| pezus said: Uhm, that's what you're doing. How do you prove that N64 didn't affect them negatively when there's a big positive force behind them? You should show us the numbers, since you're using the graph to prove a point. That graph doesn't show PS3 crippling Sony either. |
Cool story but I already explained what I am doing. Here are some more numbers from Gamasutra, last updated a few years ago, but goes back enough to prove the point:
Sony Nintendo Microsoft Total
Y/E 1998 $902,811,090 $1,023,333,867 $1,926,144,957
Y/E 1999 $1,102,563,557 $1,301,350,000 $2,403,913,557
Y/E 2000 $722,738,949 $1,368,207,547 $2,090,946,497
Y/E 2001 -$449,776,290 $677,576,000 $227,799,710
Y/E 2002 $629,101,056 $895,872,180 -$1,135,000,000 $389,973,237
Y/E 2003 $935,569,253 $834,333,333 -$1,191,000,000 $578,902,586
Y/E 2004 $627,195,212 $993,161,303 -$1,337,000,000 $283,356,515
Y/E 2005 $419,888,799 $1,056,056,202 -$539,000,000 $936,945,001
Y/E 2006 $69,129,058 $774,478,055 -$1,339,000,000 -$495,392,887
Y/E 2007 -$1,970,923,859 $1,914,666,388 -$1,969,000,000 -$2,025,257,471
Y/E 2008 -$1,079,994,103 $4,322,637,887 $426,000,000 $3,668,643,783
Y/E 2009 -$664,313,787 $5,691,428,301 $169,000,000 $5,196,114,515
Y/E 10Q1 -$413,541,667 $420,843,750 $312,000,000 $319,302,083
Y/E 10Q2 -$653,333,333 $710,655,556 $375,000,000 $432,011,111
Y/E 10Q3 $210,629,750 $2,087,904,452 N/A N/A
Total $387,078,407 $24,072,504,822 -$6,157,000,000 $16,004,049,028
The N64 was sold at profit from the start and generated Nintendo a lot of money. Like I told the other guy, the only way it was cursed is if you're looking at it from some console war forum fodder. "lolz psone outsold it!" Well, that's not the game Nintendo plays. I do hope that helps. And I still see no link in your post regarding Gameboy vs N64 profits so I am going to assume the comment came out of your butthole and just bow out of this back and forth.
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