May 2014 NPD Thread!

[DonFerrari]

CGI-Quality said:

cheese007 said:

CGI-Quality said:

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And you think the shareholders are gonna be happy with losing for 15 years until they figure it out? They want money and results NOW, not a decade and a half from now. Nitnendo might not HAVE to do so to survive, but their shareholders might force them to so they could see some profit before 2030.

That's chatter that's been in motion since the mid 1990s. Shareholders don't just suggest pulling the plug if you're losing in marketshare. It's also about the viablity of the product relative to the market. The WiiU still has games coming out that perform very, very well. As long as that's the case, Nintendo's home hardware isn't going anywhere.

This, again, is completely different than a competitor like SEGA, who not only went under due to a major financial crisis, they had no sellers the likes of Mario/Mario Kart/Smash Bros.

Until Ninty sells enough SW to keep them profitable they don't have a big problem, altough they have to start working on put good numbers on the financial reports and plan the next gen.