runqvist said:
timmah said:
runqvist said:
timmah said:
runqvist said:
osed125 said:
runqvist said:
Valid points. I agree with the author that Wii U will fail but it is not very likely that it would be the last nintendo home console. Only chance for that to happen would be msft buying majority of ntdoy, too bad that is just a pipe dream. |
Didn't people said the same thing with the Wii? Anyway it will take far too long for Nintendo to go out of business, they have a lot of cash in reserve and zero debt, so yeah not going to happen unless they have like 2 consecutive failure gens.
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10.5b is not very much. That is less than msft profits in just 2 quarters. Ntdoy does not need to go out of business for a bigger company like msft to overtake them.
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You're comparing apples to oranges here. It's a lot for a company like Nintendo since cash on hand should be compared to total operating cost.
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I don't know if I should even bother to reply to this one.
10.5b is not much, since Nintendo's direct competitor makes double the amount in a year. Ninntendo could be bought by ms, if they really wanted to.
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It's very simple and I'm not sure why you don't understand what I said. A company like MS is massive (over $70b/year I believe) and has a massive operating expense. They also do much more than just gaming (obviously). Nintendo on the other hand is a gaming-only company and is much smaller than Microsoft in both size and operating expense. While that would not seem like a ton of cash to Microsoft, it is more substantial to a smaller company like Nintendo, because it can sustain them longer given their lower operating cost. Dollar for dollar, Nintendo is in a very good position based on being debt-free and having much more than their annual earnings in cash on hand.
Let me put it to you this way. $50,000 in savings is huge to a family that only makes $50,000/year, but nothing to a family that earns $1,000,000 year. You have to look at the whole picture, not just the size of the number.
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And what on earth does your rant have to do with the context of the post you decided to dump that on? Thanks for commenting about my understanding, it is appreciated since it is coming from you.
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why don't you compare MS gaming division with Nintendo's for a fair comparison.
