cwbys21
He said could, that is past tense. Last year that couldn't stand in the way of Nintendo making big profits. He is projecting that the dollar is going to be worth less, so all those systems that Nintendo is going to ship isn't going to bring them the money they did last year.
I don't know if "could" is called "past tense", but what is certain, is that it is supposition. So the only reason it couldn't stand in the way last year is because it's been disproven already.How come a supposition is becoming a fact for you ? This is evidenced by the fact that you say "all those systems that Nintendo is going to ship isn't going to bring them the money they did last year". You just plain don't know that. Now, why did the OP analyst (who was proven wrong time and again, and always had bad things to say about Nintendo) cited negative possibilities, and no positive ? That doesn't look like a balanced professional article to me. Especially since the shipping to Europe will alleviate the weak dollar. The latest Nintendo charts showed 36 % of sales in NA, and 51 % in Others (Europe + Australia + others).
Look at my post when I addressed fishyjoe, if Nintendo is targetting casuals, then when times get rough, these casuals aren't going to be looking towards a video game system like a core gamer would. Core gamers will pass out the rough times with their games, casuals will ride out the tough times with things they are a core consumer for, books, movies, whatever. Video games are an expensive hobby.
The problem is that all of this is based again on one single supposition : "if Nintendo is targetting casuals".
What's worse, is that it's written with the meaning of "if Nintendo onlyis targetting casual".
Of course, that's not the case at all, so the point is moot.
*sigh*.....The DS already sold those units, already sold those games, that money is already in the bank. With them getting less money from the US and sales of the DS slowing because it has already sold so much, that means less money coming in. Sure dragon quest is going to give it a boost, big franchises will do that. But a 3rd party game doesn't bring in as much money to Nintendo as a first party or a system being sold. it will probably have the same effect as halo 3 did on the 360, spike in consoles that will go back to normal later and a spike in games sold that will go back to normal later.
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