| RolStoppable said: By burning money. Despite the huge discrepancy in lifetime sales of hardware and software, the Wii U will have generated more profits for Nintendo than the PS3 for Sony. |
Yes but the PS3 is largely responsible for the ultra succesvol launch of the PS4 which is the only department in the company making profits. The WII U did not made any profits yet the 3ds did the fact that nintendo made a small profit is due to the 3ds not due to the WII U. Given the fact the PS4 sells good, and has 3rd party support comparable to the PS3 the PS5 will continue the trend of well selling Sony consoles.
Nintendo has already had 2 major flaws in the last 3 gens, the GC wasn't all that special and neither is the WII U in sales. So where a playstation console is guarenteed to sell a Nintendo console will be a surprise each gen. At the very end of it's lifetime the PS3 was eventully profitable even though if where the last 2 years, in fact ms has only lost money in the business and has done so this holiday. The Xone could pull off a PS3 and still comes close to the PS4, the Wii U is lucky to outsell the GC, but I don't see that happen.
Please excuse my (probally) poor grammar
