your mother on 22 February 2007
Nintendo? you mean sony and microsoft.
Nintendo turns a massive profit on each unit sold. Not looking at the basically 3 required 80$ controllers.
No, I mean Nintendo.
Really? I thought nintendo made a good percentage of their money from hardware sales.
They do. When did I say they didn't?
I am saying that IF Nintendo played the Sony/Microsoft ballgame, they'd have a lot more to worry about, such as the company's bottom line. PS3/Xbox360 are NOT Sony/Microsoft's bottom line. Games as a whole ARE Nintendo's bottom line; hence, IF they WENT with the traditional console selling strategy (which I equate to cheap inkjet printer sales) they as a company stand to lose the most if their strategy didn't work.
I am also saying that Sony isn't giving away 200 bucks like some do-goody-goody philantropist that kber81 paints them to be. Nintendo played the same ballgame as Sony and Microsoft until the Wii generation, where they decided it was simply too risky to play hardball against the other two corporate monoliths.
I don't give a rat's ass which company wins the console wars. I am simply stating that Sony and Microsoft are playing the traditional console ballgame, which Nintendo chose a different route. You, however, do give a rat's ass (and a lot more) about who (Sony) wins the console wars. My rant is focusing on marketing strategy. Your rant is about fanboyism.
Learn to read beyond "Nintendo", "Sony" and "Microsoft" please.
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