Nintendo was never doomed

[KLAMarine]

Turkish said:

KLAMarine said:

You're likely correct but I'd like to see some hard financial numbers to back this up.

Hmm, perhaps... Google Trends is telling me for the past 12 months, Nintendo has gathered up more interest than PlayStation.

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=playstation,nintendo

Not sure what to make of this, honestly. Add in xbox and one is in for a surprising result: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=playstation,nintendo,xbox

Also compare Nintendo's Switch's reveal trailer to PS4's reveal trailer:

 

What the latter took to reach in over four years, the former is on track to reach in about one. Another potential indicator of interest favoring Nintendo. Note PlayStation's higher sub count though...

There's also the chance that recognition and interest are two completely different things and should not be compared in this way... What say you?

Three fourths of the world!? That's about 5.6 billion people... I'm having a very hard time believing this. How was this number calculated?

That's a table from 2016, I believe. http://brandirectory.com/league_tables/table/global-500-2017 is showing something slightly different:

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Nintendo's 355 to PlayStation's 479.

"I dunno why you guys use months old data"

Why do you? You linked http://brandirectory.com/league_tables/table/global-500-2016 which was from a year that ended over seven months ago.

Is not hard to look up latest financial reports. PS4 division made 17.7bn yen profit vs Nintendoes 16.2 last q, and they just launched their most popular console.

It's difficult for me: I'm not in the habit of looking up financial reports but going off of some recent articles, sounds like Nintendo has done pretty well:

Nintendo: $190 million in profit out of $1.38 billion in net sales

https://mynintendonews.com/2017/07/26/nintendo-returns-to-profit-thanks-to-nintendo-switch/

PlayStation: $160 million in operating profit out of revenue of $3.15 billion

http://comicbook.com/gaming/2017/08/01/playstation-4-sales-slump-gaming-profits-down-sony-earnings-report/

I'm not a business major, far from it. I believe profit and operating profit are two different things as are net sales and revenue so these figures are likely not directly comparable...

Also, are these for the same periods of time? I often hear about quarters and to this day, I'm not entirely sure what time periods these quarters span...

Seriously, this financial stuff just doesn't interest me much. I just hope the games I like are successful.

Turkish said:

Playstation has bigger brand recognition, do a representative poll worldwide and more people will know Playstation than Nintendo

So? Has a representative poll been done worldwide?

Turkish said:

from all my travels in Europe, Middle East and Asia Playstation was the most associated with gaming.

Your travels covered 3/4 of the world? You polled 5.6 billion people on this matter in your travels?

Turkish said:

It's been a continuously used name for over 20 years.

Over 30 years for Nintendo.

Turkish said:

Playstation makes big money and let others make big money, it's how 3rd parties survive. PSN until recently was making more money than all of Nintendo, that storefront alone is worth $.

This may be so but why is it that by the metric YOU brought up, Nintendo is currently valued more highly than PlayStation?

KLAMarine said:

Turkish said:

4. one of the most valuable brands http://brandirectory.com/league_tables/table/global-500-2016

That's a table from 2016, I believe. http://brandirectory.com/league_tables/table/global-500-2017 is showing something slightly different:

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Nintendo's 355 to PlayStation's 479.

Why might this be?

Recall you stated before that

Turkish said:

If Sony spun off Playstation, it would be worth more than Nintendo alone.