Yep. This is also a problem for 360, though to a lesser degree. It's not clear that either console was an especially successful investment. Both consoles were pretty successful in every way except the bottom line, but that's where it counts.
It also makes it hard to feel good about Wii U achieving a launch on par with PS360. Is Nintendo ever going to earn that money back? Or are the supposed future profits going to get eaten up by hardware price cuts and HD development costs? Even worse, suppose Nintendo jumps through all the hoops that Sony and Microsoft did this generation to get install base and developer support... but the hardware sales don't materialize.
Well, at least you can't lose money subsidizing a product if nobody buys it.
"The worst part about these reviews is they are [subjective]--and their scores often depend on how drunk you got the media at a Street Fighter event." — Mona Hamilton, Capcom Senior VP of Marketing
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