| sperrico87 said: 3DS hardware and software may allow them to make some small profit, but Wii U being sold below cost, combined with weak Wii U software sales is going to bog them down until they manage to turn that around. Wii's precipitous drop is also not helping matters, as that system must surely cost next to nothing to manufacture by now. Had Wii sales not dropped so much, the margins on Wii hardware alone combined with robust 3DS business in Japan may have saved them this year. |
Nintendo was purposely vague with their statement about the Wii U selling at a loss. It was a marketing ploy. It may have only been a loss in NA. One thing is for sure and that is the statement was assuming 80 Y/$ and 100 Y/Euro at best. Expect to see these rates at 90 and 117 by Jan 25th respectively. Maybe I am too optimistic but the hw maybe profitable at those rates with a $15 VC game purchase.
Another point would be most early adopters are enthusiasts and are most likely downloading a bunch of games. I expect the high game revs to be closer than people think for the U. The big N never predicted a tie ratio but revenue; only a moron like Patcher would only consider $60 games when evaluating that projection. Expect some Mario U & Nintendoland DLC. If they release a bunch of GC games they could even beat it!
