ( and don't forget that if I buy 50% of EA none of the money goes to EA so that's not going to help them make games I like...).

A company isn't successfull by making games that please the shareholder..

I think it's a case where as a customer you have a more power ( provided you manage to represent over 50% of the market by yourself).

Heck if I go your way it would be a better idea to give money to a few publisher/developers to make me games I want ( like here is 50 millions, make me a kick ass game( and by the way you can sell it to others too, as long as I like it I don't care)).

 

AH the fun I would have with this industry if I had Bill Gates's money....