curl-6 said:
Otter said:
There is tons of mileage in regards to how companies approach this though. All companies aim to make profit, some are more willing to eat profit margins on hardware and offer a product they envision and fits user expectations.
Nintendo's approach both to software and hardware is in fact unique to them. For example even if a 1st party games sales crawl to a halt, they won't place a heavy discount on it because that is against there Ethos. Meanwhile Sony will sell that game for $30 to push it to more users. Some very successful games offer free DLC, others do not. There is plenty of variance in how corporations approach profit.
Businesses also have underlying personalities.
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True but their end goal is the same, to maximise profit.
Nintendo sells their hardware at a profit to make more money, Sony subsidize their hardware to make more money from other things. Neither is any more good or evil than the other, they're both out to make as much money as possible.
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Yeah, I'm not assigning morality to it. But it is a particular flavour of Nintendo when talking about the relationship of hardware and pricing. Addressing some of the points people brought up doesn't mandate a higher price or selling at a loss.
I'm still super curious about Switch 2 profit margins because the Japanese version is so cheap
Last edited by Otter - on 17 October 2025
