sc94597 said:
Sure, but both probably get similar profits (not as a percentage, but actual $'s), so this allows us to determine which company (Nintendo or Sony) is more successful in the general goal of profit-maximizing. For that reason it is useful to compare them. |
I could tell you before Sony even released the PS4, the answer to that question. Look at how long Nintendo kept the Wii at $250, when it cost less than $100 to manufacture. Nintendo is like Apple in that regard, and it's really done them well (I don't believe the Wii U's struggles are a pricing thing). Even setting the PS3 aside as an extreme outlier, Sony's never been as profit aggressive as Nintendo, at least, not in the console market. Opting instead to garner the lions share of profit from games, peripherals and more recently DLC from PSN.
