Nintendo first party titles don't have as much of a budget as Sony or Microsoft first party titles and Nintendo keeps prices high on all the first party titles except the ones that bomb in sales, like Pilotwings Resort and Steel Diver for an example. With as many sales as the games make, Nintendo easily makes profit. Even on the Gamecube their first party titles sold well.

The Wii U will last this generation just as the Gamecube did and it will profit, but isn't going to make much money for investors..

Captain_Tom said: tbone51 said: Captain_Tom said: Short answer: No. another short answer: GCN I guess the key word here is "Survive" then, because that is what the Gamecube did at best...

lol, sure!!! It did survive but made nintendo made a ton of money that generation with software from GCN with GBA #s lmao

kupomogli said: Nintendo first party titles don't have as much of a budget as Sony or Microsoft first party titles and Nintendo keeps prices high on all the first party titles except the ones that bomb in sales, like Pilotwings Resort and Steel Diver for an example. With as many sales as the games make, Nintendo easily makes profit. Even on the Gamecube their first party titles sold well. The Wii U will last this generation just as the Gamecube did and it will profit, but isn't going to make much money for investors..

true, but 3DS making mad money lol

if 40-50k in the best non-holiday weeks is enough for you then yes

tbone51 said: Captain_Tom said: tbone51 said: Captain_Tom said: Short answer: No. another short answer: GCN I guess the key word here is "Survive" then, because that is what the Gamecube did at best... lol, sure!!! It did survive but made nintendo made a ton of money that generation with software from GCN with GBA #s lmao

The gamecube did not make them a ton of money.  It made them money, but no where near the amount of money the PS2 or Wii made.  Like I said it survived, but that is not a good thing compared to what they hoped it would do.

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Captain_Tom said: tbone51 said: Captain_Tom said: tbone51 said: Captain_Tom said: Short answer: No. another short answer: GCN I guess the key word here is "Survive" then, because that is what the Gamecube did at best... lol, sure!!! It did survive but made nintendo made a ton of money that generation with software from GCN with GBA #s lmao The gamecube did not make them a ton of money.  It made them money, but no where near the amount of money the PS2 or Wii made.  Like I said it survived, but that is not a good thing compared to what they hoped it would do.

it obviously didn't make them the billions like Wii/DS/PS2 did, but it made them profit every year. SSBM helped in the beginning then others mid-end life on GCN. Yes its not good cuz everybody wants their console/handheld to be a DS/PS2. but unlike M$ that hasn't profited at all with Original Xbox or X360 first 4-5 years, i think GCN did pretty alright. Before you reply i know hardware sales sucked. But that doesn't mean overall . Vita has a good attach ratio in japan right? Its making sony a little money!!!

tbone51 said: Yes, Nintendo 1st party are the best overall! GCN survived! They just need to have 3-5 IPs to compete with Uncharted/Infamous/Etc. Only metroid fits to compete with it imo, zelda as well but

Totally agreee with you. GameCube is a good example.

The gamecube did not make them a ton of money.  It made them money, but no where near the amount of money the PS2 or Wii made.  Like I said it survived, but that is not a good thing compared to what they hoped it would do. it obviously didn't make them the billions like Wii/DS/PS2 did, but it made them profit every year. SSBM helped in the beginning then others mid-end life on GCN. Yes its not good cuz everybody wants their console/handheld to be a DS/PS2. but unlike M$ that hasn't profited at all with Original Xbox or X360 first 4-5 years, i think GCN did pretty alright. Before you reply i know hardware sales sucked. But that doesn't mean overall . Vita has a good attach ratio in japan right? Its making sony a little money!!!

Any console looks succesful when compared to the Xbox, the bellweather of failures.  Sure the Vita is making money (And I like mine), but it isn't doing very well.  I will admit that because I am not delusional.  So if the Wii U is doing worse...

Captain_Tom said: The gamecube did not make them a ton of money.  It made them money, but no where near the amount of money the PS2 or Wii made.  Like I said it survived, but that is not a good thing compared to what they hoped it would do. it obviously didn't make them the billions like Wii/DS/PS2 did, but it made them profit every year. SSBM helped in the beginning then others mid-end life on GCN. Yes its not good cuz everybody wants their console/handheld to be a DS/PS2. but unlike M$ that hasn't profited at all with Original Xbox or X360 first 4-5 years, i think GCN did pretty alright. Before you reply i know hardware sales sucked. But that doesn't mean overall . Vita has a good attach ratio in japan right? Its making sony a little money!!! Any console looks succesful when compared to the Xbox, the bellweather of failures.  Sure the Vita is making money (And I like mine), but it isn't doing very well.  I will admit that because I am not delusional.  So if the Wii U is doing worse...

WiiU doing better than vita though in same time peroid without games. Vita had COD/AC/ many more. But Imo vita will turn things around starting Dec, i also believe wiiu will do the same but both will obviously be last in market share but a large margin.