Does the Wii prove that the HD razor/blade model is flawed?

[MaxwellGT2000]

Xoj said:

MaxwellGT2000 said:

Xoj said:

MaxwellGT2000 said:

Xoj said:

RolStoppable said:
It really cracks me up everytime I see someone post that Nintendo doesn't care for its core audience right after they released the game of the generation.

uncharted 2? O.o.

@johnlucas

 sony only had ps2 and some ps1 sales when the gamecube hit.

nintendo had Gameboy color, gameboy advance, gamecube and software sales for all platforms for profits.

and with all that nintendo made almost the same as the ps2.

LOL no... no no... NO... obviously you didn't even click the link I provided the first time so here it is again.

http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=57802

Please read it

                          Sony               Nintendo       

PS1/N64

1996         -$93,491,480          $752,481,940 (PS1 launches in 1995, Sony invests a lot to start up a gaming division)

1997         $508,270,950         $579,934,080

GBC 

1998         $954,197,760         $1,042,464,480 (GBC launches and pokemon starts hitting its stride)

1999         $1,073,609,660      $1,228,994,940  

PS2

2000         $693,184,350         $1,306,720,300  (PS2 launches, digs into the profits Ps1 made earlier that year) 

GC/GBA

2001         -$463,129,080        $767,354,820    (GC and the GBA launch, GC didn't take off as well as Nintendo had hoped)

2002         $664,149,150         $954,399,510

2003         $924,881,130         $821,985,200      (the one year Sony brings in more than Nintendo)

DS/PSP

2004         $599,416,860         $955,148,210     (DS and PSP launch, PSP sold at a loss as well, hoping their UMD format would take off and   become used by multiple forms of media)

2005         $402,344,400         $1,039,385,040

PS3/Wii

2006         $77,419,800           $799,588,650    (PS3 and Wii launch late in the year and PS3 almost destroys all the money PS2 raked in for the year)

2007         -$1,988,702,000     $1,934,765,440

2008         -$1,092,978,300     $4,277,791,600

2009         -$584,760,000        $5,552,630,000 

 

The numbers speak for themselves....

thats only Sony gaming? Because sony used to make much money than that.

and nintendo make more money but the GBA WAS 80 million selling handheld aand pokemon was all the rage.

and nintendo still had Gb color pokemons sales.

nintendo made money but it wasn't because of the gamecube.

 

Ok this is just getting old, are you just going to keep making baseless claims with no facts or figures to back your point?  I linked you the thread, in the thread is linked the sources, if you've got a problem with the sales then take it up with Sony that released them, then come back when you actually have some sort of basis for your claim that the gamecube didn't make them money because right now you've got none and you're just saying "I'm right because I'm right" which is why we have a content rule... >_>

well you clearly misread, my claim is the GAMECUBE alone didn't make same money as the PS2.

especially since the ps2 still  selling now, with huge profits, and u won't see that in those numbers because both sony and nintendo have other things mixed in.

but it's certain ps2 made more money than the gamecube.

 

Which isn't what you said at all, since you said things like "nintendo made money but it wasn't because of the gamecube." and "with all that nintendo made almost the same as the ps2." which may or may not be true since Gamecube had some of the best selling titles of last gen and most of which were made by Nintendo which means they brought in more money from that title, so they not only made money on the console but games as well, even then Sony had other things involved skewing things like PS1 still selling and selling software into the PS2's life and just like you said PS2 selling into PS3's life helping out those losses.

Now if you're going to settle on that point than saying things like Gamecube not bringing in that much in profit, then yes PS2 likely did bring in more profits than GC alone, the only issue the only facts to prove one way or the other is collective data, and that proves the point of this thread that a business model that doesn't sell at a loss is a better way to go, since MS still hasn't made a profit on their game division and the PS3 has almost eaten away at the entirety of the PS brand, but if they had went with the sell hardware for a profit model, they wouldn't be in that bind, period.