The Wii is in Trouble.

[vaio]

CGI-Quality said:

vaio said:

tarheel91 said:

vaio said:

-ku- said:

CGI-Quality said:
It's funny, for two straight gens, people claimed Nintendo was "doomed/domed", "on their way out" and such....

Haven't people learned, Nintendo continues to have the last laugh. They got their asses handed to them by Sony for two gens, while continuing to make money, and more money than Sony.

"Domed" eh....?

*cough* more money than sony.

 

I'm pretty sure Sony as a company made somewhere between 5-15 Billion on the PS2+ SW and 2-6 Billion on PS1+SW

 

In Now way did systems selling around 70 million Units (for Nintendo) beat this. Unless you can elaborate

Actually he is right Sony never came close to make as much profit as Nintendo.

I dont have the link but soon enough someone will post it so you can see for your self.

I'll do one better than a link; here's a picture (I did not put the MS Paint "PWNED" on there):

That's back from the Gamecube-PS2-XBox era.

hahaha thats so insane that Sony made so much less then nintendo with 100+ millions sold consoles.

There is something fundamentaly wrong at Sony when it comes to making profits and now they are paying for it.

No. It's just that Nintendo made so much on software. Why do you think Sony is picking up on creating their own IPs this gen? They took a page from Nintedno's playbook, though Nintendo is just better at making money.

Higher Marketshare =/= higher profits. Nintendo's attach rates in those past gens were off the charts, despite the MUCH lower userbases of the N64 & Gamecube to the PS1/PS2. IMO, it's telling of the quality of their products and the power of their brand/marketing. That is why they sat where they sat. Sony's business is more spread out. That's also evident in how many IPs they develop/own. But their attach rates are not in the same league as Nintendo's, thus Wii Fit sits at 20+ million while NONE of Sony's current IPs could even dream of such a sales achievment. Bad thing, absolutely not. It just boils down to Nintendo being smarter, IMO, and knowing how to hit the jackpot (catching the right audience overall).

 

End of the day, Sony takes more risks than Nintendo, yes, but sometimes those risks are REAL damaging in the end. Nintendo is just smarter than Sony when it comes to making money. Yes, Nintendo took a gamble with the Wii, but it payed off, BIG TIME. Nintendo just knows how/where the market needs to tighten up, thus making them the smartest company in this biz.

For Sony, at least with PS1/PS2 it was about marketshare & some profit. For Nintendo, it was about innovation/profit/looking ahead. In the end, this may be Nintendo's last winning gen, and then again, maybe not. Point is, no matter what they do, they always put making money first, and that will keep them striving in this insustry no matter what their markestshare looks like.

 

Of course marketshare is important, but making money is top priority. I'm sure Nintendo agrees. Why have a product on the market that ONLY sucks you dry? You want to make money, not lose it battling for marketshare. I'm sure Sony is now learning this, albeit the hard way.

Thus, I leave this post with this food for thought: Sony is a brilliant company, who sometimes makes some hefty mistakes, but they are the bigger risk takers IMO. Nintendo is the smartest, and always keeps profits at the forefront of their business model.And so far, their risks have payed off.

Just my $0.02.

I agree with everything except the 2 bolded statements.

Nintendo has taken bigger risks then Sony ever did (talking about gaming here), maybe its because they been around longer.

Sony was a brilliant company but is filled with morons at the moment, they were brilliant up untill the late 90´s after that its been downhill.

I also want to add that there is no excuse to make that much less profits with that big of a lead over 2 generations thats just bad managing.