Nintendo WILL sell more units. But, who makes more profit?

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#1 FireKicks
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I mean you gotta sell 2 wiis to match the price of a 360, even more for a PS3

Who will generate more profit?

I gotta say Microsoft, they got online, and the marketplace.

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#2 gameofthering
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Nintendo
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#3 nintendofreak_2
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MS doesn't make much of a profit off of the 360. Nintendo makes probably around $70 (that is just an assumption) of profit for every Wii. MS might not even make any money of a 360 sold.
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#4 KungfuKitten
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Huh? Nintendo of course.
That goes for the devs too.
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Nintendo , by a huge margin.

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Nintendo. They're extremely efficent businesspeople. They made double the money off the GC that Sony did off the PS2 despite selling 80 million fewer units.
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#7 effthat
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Yeah dude...Nintendo stocks reach all time high...

Wii outsells 360 4:1...

The cost of production is the lowest, thus the lower price tag...

Who do you think is making profit?!?

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the profit margin on wii is a lot higher than PS3 and xbox360. It means, nintendo loses less money on each console they sell. They actuall make money in fact, where sony and MS take a loss.
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What ^ they said, plus Nintendo has been selling stuff on the VC also...
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What ^ they said, plus Nintendo has been selling stuff on the VC also... GundamGuy0

Yeah and i don't even want to think about the DS (Light) and the pokemon franchise.
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I mean you gotta sell 2 wiis to match the price of a 360, even more for a PS3

Who will generate more profit?

I gotta say Microsoft, they got online, and the marketplace.

FireKicks
Nintendo. And if you did some research, you would have already known this.
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#13 grandlx2
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I mean you gotta sell 2 wiis to match the price of a 360, even more for a PS3

Who will generate more profit?

I gotta say Microsoft, they got online, and the marketplace.

FireKicks

Nintendo is making far more profit than sony or MS. Why?

Because their hardware price. They manage to make a little over $50 on every console sold. And they have sold over $12 million consoles.

12million x 50= ........ see where im going with this?

Why do you think Nintendo share's have gone through the roof? Wii and DS have been a huge success world wide. Making Nintendo once more the power house and making them #1 world wide once again.

NINTENDO POWER!

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Nintendo sales more consoles, but Microsoft outsells Sony and Nintendo COMBINED in software sales..... It tough to say right now...
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Microsoft used 6 times the money to make the Xbox in comparison to GC (Is this true? I remember reading it in a paper I think, but I'm not totally sure, anyway, a lot more) and probably used double at least on making 360 in comparison to Wii. Also, if there is a 20% failure rate, MS has to repair these, which costs a small bit of money probably.

Also, Ninty is a developer.

Also, Nintendo has DS (you guys may not include this, but they do, and it prints money)

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Nintendo sales more consoles, but Microsoft outsells Sony and Nintendo COMBINED in software sales..... It tough to say right now...okpimpin1082

And this is shocking? It has been out for 2 years, the others only one, of course it has more quality games.

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#17 OhhSnap50893
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Except the Wii is cheaper to make than both of them. It's about how much you sell a console for vs. how much you paid to make that console. Nintendo's making like $20 off of a Wii, Sony's loosing a couple hundred (don't know about the 360).
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Nintendo sales more consoles, but Microsoft outsells Sony and Nintendo COMBINED in software sales..... It tough to say right now...okpimpin1082

Not really. Nintendo wipes the floor with Microsoft when it comes to software sales... unless your foregetting about that whole DS thing... you know 10+ million copys of Nintendogs and about 10+ million copys of Animal Crossing Wild World... and approching that with New Super Mario Brothers...

Yep Nintendo sells more sofware too.

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#19 effthat
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Nintendo sales more consoles, but Microsoft outsells Sony and Nintendo COMBINED in software sales..... It tough to say right now...okpimpin1082

Nintendo is selling mostly first party titles which means a bigger margin. The profits that a console manufacturer sees from the sale of apps is only a fraction of the selling price.

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#20 SkyRaid
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Since the Wii is a GC redisgn, they cost dollars to make.

Not to mention all the leftover parts from the GC era.
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#21 whocares4peace
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Ninty sells its consoles at a profit.

MS and Sony sell thier consoles at a loss.

So its pretty obvious who'll make the most profit.

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#22 GundamGuy0
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Since the Wii is a GC redisgn, they cost dollars to make.

Not to mention all the leftover parts from the GC era.
SkyRaid

Like the GC parts would fit in that case? Seriously I get your point... but there is not point in being stupid or obnoxious about it.

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#23 deactivated-5967f36c08c33
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Nintendo,easily.They are extremely smart businessmen.
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#24 haris12121212
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Nintendo of course, they don't love losing profit for players. They will rather take their money to the maximum possible.:roll:
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#25 tbone29
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Nintendo could come in last this gen and still make the most profit :lol:

Besides them being the only one making a profit off of each Wii sold, and lowest production costs, Nintendo's games sell more than anything else on the console and they all sell exceptionally well.

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#26 SkyRaid
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[QUOTE="SkyRaid"]Since the Wii is a GC redisgn, they cost dollars to make.

Not to mention all the leftover parts from the GC era.
GundamGuy0

Like the GC parts would fit in that case? Seriously I get your point... but there is not point in being stupid or obnoxious about it.



