bbsin said:
I've done a little searching for nintendo, but all i can get from their official site is stuff going back to only 2003. But if you're curious here's a sneak peak for nintendo before i can get all the info i want. 2006 - 800,000,000 in profit 2007 - 2,000,000,000 in profit. Typically, Nintendo always profits because of their business model. They don't have an OS, electronics or movie studio division to back them up, so they can never really gamble alot and make a system that attempts to pushout advanced horse power or new media functions. If their approach were any different, all it'd take is one big mistake to become bankrupt. Nintendo usually takes recent or old technology and puts a new spin on it to sell, sometimes they win big(DS) and sometimes they get nothing (GC) but they never lose. This is the reason why there are still major Wii shortages, Nintendo doesn't want to put capitol into alot of factories b/c it would mean risk. I'd hate to see the day Sony or Microsoft takes the same business approach. |
Actually I'd be suprised if they don't move in a direction similar to Nintendo next generation. Nintendo is the only company making huge profits and eating up the market share. I expect both Sony and Microsoft to scale back the power and size of their systems next gen and make them more mass market than they are now. They'll likely still be more powerful and expensive than Nintendo's system, and still have a mostly hardcore focus though. I don't think there'll be as large a gap next gen though. Microsoft in particular will have to do something to increase intrest in the Xbox, because even though it's been successful this generation, it's beggining to slip and could end up in third place. Which would be embarrassing at the best, and damage faith in the Xbox brand at worst.
I know you believe you understand what you think I said but I don't think you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.
