RolStoppable said:
Sure, but it will be pitiful in comparison to what Nintendo made with the Wii. Investors also expect Nintendo to get to a level where they bring in $1 billion in profits every year and I don't think Sony is going to accomplish that with the PS4. |
Well likely no one is ever going to have a Wii type success in the industry again. That was very likely a one time thing and Nintendo also had something called the DS which was probably making as much money if not more.
Nintendo's problem from a profit POV is a large portion of their profits the last 15 years have been dependant on very high yearly portable game machine shipments.
Starting in the late 90s with the advent of Pokemon, Game Boy sales exploded, Nintendo was shipping 12+ million Game Boy Colors and that continued into the GBA which went even higher. The DS had a bit of a slow first year, but then took off like the rocket.
The problem is the 3DS is not holding this pace, last year's 3DS shipment was their lowest portable shipment in 18 years and this year's is going to be even lower as per their own sales targets.
Nintendo can't have the same level of profit if they're only selling 7-9 million handhelds in a normal year with a peak of 12-13 mill. 12-15 mill used to be a "normal year", with 20-25 mill being a peak year. They need to find a way to get kids off their damn tablets and smartphones, but that is a mighty difficult task.
