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NJ5 on 13 March 2009

This thread reminds of 1-2 years ago, when a group of people were complaining that Nintendo sold hardware for a profit. Clearly some people assume that just because Sony is willing to lose money, other companies are also forced to.

A similar thing happened when Microsoft laid off people when they were posting profits. Clearly some people think Sony's way of doing business is the correct way.



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Khuutra on 13 March 2009
BTFeather55 said:
@khuutra

Just wondering, but when we're seeing the PS3 beating the Wii so regularly and so badly in Japan these days, what do you think would happen in Japan if the PS3 price stayed the same while the Wii price went up?

...So... so is the PS3 bating the Wii in the UK now?

I'm not sure what parallel you are trying to draw.



theprof00 on 13 March 2009

retailers will be split, lower volume areas will raise the price and high volume areas with competition will eat the price, or offer a free game with the raised price.



theprof00 on 13 March 2009
Maynard_Tool said:
nintendo does everything first xD this was not going to be an exception rite... don't worry, sony will follow in a month or two, then a lot of people will claim it was sony's idea first... and sony will say that they were planning this for years xD

 

Yeah it's also the first time that a console manufacturing company which was ready to shutter because of ~10 years of being dominated, came back out of the gutter to raise prices after two  years of a consoles release!

 

jk "xD"



Maynard_Tool on 13 March 2009
theprof00 said:
Maynard_Tool said:
nintendo does everything first xD this was not going to be an exception rite... don't worry, sony will follow in a month or two, then a lot of people will claim it was sony's idea first... and sony will say that they were planning this for years xD

 

Yeah it's also the first time that a console manufacturing company which was ready to shutter because of ~10 years of being dominated, came back out of the gutter to raise prices after two  years of a consoles release!

 

jk "xD"

Funny, eventhough nintendo didn't dominate through those 10 years.... they never lose a penny (yen?), so.... WAY FAR from shutter xD

 



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vonboy on 13 March 2009
Maynard_Tool said:
theprof00 said:
Maynard_Tool said:
nintendo does everything first xD this was not going to be an exception rite... don't worry, sony will follow in a month or two, then a lot of people will claim it was sony's idea first... and sony will say that they were planning this for years xD

 

Yeah it's also the first time that a console manufacturing company which was ready to shutter because of ~10 years of being dominated, came back out of the gutter to raise prices after two  years of a consoles release!

 

jk "xD"

Funny, eventhough nintendo didn't dominate through those 10 years.... they never lose a penny (yen?), so.... WAY FAR from shutter xD

 

actually, nintendo DID have one quarter a few years back where they were a few million in the red or so :b

 



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theprof00 on 13 March 2009

Yes, AND actually
they said that wii would be the last console they made if it didn't break that 10 year trend sooooo



Maynard_Tool on 13 March 2009
theprof00 said:
Yes, AND actually
they said that wii would be the last console they made if it didn't break that 10 year trend sooooo

 

Link...or r u pulling things out of .....



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theprof00 on 13 March 2009

er..... yes that is what I meant



Wiped on 13 March 2009

The trade price of a Wii before was £112. I know this because last year I got my Wii for free with a phone contract, and I asked how much they paid Nintendo for each Wii- £112 was the going rate, so less tax, 17.5% at that time, retailers made just over £35 per Wii, which will now be reduced to £14-£15 it seems.



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