Had no idea the PS2 had reached those levels. Not really that surprising though.Xisiqomelir wrote: The NES did only sell 65 million units. The best-selling console of all time is the Playstation 2. The next best-selling console of all time is the Playstation.
Other snippets I missed yesterday:
Nintendo makes a profit on the manufacturing costs of every console sold. Once again, they aren't profitable in of themselves. They would not be selling these devices for the margins they do if they didn't make it up in games and accessories.Wrong. Nintendo makes a profit on every console.
Funny how you conveniently left out the stock split in 2003.Now, here the M$FT ticker's fabulous numbers. 5-year view shows us an overall change of -$1.94(-6.32%). This doesn't even beat the indexes(S&P500 +25.55%, Dow +28.73%). When you compare it to competitors who have been actually making products that people would use of their own volition, like Apple with it's +750% growth, it's even bleaker. If I had to apply an adjective here, it would be "moribund". M$ is not in a bad financial situation, Office and the M$ tax on OEMs rakes in the cash, but it doesn't really have prospects for growth.
And during a period when the other tech stocks (funny how you left out the five year numbers on the much more applicable NASDAQ) were in a meltdown.Microsoft is in fine shape, and with a market cap of $280 billion plus $50 billion in cash, the minor fluctuations of Microsoft as a whole could hardly be an issue for Nintendo investors who could dump a favorable stock sale if they didn't believe in the future of the company without making much of a dent in the stock price.
No one is buying 360s except Australians, no one wants Pasta except dingbats. They have enough in reserves to go a loooong time without making a quality product though, so we'll all have to suffer a little longer.
The X360 is selling well enough in the US and Europe as is well within sales projections. I'm not sure if this is supposed to be a joke or not.
Nintendo making titles for the 360 would give it instant credibility in Japan. Look what showing off just a single popular Japanese dev (not even a popular STUDIO) did for the X360 sales numbers in Japan. The Japanese may have reasons not to buy X360's, but they will easily change that opinion if it is where the games are.Even if that weren't true, the costs of the merger would be exorbitant. Ballmer is a control freak and would insist on plastering his own layer of management in Japan. What would the new merged subsidiary do, make 360 titles? I can't think of a way to destroy Nintendo more quickly.
