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FlamingWeazel on 09 January 2014

Japan launch maybe.



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WagnerPaiva on 09 January 2014
NintendoPie said:
WagnerPaiva said:


12 million is a amazing number, never realized it was this big. I guess it can be quite a system seller after all.

Nintendo have their hands full with keeping the 3DS huge sales and this is hurting the WiiU quite a bit. As a company, thhey probably don´t care: profit is profit, who give a damn where does it come from?

They probably do care where it comes from considering they have to appease their stockholders. Stockholders can be very fidgety and when something doesn't look good, they take notice. Grave notice...

Yes, makes sense, then it is probably a matter of no choice left: they know the WiiU needs ammo but they can´t let the 3DS lose steam, it is quite a conundrum really =/



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vivster on 09 January 2014
Metrium said:
A. The PS4 sales will slow down significantly (same goes for all consoles) due to the fact that this is not the holydays anymore.
B. WiiU will sell some units in the next 3weeks, can't expect it to sell alot but hopefully better sales year on year compared to last year.

So not in 3weeks. No way that Sony will sell 400k a week post holydays imo. I say 2months. So by the end of the fiscal year.

You have to take into account the stock limitations. The holidays may be over but not all holiday purchases are done yet. As long as demand is not met Sony will easily sell holiday levels aka sales as high as production. The new non-holiday orders will stack on top of that and will prolong it This could be over mid January or it could drag into febuary und march.

However Sony will not be catching up to Nintendo soon because they simply cannot produce that fast. 5+ weeks is more realistic.



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Munkeh111 on 09 January 2014

PS4 sales will stay high for a while to come since stock is still in short supply

However, it don't think it will overtake the Wii U until Japanese launch

And Sony isn't going anywhere. They're not doing very well, but they're doing better than death. Anyway, the PS4 launch should have given them a decent boost especially with all the games and PS+ subscriptions and in the movie department (their main probably last year) has Spiderman coming. So they're certainly going to survive



PenguinZ on 09 January 2014
Drakrami said:
I think you should do some research before you post. 

1. Sony is profitable for 2013
2. Sony's making money off every ps4 it sells. Even if it doesn't make a profit off every ps4 sold specifically (i need to confirm this myself), they will in the future as the component cost go down. Furthermore more, they are selling something like 2 games per console sold and there's also ps plus revenue. 

Nintendo on the other hand is not profitable so far in 2013 after 3 quarters. 

So basically your whole post is filled with fraud information.

Um... Nintendo is still turning a profit overall...



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_crazy_man_ on 09 January 2014
FlamingWeazel said:
Japan launch maybe.

I agree, unless Wii U drops like a rock, and PS4 sells double gangbusters.



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DucksUnlimited on 09 January 2014
Piccolo2015 said:

*Looks at thread title*

*Looks at this post*

Well, you tried.



ICStats on 09 January 2014
WagnerPaiva said:
toastboy44562 said:
PS4 will not outsell the Wii U in 3 weeks. Nintendo is not making a profit off Wii U


They better make a profit, or else what is the point? I heard it is profitable after one game, sounds plausible.

Profitable on a SALES minus COST OF SALES basis only.  They have mouths to feed too (r&d, marketing, sales, admin, etc.)... over $1.7 billion annually in fact.  Nintendo is likely losing $0.5 billion give-or-take annually on it's Wii U business.




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JoeTheBro on 10 January 2014
DucksUnlimited said:
Piccolo2015 said:

*Looks at thread title*

*Looks at this post*

Well, you tried.

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ironmanDX on 10 January 2014

I doubt it will happen in 3 weeks. It will happen soon though. 5, maybe 6 weeks?

Sony was profitable lat year, though they had to sell real estate to make it happen if I'm not mistaken. Still not a good sign. PS4 is profiting in some regards. Was it a game, ps+ sub and an accessory to make a profit on a unit? Not too sure. You can assume though at least half have done so, some more even, by now. Sony is bleeding elsewhere though in their business and are getting creamed by their competitors, Samsung for example, in other areas.

Competition is good for business and I hope Sony sticks around. They might too, just. The PS4 will help but killing off the bleeding areas would help more.