July 2016 NPD Thread! Hardware and software up!

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RolStoppable said:

ArchangelMadzz said:

Pokemon Go proves that people want to play nintendo games but don't always want the hardware.

More people played pokemon go daily on Mobile than Wii U's sold. Pokemon helped boost 3DS sales no doubt which is what I said in my first post. Making mobile games to increase profits and hardware sales is great. Going third party is even better.

Players =/= customers. That's a crucial difference.

For a company like Nintendo who has so many highly regarded IPs, there's more money to be made as a console manufacturer than as a third party.

you don't make much money as a console manufacturer. you make money as a platform holder. and you have controler as a platform holder.
hardware profit is low. Wii/DS was the exception with decent hardware profits.