Play4Fun said:
AnthonyW86 said:
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.
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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?
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They made a profit when it cost $99? And didn't it cost $199 at launch? I find that doubtful, considering its relative power.
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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.
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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).
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Except Nintendo have a shitton of money and one console isn't going to drive them out of the console market.
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I'm not saying they will be forced, but they could very well make the desicion to drop out themselves if Wii-U fails. Focus is shifting towards mobile device anyway, and it's a market Nintendo has been very succesfull in for decades. Like i said, a Nintendo tablet could be great, with the ability to stream to a bigger screen. In 2-3 years mobile technology will probably have advanced to the point that they could make a tablet that's more powerfull than the Wii-U.
