Jack on 08 February 2007
BenKenobi88 said:You forget that even though Sony makes that much money off half the consoles as Nintendo, Nintendo gets twice the consoles...and that's more important.
For Sony, it's the games that will end up getting them a profit...but if Nintendo has two Wiis for every PS3...that means double the games too. And actually, it's WAY more than double, with the Wii having a higher attach rate.
And, since we don't live in a fictional world...let's face the facts. 4.5 million Wiis sold compared to 1.71 million PS3's. That's considerably more than double the PS3's.
Sony needs games to end with a profit...but Wii makes a profit from the start...and then makes more profit off more games per console than the PS3.
FACE!
You forget Sony is not a console exclusive company. They are making money on every Blu-ray sold and every Sony HDTV sold because people bought a PS3. It may take them longer to make the money back on Blu-ray licensing because they only get a percentage of it. But Blu-ray movie sales have jumped largely because of the PS3. How many DVDs do you have?
Where Nintendo can only make money on games and peripherals. If they are going for the non-gamer for parties they only need to buy a few games. Now they have no need to buy more games and the attach rate will not grow over time unlike the PS3/360.
?FACE?
