tbone51 said: spurgeonryan said: Wasn't the GC only because of the handheld that was out at the time? Plus is the 3DS still selling at a loss? If so then nintendo will have to work hard to get there this gen. 3ds been selling at a profit for some time now

Pretty much since the XL launch

OT: Is very likely to happen again, even with the PS2 sony didnt make that much money so is hard to believe they would with the PS4

Ninty handheld give them the edge when the home console fails.

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Ah, the whole "but it's profitable" angle. The last refuge of a Nintendo fan boy.

prayformojo said: Ah, the whole "but it's profitable" angle. The last refuge of a Nintendo fan boy.

lol, you sound hurt cuz of it

tbone51 said: prayformojo said: Ah, the whole "but it's profitable" angle. The last refuge of a Nintendo fan boy. lol, you sound hurt cuz of it

With excception of the Wii-U, I have every Nintendo console and handheld that they've MADE. Having been born in 1979, I AM the Nintendo generation. My entire childhood was the NES/SNES. But you know what? None of that can alter reality.

Nintendo is back where it was during the Gamecube years. I remember it clearly, as I stood in line over night to get one at launch, and spent the following years watching it get mocked by core gamers to no end. Everyone loved the Gameboy, but the Gamecube? Lame and kiddy. That's what Nintendo WAS. It seems like the younger generation has this weird, altered view about them due to the Wii and DS's success where they think Nintendo was and will always be kings. But that just isn't the case. In all my life, which spans the ENTIRE modern console industry, Nintendo only had two dominant consoles (NES and Wii). The SNES took 3 and a half YEARS too over take the Genesis, and only did so thanks to DKC and Sega's shift towards the Saturn. So the facts are, Nintendo's console's have been less popular than not.

Fanboys, of ALL kinds, are the most ignorant and blinded people on earth and this thread is just more proof of it. I mean, when you're going to start arguing company profit? Unless you own stock in them, there's no point. It's just pathic and desperate.

prayformojo said: tbone51 said: prayformojo said: Ah, the whole "but it's profitable" angle. The last refuge of a Nintendo fan boy. lol, you sound hurt cuz of it With excception of the Wii-U, I have every Nintendo console and handheld that they've MADE. Having been born in 1979, I AM the Nintendo generation. My entire childhood was the NES/SNES. But you know what? None of that can alter reality. Nintendo is back where it was during the Gamecube years. I remember it clearly, as I stood in line over night to get one at launch, and spent the following years watching it get mocked by core gamers to no end. Everyone loved the Gameboy, but the Gamecube? Lame and kiddy. That's what Nintendo WAS. It seems like the younger generation has this weird, altered view about them due to the Wii and DS where they think Nintendo has and will always be kings. But that just isn't the case. In all my life, which spans the ENTIRE modern console industry, Nintendo only had two dominant consoles (NES and Wii). The SNES took 3 and a half YEARS too over take the Genesis, and only did so thanks to DKC and Sega's shift towards the Saturn. So the facts are, Nintendo's console's have been less popular than not. Fanboys, of ALL kinds, are the most ignorant and blinded people on earth and this thread is just more proof of it. I mean, when you're going to start arguing company profit? Unless you own stock in them, there's no point. It just pathic and desperate.

lol to your statement, i dont care if you been a fan or watever since nintendo started in the 19th century. """Unless you own stock in them, there's no point"""" If its pointless why the hell are you commenting in this thread? Gamecube sold the least hardware by far but its a favorite console to many hardcore fans. Even if it sold at a loss, software + Handheld made nintendo very profitable. The chart to prove it is a couple pages back. You are trying to downplay nintendo like you do with alot of other threads. Yes i know WiiU wont be no NES/Wii Successful but at the same time do you own a crstal ball? No i dont think so, i wouldn't be surprised if you were one of the many people that thought 3DS was doomed 2 years ago. Anything can happen, PS3 is a great example of this. Terrible launch and loss of profits for years now look where its at? For somebody saying its desperate/stupid/etc to wrry about profits or post about it makes you look kind of silly since your arguing in it as well? Guess we wont agree, just stop. Look at facts Nintendo = Profitable. Anybody could be an *** and say one negative thing like WiiU is selling bad. Of course it is but as a whole Nintendo is doing good. Same could be said with Sony, Vita is doing terrible (outside japan) but ps4 will make sony tons of cash!!!

