Pachter: If the NX flops, Nintendo will still have 9.5 Billion dollars in the bank (They have 10 last time Pachter checked)

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thismeintiel said:

onionberry said:

All I see is people saying "but if they fail it's over for their HW market" like, really? they will try again with other idea. Sometimes I think those opinions are by kids or people who don't know anything about business. I could mention a lot of companies with failed products and now look at them, sony being one, MS being one, Samsung being one, Apple being one. It's kinda incredible honestly how people think everyone is Sega and kimishima is just going to say "okay! we are done with this business! Fuck all those years!"

I think you're missing the point.  Even Nintendo is no longer ignoring the fact that the HH market is starting to die.  The NX looks to be combinging the two markets in an attempt to find success, as Nintendo can't really compete in the home console market when it is mostly composed of core gamers.  Their recent approach of cheaper, underpowered for the current gen HW doesn't appeal to the majority of core gamers.  Even when they were attempting to compete spec vs. spec it didn't changed the fact that each new home console they have released with that mindset has declined in sales.  The NX seems almost like a last ditch effort to stay relevant HW-wise.  IF it flops, there really isn't another idea for them to try.  I mean, what other gimmick could they include that would make it a hit?

Again with the flop! What flop do you mean?

It can be a commercial flop but financial success... 

I would guess that Nintendo first and for most wants to be sufficiently profitable not to make huge hits...

 

They wouldn't be upset with just 30m selling NX with big profits ( including software ) , but they would be upset with an 86m NX with huge losses  given their size...

 

Anyway, patcher says that if NX flops (  he must mean financially) it should lose 500m at most, hence they have the money for another try and another  and going on!