Profit Numbers: Nintendo, Sony (Game Segment) and Microsoft (EDD Segment)

[dampowell]

woopah said:

dampowell said:
Isn't R&D and cost of buying stakes in companies factored into their earnings report? Where would the rest of that money go apart from to pay dividends.

well as you said, a lot of that money is being paid out in dividends. Nintendo also invests a fair amount into property which i'm not sure is included in this table

in the grand scheme of things there dividend payments probably equate to somewhere around $4 - $5bn in the last 20 years, doesn't their income sheet take assets such as property holding into account as well? I thought it might.