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darkknightkryta on 14 July 2012
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JEMC said:
darkknightkryta said:
I think after next gen, the gaming landscape is going to be very different. Microsoft is really out of focus right now, so I can see their game console turn into something to "beat apple" with, cause Apple is the new Sony. Sony needs the Playstation brand, but I see them becoming a third party distributor and using their console as a reference box. The wild card is Nintendo. Nintendo only profited before the Wii because of their handhelds, their handheld is currently loosing money, this leaves the Wii-U in a very precarious situation. I personally don't believe the Wii-U has the magic that the Wii had, the simplicity, the fun. And if the Wii-U doesn't sell amazing out of the gate Nintendo is going to be in big trouble. It took 6 years for Sony to put itself in the hole it dug, Nintendo is a lot smaller compared to what Sony was, it'll only have a faster fall. Assuming the Wii-U fails, should it do good, then Nintendo will be the sole dedicated game console.

Before making some claims, you should first be sure that they are correct.

Nintendo made money from every hardware they have sold, starting from the NES until the Wii. The 3DS is currently making them lose money, but that doesn't mean that by Christmas 2013 they may have made that money back and making a healthy profit from it.

And yes, Nintendo is smaller than Sony, but because of that they can focus on 1 problem to solve it while Sony, being so big and with so many divisions can't do it, and when some of those divisions started to lose money (TVs, consoles, etc) they found themselves in trouble.

Yes, the Gamecube, n64, Wii, etc, were all sold at profit.  But how much profit are those console sales?  It's not like the n64 or Gamecube sold 90 million like the Wii.  It was more or less a combination of strong handheld sales, both software and hardware, that kept Nintendo profitable.  Like the point I'm trying to get at is that, not necessarily with the n64 as it had decent sales software and hardware, but the Gamecube didn't have the software sales to bring Nintendo profit, a combination of handheld sales with the Gamecube did that.  Plus look at it like this, the 3DS is making Nintendo lose money.  Not break even, lose.  They posted their first loss because of the 3DS, what do you think is gonna happen if the Wii-U fails to take off?  Nintendo's only other form of revenue is merchandise, and I doubt those Mario candy is bringing Nintendo a lot of money.  Nintendo is in a win/lose situation without anything to fall back on.