@MikeB: They could have made more than that, but all they got to blame is their inefficient gaming division. A division that brings losses and stirs the company, for example having to fire Ken Kutaragi, is not good for the company.
Allowing Nintendo to become bigger than them is probably even worse. Money is not there to throw around like you imply. There's a lot of investors, shareholders and researching companies that would like to see PS3 payback all their investments, rather than having promises of an uncertain future.
Proud poster of the 10000th reply at the Official Smash Bros Update Thread.
tag - "I wouldn't trust gamespot, even if it was a live comparison."
Bets with Conegamer:
Pandora's Tower will have an opening week of less than 37k in Japan. (Won!)
Pandora's Tower will sell less than 100k lifetime in Japan.
Stakes: 1 week of avatar control for each one.
Essay Pro