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SpokenTruth said:
AlfredoTurkey said:
Wouldn't it be more accurate to compare Microsoft and Sony's game division to Nintendo?

No, because that's not the point.  This shows that if a company has multiple divisions and 1 part is doing horribly, the rest can help keep that division going.  Conversely, if most division are doing bad but 1 division is doing good and all you focus on is that good division, you are not seeing the full picture.

Nintendo is the only one of the 3 where focusing on games only can tell you the financial health and future of that company.  For the other 2, you have to consider all divisions else you may end up with an unrealistic expectation of the company as whole and their future.

Better stated, Sony and MS have other divisions that can save or doom their companies even if their gaming divisions are doing good/bad.  But if all you see is the games part, you'd never know if that company is doing well or barely treading water.



If that was your intent then yeah, I agree. I guess I misunderstood the point of the thread.