The financials behind Nintendo going 3rd party

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Teeqoz said:

Metallox said:
What about the money that Nintendo makes with hardware? I'm aware that they may not be winning with Wii U, but they may be conscious that a profitable hardware can make much more money than just selling games.

I think I'll add a paragraph about that, although it's a bit difficult because it's very hard to predict what type of hardware they'll go for next. But I can assure you Nintendo makes much more money from their software than they do from their hardware.

Here is an extensive analysis made one and a half years ago:

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=740455