would Nintendo be better off being a 3rd party publisher

[ZechsMerquise]

mchaza said:

ZechsMerquise said:

Nintendo is one of the most profitable companies in the world, the most profitable in Japan and the only console manufacturer to make a profit on every console sold since day of release. If any console manufacturer would be better going 3rd party it would be SONY, their franchises would light up the sales charts on the 360 and they wouldn't have to contend with making billion dollar loses every year due to their hardware.

i think SONY has done find considering they have sold like near 300 million console units which is more than all of nintendo and Microsofts Consoles (not handhelds combined) and around half of all consoles sold. 

This generation SONY has made massive losses, each year they've been losing over a billion dollars. I can provide references if you wish. A company or division can sustain short run losses, but over the longterm they must become profitable or they will eventually close. SONY has had to heavily subsidise its gaming division this generation. We are talking the current state of play aren't we?

No one is denying the success of PS1 or PS2, but they are in the past. What's more, when Nintendo wasn't faring so well, back in the Gamecube days, they were still making huge profits.

Also, I like the way you decided not to include the handheld market in this, as otherwise Nintendo would have won the numbers game too.