they have MORE and I mean MORE then enough money to make losses for the coming years.
big N poor? sigh the sold 4 million copys in the first 2 days that would be 200 million bucks ...
I would guess the console sales have the lower Profit margin.
Uhhh... someone of Nintendo's accountancy. Source???
4 mio in 2 days of WHAT?
In the past, weak selling systems like the N64 or the Gamecube were always catched up by strong Handheld sales (GB, GBC, GBA). The Wii and the NDS were both topseller. Thats the only reason why Ninty could take the massive pirating problem that hit both platforms.
The Wii U dosen't really sell well... just look how much games were released until now. And compare the game releases of the NDS with the 3DS... uhh... that really hurts. Could be the last round for Ninty.
I'm almost sure that they'll continue developing handheld devices because they usually sold well.Uhhh... someone of Nintendo's accountancy. Source???
4 mio in 2 days of WHAT?
In the past, weak selling systems like the N64 or the Gamecube were always catched up by strong Handheld sales (GB, GBC, GBA). The Wii and the NDS were both topseller. Thats the only reason why Ninty could take the massive pirating problem that hit both platforms.
The Wii U dosen't really sell well... just look how much games were released until now. And compare the game releases of the NDS with the 3DS... uhh... that really hurts. Could be the last round for Ninty.
So what you're saying is that in the past, the Nintendo 64's poor performance worldwide was balanced out by the spectacular sales of the Game Boy and the Game Boy Colour, the poor performance of the Gamecube was balanced out by the spectacular sales of the Game Boy Advance...In the past, weak selling systems like the N64 or the Gamecube were always catched up by strong Handheld sales (GB, GBC, GBA). The Wii and the NDS were both topseller. Thats the only reason why Ninty could take the massive pirating problem that hit both platforms.
The Wii U dosen't really sell well... just look how much games were released until now. And compare the game releases of the NDS with the 3DS... uhh... that really hurts. Could be the last round for Ninty.
They're very much prepared for the Wii U's difficulties on the market.
I'm almost sure that they'll continue developing handheld devices because they usually sold well.
It's as if everyone conveniently forgot that Nintendo gets money from licensing. Yep, Nintendo gets paid for each and every game you buy for their systems, nothing out of the ordinary. Not only that,t here's hardware sales you have to consider as well. Games are not Nintendo's only source of profit, so let's not pretend they are.Yes, maybe... but only because there was no way to pirate it. What if the 3DS were hacked 1 year ago and Flashcards would have costed around 30-40$?
And Pokemon is this one special case... Ninty can't life from it.
Please don't be ridiculous. The Nintendo DS was incredibly easy to pirate games on and guess what? Nintendo made buttloads of money anyways. Read up a bit on the subject.Not if the 3DS get's completely hacked and pirating gets easy and cheap for everyone.
Smartphones are not a big problem because they cater to a completely different audience. Sales won't shrink because the great majority of pirates wouldn't buy the game anyways, that's why they pirate it.Maybe, but they will shrink... and who will then develope games for there platforms? Mario, Zelda and Pokemon can't save Ninty alone. Smartphones are also such a big problem...
Ninty only gets money from licensing IF... companys decide to develope games for there systems AND IF people are actually BUYING them.
thats why ninty has to come with something new so no 2ds's, 3dsi's (xl) and 2dsi's
And what the hell should that be???? I really don't know... mess with MS and Sony? With Companys who are loosing money with every sold Next-Gen-System for about 2 years until the make profit? Ninty can't afford that.
What do you think, should they throw into the ring?
*sigh* eve heard of being innovative and creative? thts the nintendo we all know "and love"