| Nintentacle said: My point is that Nintendo is in a much better situation right than Sony was in 2007. Sales don't matter at ALL for that. Wii U right now is in a much better situation since It's loosing less money than PS3 was in 2007. I'll make a quick explanation. Wii U is loosing less than PS3 was in 2007, making Nintendo in a better financial situation than Sony was in 2007. The end. |
If you look solely at current profits, then sure, it would seem obvious that the Wii U is in a better position than the PS3. But such an analysis would be quite shallow; a thorough analysis of the two consoles would include not only current profits, but also potential for future profit, since that’s what’s ultimately going to determine doomage. For example, an unprofitable console with high likelihood for future profit is probably less likely to be doomed than a marginally profitable console with high likelihood for diminishing profits/sales.
It just so happens that the PS3, while highly unprofitable, wasn’t likely to be doomed. The PS3 had sustainable hardware sales, but its manufacturing cost was too high. With the Wii U, its problem isn’t manufacturing cost, but its hardware sales. It’s easier to predict that the PS3’s problem would be solved since manufacturing cost will inevitably wither away, and Sony would be able to absorb the losses until then. As for the Wii U, there isn’t a similar inevitability that hardware sales will increase to respectable levels, unless sub-Gamecube sales are considered respectable.
Keep in mind, this has nothing to do with your claim that people say the PS3 was a huge financial success (which no one says), or with the current financial status of Sony (which is better these days).
