Lets Be Honest -- Nintendo Is Simply Unable To Support Two Hardware Platforms At Once

[darkknightkryta]

ECM said:

darkknightkryta said:

But wouldn't that money still be considered tied up and not cash on hands?

Sure, but the operative words there are "short term"--nobody with excess cash is going to keep it parked in a savings account where it's immediately liquid. Worst case they dump it into a CD that 'locks up' that money for 12-18 months, but you can certainly make it liquid in an emergency if you're willing to pay some penalties, and the same goes for NCL's situation.

(And let's get real: there is *no* scenario where Nintendo torchces 5+ billion dollars and suddenly needs access to an additional 4.5 billion.)

Okay, I was just curious cause I kept on hearing 10 billion dollars on hand a few years ago, then 5 billion, in such a short period of time which never made sense to me (Like seriously how can anyone spend 5 billion in a year?) So they just had it invested for short term gain.