| Barkley said: Most people on this site keep stating that the WiiU is profitable for Nintendo even with it's poor performance, however Nintendo has throughout this generation so far actually LOST money overall. People have used it as a primary reason as to why Nintendo shouldn't leave the hardware business, stating that it is still profitable even when performing badly. However if the 3ds cannot cover the damage done by the WiiU then this is clear not the case. Unless they far exceed projections for this coming fiscal year Nintendo will end the generation with a net loss. Hopefully the NX can turn the situation around and return to Nintendo overall making a profit on their platforms. I had not realised this at all, thanks to ZhugeEX for the image from his twitter.
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What you are pointing out still doesn't negate the fact that WiiU is profitable for them now! You are alluding to how much money they lost overall, which Nintendo themselves stated a strong Yen caused the bulk of their losses(even Sony was claiming this for a long time).
I don't even get why people are so concerned with Nintendo's pockets, if Nintendo isn't giving up on dedicated hardware after the WiiU(which was the worst case scenario) then why do you care about what their profits look like?. Nintendo is still worth just as much as the whole of Sony and they have no debt, so if they say they are in dedicated hardware for the long haul so be it! It's as if people are fast lyrics holding on to some fantasy of Nintendo games on their Playstation because they secretly want to play Nintendo games. As long as they keep finding success with stuff like Wii, DS and now Pokémon GO, it will be a very long time before you guys see Nintendo games on Playstation...
