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Dulfite on 07 January 2021
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sales2099 said:
Dulfite said:

A decade later, the former chief Xbox officer revisits his critical decisions | VentureBeat

"Microsoft lost $5 billion to $7 billion on the original Xbox, launched in 2001."

Nintendo, Gamecube and profit. - System Wars - GameSpot

"With the exception of the small period of time when Nintendo cut the price to $99, Nintendo sold the Gamecube with profit on every unit. Sony did not do the same with the PS2."

Nintendo vary much had the "last laugh" that generation, and the next one, and the next one.

MS being a far richer company makes this not really matter. Point being gamers played Xbox more then the GameCube. Again speaking as a sole GameCube owner of that gen. No disrespect intended. 

If more gamers play Xbox because they sold the device at a loss and took massive losses for years, that isn't really winning is my point. I could come out with a console that is the power of Xbox Series X and sell it for $1 and it could sell billions, but would you consider me and my company winning compared to the others? No, that would be silly. Profits are all that matters.

Also, it isn't Nintendo vs. Sony vs. Microsoft. It's Nintendo vs. Xbox Studios vs. PlayStation. If Xbox was a standalone division, the original Xbox would have ended their company. If PlayStation was a standalone company, the first few years of PS3 and Vita may have ended their company. Xbox was saved by Microsoft's massive money from windows/office products (amongst other things) and PlayStation was saved by TV/Entertainment center sales. I'm very glad both Xbox and PlayStation are still going and thriving in their own unique ways, by the way, as I want a healthy gaming market. Nintendo either dies or succeeds on video game hardware/software alone. They don't have a sugar daddy in some massive industry (windows, TV sales) to bail them out if they bomb like the other two companies do. Because of that fact, I think the only fair way to compare the three of them is based on profits for their gaming divisions and Nintendo easily wins that battle.