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your mother on 25 May 2007
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rocketpig said:
Yumimi said:
Everyone that says 'The Wii has already won' is missing the point that the Wii is still likely to be replaced before the PS3 will.

I'm sure that Nintendo really cares about that when they launched a system that probably costs them around $150 to make and sell it at $250.

Nintendo has already won. Whether they end up selling the most consoles or not (almost a given at this point) is irrelevent. The Wii is printing money for them; to a business, that's all that matters.


Right. Nintendo doesn't have to depend on anything at all at this point in the game to continue enjoying success:

- You'd be hard-pressed to find one unmodded Wii on the market here in Asia, but it doesn't matter. Nintendo already is making money on each console sold. Edit: I bet once Blu-ray is cracked you will see a FLOOD of modded PS3s on sale with eager buyers gobbling it up, but that flies against the Sony's revenue model.

- If Sony counters with a price cut, Nintendo can do so and are in a much better financial position to do so.

- If Nintendo replaces the Wii, say next year, it won't matter to them, because they are already making a killing with the console. Sony simply cannot afford to do the same with the PS3.

- If the PS3 starts to sell due to the immense graphical power difference compared to the Wii, Nintendo can still sell the Wii and while it may not sell as much, it still has the price factor in its favor.

Honestly, IMO, Sony has already lost to Nintendo, for Nintendo has an economically feasible answer to anything the PS3 can throw at it. The war for second place (PS3 vs 360) is where the action's going to be at.