Sony and Nintendo are in competition. But are they really?

[Chris Hu]

Hardstuck-Platinum said:

Chris Hu said:

They are crushing Sony when it comes to 1st party software sales.  Most people that buy a PS5 do so to mainly play 3rd party games.  Not only does Nintendo sell way more first party games than Sony since they are rarely on sale, they also make way more money on each first party game than Sony.

But,  why narrow it down to just the success of first party sales alone? Why does it matter if it's first or third. Doesn't make sense to ignore so many channels of revenue 

Because they get way more money from selling more first party games then 2nd and third-party games. All the profits from first party games goes directly to Nintendo.  Plus, they can license their own IP's to get even more money they can't do that with any third-party games.  Again, Nintendo makes way more money than Sony from first party games and on top of that they make way more money than Sony from licensing their first party IP.  There is a mega ton of Nintendo merchandise that generates money for Nintendo and there is almost next to no merchandise that is based on Sony video games.