has nintendo ever lost money 1 finanscal year or will it happen

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Press_the_Button said:
Yes it will happen. I obviously don't know when it will happen, but I reckon it will.

Nintendo is a one trick pony - gaming devices - and while very good at it, if the gaming market collapses at any point (which I think it will - most, if not all markets collapse at some point as gaming did circa 1983) Nintendo will be an inevitable loser and may/will loose big time.

Sony and Microsoft on the other hand, if/when the gaming market collapses, will fair better because they are diversified, although I appreciate that isn't the question being asked.

I'm not convinced that that's the case.  The collapse then was at least largely a result of things like flooding the market with crappy knockoffs, something that Nintendo has always avoided doing.  A general collapse is possible, but I don't think it would be as extensive as it was then (that was a very young market at the time) and I think that Nintendo would weather the storm better than anyone else.  Obviously the others would be safe to the extent that they could retreat into other markets, but Nintendo would survive and probably come out much more dominant (of a reduced market).