| HappySqurriel said: $10,000,000,000.00 at 3% interest (above inflation) works out to $300,000,000 per year ... If that interest was re-invested into videogame development it would (probably) work out to 20 to 60 Wii games, or 50 to 150 Nintendo DS games. I'm starting to wonder what could potentially compete with Nintendo if they could increase this cash position to $20,000,000,000 (or more) before the next generation begins ... If one console manufacturer can fully fund their entire development with the interest off of the cash they have how could anyone compete against them?
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Microsoft and Apple each have 25 billion$ cash on hands, take or add a couple billions..
I doubt the cash is invested at 3% interest of higher anyway. It is probably in the safest possible investment vehicle. Nintendo isn't a financial company playing with its cash.
Finally after taxes and stuff I doubt that cash generates more than 50 million $ of interest over a year....
PS3-Xbox360 gap : 1.5 millions and going up in PS3 favor !
PS3-Wii gap : 20 millions and going down !