tbone51 said: prayformojo said: tbone51 said: prayformojo said: Ah, the whole "but it's profitable" angle. The last refuge of a Nintendo fan boy. lol, you sound hurt cuz of it With excception of the Wii-U, I have every Nintendo console and handheld that they've MADE. Having been born in 1979, I AM the Nintendo generation. My entire childhood was the NES/SNES. But you know what? None of that can alter reality. Nintendo is back where it was during the Gamecube years. I remember it clearly, as I stood in line over night to get one at launch, and spent the following years watching it get mocked by core gamers to no end. Everyone loved the Gameboy, but the Gamecube? Lame and kiddy. That's what Nintendo WAS. It seems like the younger generation has this weird, altered view about them due to the Wii and DS where they think Nintendo has and will always be kings. But that just isn't the case. In all my life, which spans the ENTIRE modern console industry, Nintendo only had two dominant consoles (NES and Wii). The SNES took 3 and a half YEARS too over take the Genesis, and only did so thanks to DKC and Sega's shift towards the Saturn. So the facts are, Nintendo's console's have been less popular than not. Fanboys, of ALL kinds, are the most ignorant and blinded people on earth and this thread is just more proof of it. I mean, when you're going to start arguing company profit? Unless you own stock in them, there's no point. It just pathic and desperate. Gamecube sold the least hardware by far but its a favorite console to many hardcore fans.

 According to your profile, you're 24. This would mean you were around 12 when Gamecube launched and would explain why you feel the way you do and have such a warped perception of the Gamecube. It was NOT the favorite console of the "hardcore" gamer. It was the laughing stock of the bunch. Hardcore gamers back then viewed it as a toy, and it's games were considered kiddy (a term used to mock anything that wasn't rated M or T). It's games were viewed by gamers at the time as being, for the most part, weak immiations of their N64 predecessors.

I love Nintendo, and I don't CARE if they're unpopular. I'm used to it because as I said before, they've almost always BEEN unpopular. My posting in this thread was due to my frustrations with fanboyism and people's inability to accept reality. If people just did their homework, threads like this would cease to exist because only an idiot would think it has ANYTHING to do with profit margins. It's insecurity and ignorance.

prayformojo said: tbone51 said: prayformojo said: tbone51 said: prayformojo said: Ah, the whole "but it's profitable" angle. The last refuge of a Nintendo fan boy. lol, you sound hurt cuz of it With excception of the Wii-U, I have every Nintendo console and handheld that they've MADE. Having been born in 1979, I AM the Nintendo generation. My entire childhood was the NES/SNES. But you know what? None of that can alter reality. Nintendo is back where it was during the Gamecube years. I remember it clearly, as I stood in line over night to get one at launch, and spent the following years watching it get mocked by core gamers to no end. Everyone loved the Gameboy, but the Gamecube? Lame and kiddy. That's what Nintendo WAS. It seems like the younger generation has this weird, altered view about them due to the Wii and DS where they think Nintendo has and will always be kings. But that just isn't the case. In all my life, which spans the ENTIRE modern console industry, Nintendo only had two dominant consoles (NES and Wii). The SNES took 3 and a half YEARS too over take the Genesis, and only did so thanks to DKC and Sega's shift towards the Saturn. So the facts are, Nintendo's console's have been less popular than not. Fanboys, of ALL kinds, are the most ignorant and blinded people on earth and this thread is just more proof of it. I mean, when you're going to start arguing company profit? Unless you own stock in them, there's no point. It just pathic and desperate. Gamecube sold the least hardware by far but its a favorite console to many hardcore fans.  According to your profile, you're 24. This would mean you were around 12 when Gamecube launched and would explain why you feel the way you do and have such a warped perception of the Gamecube. It was NOT the favorite console of the "hardcore" gamer. It was the laughing stock of the bunch. Hardcore gamers back then viewed it as a toy, and it's games were considered kiddy (a term used to mock anything that wasn't rated M or T). It's games were viewed by gamers at the time as being, for the most part, weak immiations of their N64 predecessors. I love Nintendo, and I don't CARE if they're unpopular. I'm used to it because as I said before, they've almost always BEEN unpopular. My posting in this thread was due to my frustrations with fanboyism and people's inability to accept reality. If people just did their homework, threads like this would cease to exist because only an idiot would think it has ANYTHING to do with profit margins. It's insecurity and ignorance.

Paper Mario TTYD, SSBM(one of the best games ever made), LoZ WW (people were turned off by its graphics which is stupid cuz you shouldnt judge a game by its box art), Mario Sunshine...... Okay that was the worse 3D Mario Skip, Pikmin + Pikmin 2, Luigi Mansion, F-Zero, Resident Evil 4 (one of the best games ever made as well), and many more! Guess we wont stop arguing, lets just agree on that we both will keep playing the games despite our differences :0

The Gamecube may not have been popular, but it could be argued that it's Nintendo's most hardcore console.