Sony Computer Entertainment: profit/losses timeline since 1996 to 2007

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TheRealMafoo said:

celine said:

Nintendo , unlike MS or Sony or any other gaming company, is a software house where game designer design its own hardware ( this is the Nintendo Difference ).

Sega did this, but Sega was not a casual game company. They competed directly with MS and Sony (and failed because of it). Nintendo tries to as well with the 64 and the GC, but failed as well (although made good money at it)

The reason Nintendo does so well, is one, they deserve it, as they make very good games, and two, they are in a market all by themselves.

I had a thread on here somewhere talking about just that. Sony and MS are competing for market share. No one is in competition with the gamers Nintendo is going after, and thus they are destroying everyone else in sales.

While I do not own a Wii, and have no desire to ever own one, I think Nintendo's success is great. They deserve it, as they provide what millions of people want.

It's funny, of all three companies, they are the one I respect the most, and at the same time provide my personal needs with the least products. I am just not into there games.

Well, Sega had very bad managers ... Nintendo's managers too, made critical mistakes but always aiming to profits. In fact Nintendo always had profitable quarters in its history except for one ( due to unfavorable money fluctation ).

Yamauchi made Nintendo unlikely to go bankrupt ( although gaming industry is a tough one ) because he believe that is better survive to its own mistake than achieve success on first try.

So we have an insanely hugely profitable company with only 3,400 employees that has around US$ 9 billion in bank.