2010 Hardware Sales

[Squilliam]

Immortal said:

Squilliam said:

Gojimaster said:

Wii, in a down year, easily beat 360 in its peak year.  People like to talk about growth, but sustaining sales and profit is equally important.  I think Nintendo should hang on to this generation for as long as it can-- 2 more years would be great.  I think Nintendo has enough momentum to be the home console leader for at least 1 more year.  The PS2 also went through a down year before it re-peaked after a price-cut in 2005.  Wii 2011, with a price-cut and a strong enough library, may be able to top 2010 numbers.  Hopefully Nintendo has negociated out a cheaper way to manufacture the Wii so that it can still maintain a similar profit-margin even with a price-cut.

Im not trying to turn this into an argument but I would like to point out that Xbox 360 / Wii likely pushed similar profit and revenue numbers for the year (excluding the unfortunate results of the currency fluxations and subsequent write-offs). So neither is really a reason to disparage the other, both did well in their respective ways and even doing equally well doesn't diminish their overall good work and the subsequent good results they achieved.

Considering Wiis are cheaper to produce and Nintendo sells more first party software, which brings in more money, I should think not.

Don't disagree with your post, though, just pointing that out.

Don't underestimate the dark money gobbling side of Xbox Live!