Well I just had to point it out, all this talk of Nintendo is "So smart" When they are just now getting into the online scene, they won't have a decent program until NEXT generation.
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#27 mingo123
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Nintendo always makes more profit then Microsoft or sony
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#28 haris12121212
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Nintendo could come in last this gen and still make the most profit :lol:

Besides them being the only one making a profit off of each Wii sold, and lowest production costs, Nintendo's games sell more than anything else on the console and they all sell exceptionally well.

tbone29

You guys don't get it... Nintendo is game only company. Microsoft and Sony aren't limited to the gaming sector only. Overall profit wise, microsoft destroys the nintendo company. And so does Sony.

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#29 GundamGuy0
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[QUOTE="tbone29"]

Nintendo could come in last this gen and still make the most profit :lol:

Besides them being the only one making a profit off of each Wii sold, and lowest production costs, Nintendo's games sell more than anything else on the console and they all sell exceptionally well.

haris12121212

You guys don't get it... Nintendo is game only company. Microsoft and Sony aren't limited to the gaming sector only. Overall profit wise, microsoft destroys the nintendo company. And so does Sony.

Which is why Nintendo's stock is worth more?

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#30 ithilgore2006
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Nintendo of course, they don't love losing profit for players. They will rather take their money to the maximum possible.:roll:haris12121212
That's called good business.
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#31 tbone29
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[QUOTE="tbone29"]

Nintendo could come in last this gen and still make the most profit :lol:

Besides them being the only one making a profit off of each Wii sold, and lowest production costs, Nintendo's games sell more than anything else on the console and they all sell exceptionally well.

haris12121212

You guys don't get it... Nintendo is game only company. Microsoft and Sony aren't limited to the gaming sector only. Overall profit wise, microsoft destroys the nintendo company. And so does Sony.

I assumed we were talking consoles...?

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#32 whocares4peace
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[QUOTE="tbone29"]

Nintendo could come in last this gen and still make the most profit :lol:

Besides them being the only one making a profit off of each Wii sold, and lowest production costs, Nintendo's games sell more than anything else on the console and they all sell exceptionally well.

haris12121212

You guys don't get it... Nintendo is game only company. Microsoft and Sony aren't limited to the gaming sector only. Overall profit wise, microsoft destroys the nintendo company. And so does Sony.

We're talking about profits of the gaming division, not the entire firm.If you consider the profit of the entire firm, MS will destroy anyone.
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#33 haris12121212
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[QUOTE="haris12121212"][QUOTE="tbone29"]

Nintendo could come in last this gen and still make the most profit :lol:

Besides them being the only one making a profit off of each Wii sold, and lowest production costs, Nintendo's games sell more than anything else on the console and they all sell exceptionally well.

whocares4peace

You guys don't get it... Nintendo is game only company. Microsoft and Sony aren't limited to the gaming sector only. Overall profit wise, microsoft destroys the nintendo company. And so does Sony.

We're talking about profits of the gaming division, not the entire firm.If you consider the profit of the entire firm, MS will destroy anyone.

Ya I know but some people seem to make it seem bad for MS or Sony loosing profit in the gaming department.
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#34 chansaet
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Nintendo sales more consoles, but Microsoft outsells Sony and Nintendo COMBINED in software sales..... It tough to say right now...okpimpin1082
Mircosoft lost $1 Billion because of the RROD. I don't think their Xbox division has turned a profit yet (this includes xbox and X360)
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#35 SER69
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[QUOTE="whocares4peace"][QUOTE="haris12121212"][QUOTE="tbone29"]

Nintendo could come in last this gen and still make the most profit :lol:

Besides them being the only one making a profit off of each Wii sold, and lowest production costs, Nintendo's games sell more than anything else on the console and they all sell exceptionally well.

haris12121212

You guys don't get it... Nintendo is game only company. Microsoft and Sony aren't limited to the gaming sector only. Overall profit wise, microsoft destroys the nintendo company. And so does Sony.

We're talking about profits of the gaming division, not the entire firm.If you consider the profit of the entire firm, MS will destroy anyone.

Ya I know but some people seem to make it seem bad for MS or Sony loosing profit in the gaming department.

It is bad... for them.

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#36 Blackbond
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I mean you gotta sell 2 wiis to match the price of a 360, even more for a PS3

FireKicks

Please tell me this is a joke. Somebody please tell me this guy can't be serious:lol:

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#37 sexy_chimp
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Nintendo must be making insane amounts of money right now.

They make a profit off of the Wii, unlike with the 360 and PS3.

They don't have defective hardware where they have to fork over tons of cash for, like the 360.

Then they have the DS and all its games.

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#38 coltonnaslund
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What a silly wuestion

360 and PS3 cost Way more to make

the Wiimote costs about $2.50 (if that) to make a wiimote

Nintendo will make the most money and sell the most systems...

but right now...I'll be getting back to playing Halo 3

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#39 MasterofMages
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According to a Wall Street Journal Article i read a few months back, despite having the lowest sales last gen, nintendo made more profit off of the GC than Sony's entire electronics division, and Microsoft is yet to make a profit off of its gaming division

so i'm guessing nintendo