Ka-pi96 said:
Giggs_11 said:
Ka-pi96 said:
Giggs_11 said:
Sure, but it wont come down to just quantity of units sold. Q2 PS4 outsold WiiU 5.5 to 1 if I'm not mistaken, yet Nintendo was able to edge out Sony financially. Now imagine Nintendo had sold just as many WiiU has Sony did PS4s (and the same thing goes for software), how would the financial go?
Nintendo and Sony have completly different approaches to the gaming business. All that marketing, exclusive deals with developers, bundles, etc, cost a lot of money, I mean a lot. Yet Sony can compensate that with lots and lots of units sold. In fact, they need lots ands lots of units sold to turn profit. Nintendo relies on in-house developed software and hardware, with less fewer moneyhatting, marketing (except for their on products) and doesn't need that many sales to turn profit.
I think it will be an interesting battleto see.
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Except you seem to be forgetting that the 3DS exists...
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I can't see how you take that from what I've stated, but ok...
Let me clarify it for you, PS4 trashed WiiU in sales, yet Nintendo (company, not WiiU, but Nintendo, as in, the whole company) exceed Sony's gaming division in net profits. It's pretty clear I'm talking about gaming divisions, not a single plataform since we don't have data for it. No imagine if WiiU actully did good...
FYI, Sony also has a gaming handheld and I'm pretty sure it's also accounted on Sony's gaming division.
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Yeah you are suggesting Nintendo made more money despite the Wii U doing so poorly in comparison to the PS4. But that's not all there is, there is also handhelds involved. If we were to compare them the ratio would probably be much higher than 5.5: 1 in Nintendo's favour. So your hypothetical scenario of Nintendo selling as many Wii Us as PS4s could also be turned into what if Sony sold as many Vitas as 3DSs...
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Well that I can agre with it cuz it does make sense. Nevertheless, deosn't mean, like you said before, I'm taking the 3ds out of the picture.
The thing is, Sony pratically gives it no support, I'm not even sure Sony will have another handheld after Vita, they focus solely on PS4. Vita (although i think it sold more units than WiiU this quarter) is pretty much dead outside of Japan and there's no efforts from Sony towards it.
EIther way, if you take into account that PS4 + Vita outsold Wii U + 3ds (if this is not correct please tell), Nintendo's Q2 results over Sony's are actually pretty good.
