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I remember people saying this about the Wii before it came out.

mkr-hn 15y ago
The Wii was Nintendo's first console in a long time to be more than profitable. If they pull the Wii's success off again, people will be less skeptical on the next one.
- starwed 15y ago
  They also said it about the DS and 3DS. Nintendo has an incredible track record of coming up with innovative devices, people are just haters. :) (Just lets not mention the virtual boy...)
  - ehnus 15y ago
    Nintendo also has an incredible track record of not being able to foster healthy relations with third party developers, and being outright hostile to indie developers (see: http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/03/21/fils-aime-nintendo-not-interested-in-garage-developers/ http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/03/21/fils-aime-nintendo-not-...). The Wii, outside from the first party titles, was pretty much a wasteland at least compared to the offerings of Microsoft and Sony. This I think has led to the Wii having a fairly low attach rate and, at least anecdotally, the number of consoles that were bought for Wii Sports and have been gathering dust ever since.
- aikinai 15y ago
  In 1998 (N64) Nintendo made $1.2 billion in profits, which at the time was being compared to their previous record of $1.25 billion in 1993 (SNES). There's no public information about how much of that was N64 profit and how much was Gameboy, but at least based on a private Nikkei investigation they said, "This success is attributed to the performance of the N64 and Game Boy, as well as its compatible software." I couldn't find anything concrete about the Gamecube with a quick search [edit: Gamecube was also clearly profitable; see below link], but I just saw vague information that the Gamecube was profitable but less profitable than any other system up to that point. Either way, it's common knowledge that Nintnedo sells all of its systems at a profit, so even only selling 20 million Gamecubes, it's unlikely it resulted in a loss, especially after you figure in the ridiculously high first-party software sales. [1] http://ign64.ign.com/articles/062/062086p1.html http://ign64.ign.com/articles/062/062086p1.html Edit: Here's some concrete information on Gamecube profits. "GameCube sales leap doubles Nintendo Q2 profits." From: [2] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/07/30/nintendo_q2_results/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/07/30/nintendo_q2_results/
  - mkr-hn 15y ago
    I didn't say they were unprofitable.

The Wii was Nintendo's first console in a long time to be more than profitable. If they pull the Wii's success off again, people will be less skeptical on the next one.

starwed 15y ago
They also said it about the DS and 3DS. Nintendo has an incredible track record of coming up with innovative devices, people are just haters. :) (Just lets not mention the virtual boy...)
- ehnus 15y ago
  Nintendo also has an incredible track record of not being able to foster healthy relations with third party developers, and being outright hostile to indie developers (see: http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/03/21/fils-aime-nintendo-not-interested-in-garage-developers/ http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/03/21/fils-aime-nintendo-not-...). The Wii, outside from the first party titles, was pretty much a wasteland at least compared to the offerings of Microsoft and Sony. This I think has led to the Wii having a fairly low attach rate and, at least anecdotally, the number of consoles that were bought for Wii Sports and have been gathering dust ever since.
aikinai 15y ago
In 1998 (N64) Nintendo made $1.2 billion in profits, which at the time was being compared to their previous record of $1.25 billion in 1993 (SNES). There's no public information about how much of that was N64 profit and how much was Gameboy, but at least based on a private Nikkei investigation they said, "This success is attributed to the performance of the N64 and Game Boy, as well as its compatible software." I couldn't find anything concrete about the Gamecube with a quick search [edit: Gamecube was also clearly profitable; see below link], but I just saw vague information that the Gamecube was profitable but less profitable than any other system up to that point. Either way, it's common knowledge that Nintnedo sells all of its systems at a profit, so even only selling 20 million Gamecubes, it's unlikely it resulted in a loss, especially after you figure in the ridiculously high first-party software sales. [1] http://ign64.ign.com/articles/062/062086p1.html http://ign64.ign.com/articles/062/062086p1.html Edit: Here's some concrete information on Gamecube profits. "GameCube sales leap doubles Nintendo Q2 profits." From: [2] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/07/30/nintendo_q2_results/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/07/30/nintendo_q2_results/
- mkr-hn 15y ago
  I didn't say they were unprofitable.