oni-link said:
Kenology said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Kenology said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
The Wii was insanely profitable. The Cube was not and the original Xbox never sold over 25 million consoles. The original Xbox had investors worrying whether there should be a second version of the console. You should've seen the internet for Nintendo though, they were talking about how Nintendo should just make games like Sega and call it a day back then. Everyone was talking about doom and gloom back then because Nintendo was now going head to head with huge corporations.
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I don't think that's true. The Cube didn't sell a ton of units but Nintendo sold a TON of software on that system. The Gamecube was most certainly profitable. I don't have the numbers to show, but I'm sure someone does... Everyone who was talking about gloom and doom for Nintendo then were looking at the weekly Media Create/monthly NPD reports, they couldn't have been looking at Nintendo's financial statements becaue Nintendo was making a SHIT TON of money off the Gamecube.
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Im talking about the reception or dare I say public perception on the interwebs, my friend...not the reality. I know Nintendo profitted off the Gamecube. people were responding to the 60/20/20 marketshare stranglehold Sony had. I didnt believe it then and I dont believe it in Sonys case as well.
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Ok. But this sentence makes it should like you're saying the complete opposite: "The Wii was insanely profitable. The Cube was not..."
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Ouch...somebody got caught with their pants down (just like those ppl saying the Wii U is less powerful than PS360)  Honestly, just looking at Nintendo financials shows the GCN was profitable. It sold a ton of games (thanks to it's loyal fanbase) plus the hardware was sold for a profit.
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I never said Nintendo didnt profit. I wasnt on this site back in the Cube days I joined in 2008. I was on Gamespot and IGN when I was much younger and people were talking about Nintendo being in trouble all the time. I was just stating that this situation reminded me of that. Wow you guys really create something out of a statement that I stated was not the reality of the situation but really just the ideal of fanboys. That was back in a time when Nintendo was ridiculed for being in third place on the net and Microsoft fanatics were boasting about graphics and Sony fanboys bragged about having all the games under the sun.
