Why Nintendo should stay first party

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Dusk said:

I find that rather funny. Cause, lets be honest, unless things change, Sony is going to go out of business and MS is going to pull out of gaming lol. Nintendo keeps making profits on their consoles even though they are selling less, MS has never stated they have ever made a profit from the Xbox division and Sony has been in dire straights for the last decade and is using the PS brand as a life preserver. With that, if either or both MS and Sony leave, many third parties are likely going to have to take extreme actions to change their business models or go belly up. 

Oh please check your information.  MS divisions which contain the Xbox (they have changed over the years) have all been profitable for years now.  Maybe, but I stopped paying attention years ago, the losses from the Xbox and the first couple years of the Xbox 360 havent been recouped yet.  Other than that the Xbox is a profitable part of MS business.  Just ready the Financial Reports put out each and every quarter and you can see this.   Last Quarter Consumer and Gaming Hardware had profit of $479 million. Devices and Consumer Other which is where video game software is located made a profit of $312 million.