Is the Wii U Nintendo’s Dreamcast?

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Somini on 21 February 2013

RolStoppable said:

Somini said:

RolStoppable said:

Somini said:

Spazzy_D said:
No, but PS4 is Sony's Gamecube.

You're not thinking straight. Gamecube was a console produced by Nintendo, the same goes for the Wii U.

Mhm.

You just posted an article that likens the Wii U to a Sega console.

Which i'm not the author of. You do realise that, right?

So why did you post it when you knew that the author wasn't thinking straight?

That's not for me to decide man. The posters will decide how right or wrong the author might be. Saank youu verey much

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Otakumegane on 21 February 2013

Kresnik said:

sethnintendo said:

superchunk said:
This entire idea that Nintendo is on the verge of collapse is painfully pointless and not even remotely possible at the moment.

Just paste this article.

"Nintendo has £6.7 ($10.5) billion in the bank" - their most recent losses

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

That article pre-dates the Nintendo financial statement where their cash deposits reduced from $10 billion (which you're correct about) to $6 billion in the space of one year. You can find the figures here in section 1.B).

The thread I keep referring back to for this information is one from last year that Kowenicki made:

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=145669

I've no idea the state of Nintendo's bank account more recently than that. It certainly is a bit outdated at this point. Perhaps Kowen can provide us with some more up to date information.

Not posting this because I'm trying to say Nintendo are in financial trouble. Far from it, $6 billion is still an amount which they can ride out a poor performing console on. It's just I see that $10 billion figure thrown around a lot - both here and on reddit - and it just isn't correct.

What did they even use 4billion for then? Restructuring?

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Kresnik on 21 February 2013

Otakumegane said:

What did they even use 4billion for then? Restructuring?

"The balance of cash and deposits was lowered primarily due to the facts that the payment for purchases of short-term and long term investment securities was made, that money provided mainly by collections of trade accounts receivable, which decreased due to the decline of net sales, fell short of the payments made for trade accounts payable, ordinary expenses, corporate income taxes and dividends, and that the yen was appreciated against the U.S. dollar and Euro."

Again, you're better off asking Kowen or someone else what that actually means. Exchange rates & non-gaming investments is what I got from it, not sure if that's correct.

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sethnintendo on 21 February 2013

Somini said:

That's not for me to decide man. The posters will decide how right or wrong the author might be. Saank youu verey much

Remember not to shoot the messenger ;)

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Spazzy_D on 21 February 2013

Somini said:

Spazzy_D said:
No, but PS4 is Sony's Gamecube.

You're not thinking straight. Gamecube was a console produced by Nintendo, the same goes for the Wii U.

That's not how the nonsensical comparing game works. Besides, the PS3 was clearly Sony's N64, so it only goes to reason.

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timmah on 21 February 2013

...did I just read?

I hereby nominate this the worst article of 2013 thus far!

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SuperMarioWorld on 21 February 2013

Bruxel said:
feels like the 3ds doom predictions all over again.

exactly. The Wii U will probably be a pretty big success at the end of the day.

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leatherhat on 21 February 2013

Dreamcast was good though

Time for hype

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ChristianTheAtheist on 21 February 2013

No, the Dreamcast was actually good at launch. And I don't think the Wii U will be a failure in the long term. First party titles will save the Wii U as always.