KLXVER said:
Then how are they only going to lose 500M if the NX is a failure? I mean since the 3DS did well and yet they lost over 2B on the WiiU... |
They lost money with 3ds too, for one year... The urgent huge price cut, if you remember! Since 3D effect was costly, they priced 3ds at the astronomical price for a handheld console of 249$, then they cut it to 169, sales skyrocket but they lost money, that stopped with the introduction of 3ds xl at 199$ ( perhaps they exaggerated with the price drop of the og 3ds ) but in the year of profitable 3ds, wii u arrived... Maybe Nintendo should have released it later and continue with wii!
Wii u of course is the major contributor of the loss! By the way, Nintendo has lost money only in three fiscal years in its long story, and that in the recent days, 2011,2012,2013!
Ergo, with the NX their first concern is to sell it on profit not huge sales and they said that they will do it from the beginning.
It's not difficult if it doesn't have expesnisve gimmickes like 3ds and wii u, 3d and tablet controller.
P.s
Now you must have understood why wii u never got a price cut!
