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Nsanity on 13 March 2012

Saw this over on Gaf

Here's the exact quote taken from a feature in the latest issue of the UK's Nintendo Gamer magazine: "Buried in reams of financial data is the revelation that Nintendo have 812.8 billion Yen (£6.7/$10.5 billion) in the bank - enough for it to take a 20 billion Yen loss (£163/$257 million) every year until 2052. Then there's almost 469 billion Yen (£3.8/$6.0 billion) held in premises, equipment and investments. When that runs out - we're in the year 2075 by this point - they've got some of the most valuable intellectual property in gaming to sell off before the company goes out of business."

http://www.gamesradar.com/nintendo-doomed-not-likely-just-take-look-how-much-money-its-got-bank/



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wfz on 13 March 2012

*Turns around and looks at the graph through a mirror*

Holy shit Nintendo is doomed!



Troll_Whisperer on 13 March 2012

Wow, this graph speaks for itself. Nintendo know how to do business.

At least Sony has still profited with all PlayStations and is not losing money anymore with PS3, though you would think so 400m PS devices sold would have given them more profit over time...

And the Xbox brand still has some way to go before it becomes profitable overall.



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Play4Fun on 13 March 2012
Troll_Whisperer said:
Wow, this graph speaks for itself. Nintendo know how to do business.

At least Sony has still profited with all PlayStations and is not losing money anymore with PS3, though you would think so 400m PS devices sold would have given them more profit over time...

And the Xbox brand still has some way to go before it becomes profitable overall.


I don't know how true this is, but I've seen people say many times that Sony sunk the profits made with PS1 and PS2 because of PS3's first couple of high-loss years.



thranx on 13 March 2012

I wonder how accurate the sony and ms info is since they lump their game sales in other divions. Good news for nintendo though, makes me wonder how they will invest that cash.



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Train wreck on 13 March 2012
thranx said:
I wonder how accurate the sony and ms info is since they lump their game sales in other divions. Good news for nintendo though, makes me wonder how they will invest that cash.


Microsoft separates their gaming division from the rest of the company when they report so you can easily see their p/l

Sony did the same until 2009 when their incorporated their viao lineup into their gaming division, playstation represents 54% Viao represents 46% as of their last earnings report, so what ever p/l they give for their network division, you can split it based on that.



thranx on 13 March 2012
Train wreck said:
thranx said:
I wonder how accurate the sony and ms info is since they lump their game sales in other divions. Good news for nintendo though, makes me wonder how they will invest that cash.


Microsoft separates their gaming division from the rest of the company when they report so you can easily see their p/l

Sony did the same until 2009 when their incorporated their viao lineup into their gaming division, playstation represents 54% Viao represents 46% as of their last earnings report, so what ever p/l they give for their network division, you can split it based on that.


as far as i know microsoft has the EDD which covers the xbox line and many other things, same for sony. How did you come up with those % splits?



happydolphin on 13 March 2012

Nintendo has domed.



Train wreck on 13 March 2012
thranx said:
Train wreck said:
thranx said:
I wonder how accurate the sony and ms info is since they lump their game sales in other divions. Good news for nintendo though, makes me wonder how they will invest that cash.


Microsoft separates their gaming division from the rest of the company when they report so you can easily see their p/l

Sony did the same until 2009 when their incorporated their viao lineup into their gaming division, playstation represents 54% Viao represents 46% as of their last earnings report, so what ever p/l they give for their network division, you can split it based on that.


as far as i know microsoft has the EDD which covers the xbox line and many other things, same for sony. How did you come up with those % splits?

http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/IR/financial/ar/2011/report2011/SonyAR11-E.pdf  

page 35

Microsoft EDD is Xbox/Xbox live, skype (which is newly incorporated) and windows phone, forgot where I ready but the EDD is 90+% xbox



PlaystaionGamer on 13 March 2012
wfz said:
*Turns around and looks at the graph through a mirror*

Holy shit Nintendo is doomed!


that was amazing! aha