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nomad on 27 February 2014
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Zod95 said:
nomad said:

And that's one area where your arguements breakdown.

Nintendo DOES NOT have $32b, their Total Asset is worth about $15b ($5.49b of which is cash and deposit), and they have a market cap of $17b. If they have $32b, there would be no way their market value is worth less than their Total Assets.

source: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2014/140129e.pdf

So, where did all those billions have gone? Nintendo mostly have gone and invested it into their core business, the Videogames Industry. Thus, Nintendo has actually been "contributing" a lot back to gamers, unlike what you claim in your OP. (Oh, and I dont think that $32.88b takes into account money infation, it may mean Ninty may have "given more" than what the numbers may say).

You say you presented facts, and you may have, but it looks you've mis-interpreted and distorted them.

You're right, they don't have 32B$ right now, neither did I say such a thing. But they had along the time 32 unique billion dollars of profit.

Answering your question, they have gone to the pockets of Nintendo's shareholders, where they will never come back.

You fail to understand what profit means. Investments = costs. Profits are out of that.


Yes, you're right, I forgot about investors. Profits can be used for corporate spending or investor dividend payments, not just the latter.

But if you understood that, why were you saying stuff  like, "It's not like Nintendo must keep 32 billion dollars or it dies.", "They chose to keep their 32B$ in their pockets.", "If accessibility meant massive money spending they would be there using their 32B$ to please gamers." (these quotes come from the same page you've found my post)

Again, you are twisting things to suite your needs. This time saying, "they have gone to the pockets of Nintendo's shareholders". In this whole thread, your making it seem Nintendo is the enemy of gamers. You know they are a public company and have to please thier investor like any other company. They also have a business to run, and may need to increase spending to sustain or increase growth.