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MaineEvent:

--- Quote from: dre-w on October 09, 2010, 10:06:08 pm ---




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WOW....I can't imagine how much that 3DS is gonna set you back...Horrible investment!
Just the cost of upkeep wouldn't be worth it for me  :dizzy: and where the hell would you get service or replacement parts if needed?
What if the thing just dies?
Now you just have a portable gaming device attached to some dead chick great :dunno

I can barely afford the one I chained to my refrigerator....No thanks Nintendo

jimmy2x2x:

--- Quote from: Blanka on October 10, 2010, 04:58:14 am ---Nintendo does not get it either. The main purpose of the 3DS is that the DS is a big copyright infringement platform, and they need a gimmick to get people buy their new more secure platform.
If Nintendo really got it, they would make all their games as PS3 discs or iPhone/iPad apps and ditch hardware development completely.

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Why would they do that?  AFAIK Ninetendo hardware sells in such quantities that they actually turn a profit from the hardware, they don't have to pay any kind of licensing fee's for developing on other hardware platforms and maintain absolute control of one of the most powerful  brands in the industry.

I don't think the Sega route would serve Nintendo well.

The other platforms you mention are also plagued with piracy.

Blanka:
Nintendo writes red numbers, Sega black ones. They might be smaller, but profit is always nicer than loss.
Ps3 and iPhone have piracy, but totally different from DS piracy. DS pirace => 90%, iPhone and PS3 piracy is under 10%.

jimmy2x2x:
Really?

Looks like I got that all wrong!

EDIT: Any chance you could post a profitability source for both companies - would love to see!, Thanks

AtomSmasher:

--- Quote from: Blanka on October 10, 2010, 12:46:45 pm ---Nintendo writes red numbers, Sega black ones. They might be smaller, but profit is always nicer than loss.
Ps3 and iPhone have piracy, but totally different from DS piracy. DS pirace => 90%, iPhone and PS3 piracy is under 10%.

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Lately, Nintendo has been making a profit on hardware sales from the launch of the hardware, something neither Sony or Microsoft can claim (although they both now are making profit on hardware sales).  The DS hardware is also generally at the top of each months sales charts by a large margin, and the Wii has almost as many units sold as the 360 and PS3 combined.  Also, DS piracy may be high (not as high as you claim, but still high), but DS games also hold two spots in the top 10 selling games of all time (Nintendogs - 7, New Super Mario Bros. - 10), and 6 games in the top 25, so it can't be doing too bad.

Nintendo has been a money making machine for the past several years, so I don't know why you think they're in the red.

For reference: www.vgchartz.com

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