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AnthonyW86 on 15 February 2013
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Conegamer said:
pezus said:
Conegamer said:
pezus said:

I honestly doubt they profited on GC. They were selling Gameboy and DS like crazy at the time, which helped a lot.

They made a profit on every console sold (I believe), and games didn't cost anywhere near as much to develop so a game selling 500k would easily turn a profit for them. Why wouldn't it have?

They made a profit when it cost $99? And didn't it cost $199 at launch? I find that doubtful, considering its relative power.

I can't find a press release, but I remember them saying that the 3DS was the first console they'd ever sold for a loss, so I'd imagine so. Or break-even at $99, at least.

But that's what makes the Wii-U's situation even more difficult. It has a very expensive controller, something the Gamecube didn't. They probably couldn't even cut the price to $199 without taking a serious loss per sold unit. So if Wii-u sales don't pick up, there's not much Nintendo can do.

If one of the big three is leaving the console race this generation, i think it's going to be Nintendo. After that i can see them focusing on mobile devices, maybe even release a Nintendo tablet(something i think the Wii-U controller should have been in the first place).