Seece said:
Ledreppe said:
Now that I think of the total Ninty hardware sales (3ds, Wii U and Wii consoles), I see how there hardware business is really no worse than Microsoft's, and no one says Microsoft should exit the hardware business. I think some people really need to see the cold hard facts of the matter, that is, Nintendo hardware is not doomed like detractors and haters would like everyone to believe.
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LOL what? You can't be serious.
Anyway, this is a really really poor way of looking at things. It doesn't take into account profits/losses on that hardware, or software and paywalls ect.
MS are currently much healthier with their gaming business than Nintendo are theirs. The Xbox One has just released and has a future, the WiiU and 3DS are uncertain, they're not responding to Nintendo's interventions and 3DS has already had its peak year.
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I agree with your comment about profit/loss etc, but I would argue that both the XBone and WiiU have a future that is uncertain. If PS4 keeps outselling XBone 2:1 on a weekly basis devs will start to dry up for Microsoft like they have already for Nintendo. The 3DS is a bit different. The console has been out over 3 years now and Nintendo generally operate on a 5-6 year cycle with hardware. With sales over 42 million even if they didn't sell one more 3DS SKU the console has been a good earner for Nintendo. They will break through the 50 million mark later this year and watch E3 for some big new announcements for 3DS, devs rightly see it as a safe bet and a good console to develop for...
