The NX will not be sold at a loss upon its March 2017 launch, Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima has confirmed.
"We are not thinking of launching the hardware at a loss," Kimishima said in a Q&A about the company's latest financial report. This may come as a surprise to some, as the Wii U sold at a loss, as did the PS4, PS3, Xbox 360, and ostensibly Xbox One.
"When Wii U was launched, the yen was very strong. I am assuming that situation will not repeat itself. Selling at a loss at launch would not support the business, so we are keeping that mind in developing NX."
Recall PS4 was $380-400 in parts.
If it did it would have been just a few dollars, it didn't last long. Compared to the PS2 and PS3 it was more "sold at cost"
Is that why the PS4 has sold 3.5x times as many units, despite being on the market for an entire year less than the Wii U?
Exactly, how is this story on this story on this forum?
We're not talking about the mobile/hand-held market. we're talking about home consoles.
No kidding. It is nuts the amount of Amiibos they have sold it not even funny. They probably could sell more if they make more Pokemon ones (I know I buy them, I'm a sucker for Pokemon figurines)
Original Wii. Not the Wii U. Original Wii was sold out for over a year and crushed all console sales numbers. I would be surprised if it is ever caught.
Because the focus is on the Wii U and it's successor, the Wii U was a colossal failure. The DS and 3DS are highly successful products.
Perhaps the Wii was a fluke, or perhaps it wasn't. The WII U tried to ride on it's fame and it failed miserably.Originally Posted by Lex Luger
The original Wii was a complete fluke and a fad. Most people that bought the Wii only bought 2-3 games for that system, and after 6 months in went into a drawer never to be used again.
Nintendo doesnt own the handheld market anymore either. The hardware in most phones and tablets nowadays blows away whats inside the 3DS.
People arent gonna go out and spend 200 dollars or more on a nintendo handheld that has inferior hardware to the iphone 6 or the latest samsung galaxy.
It's over for Nintendo. They are finished.
The Amiibos are a fad too. They are happy meal toys with DLC attached. Eventually that will run its course too and they cant be making more than 5 dollars or so on every one sold. Even if they sell 20 million of them, thats still only 100 million dollars, which is the profit margin on one Call of Duty game.
No one is going to buy the handheld or home console version of NX. It will have worse sales than than even the Wii U.
Underpowered compared to what? Keep in mind that PS4k/NEO is coming in at 399.99 and imo @ 399.99 they can have a comparable machine, which with Nintendo magic will be amazing.Originally Posted by rbarrett96
This all but guarantees that the NX will be very underpowered compared to the next gen offering from MS/Sony. Probably barely better than PS4/4.5. This will be the first Nintendo system I don't buy at launch. I'm not jumping on crappy hardware and still have to wait a year for any games worth playing. Sorry Nintendo, I'm done apologizing for you. Zelda Wii U will be the last game I buy for a while from them.
That's the thing though their game IPs are what Nintendo fans want not necessarily their console.Originally Posted by TopicClocker
Because the focus is on the Wii U and it's successor, the Wii U was a colossal failure. The DS and 3DS are highly successful products.
Nintendo use their first party titles to drive sales, something the WII U didn't have much of early in it's lifetime.
There's also no new Zelda games and there's no Metroid.
It's library only recently grew into something decent, but it's still lacking two of the major system sellers for a Nintendo console.
Their home consoles haven't focused much on 3rd parties since the GameCube and the Wii, the WII and WII U have also been consoles that were under-powered hardware-wise compared to their competitors.
However, even with the under-powered hardware Nintendo is now renowned to put in their consoles, they are still able to create great games and consoles which are highly successful. This shows very well that the power of the hardware isn't what sells Nintendo consoles and games.
Caught? It may have beat the XBox360 and PS3, but It never came close to the PlayStation 2's sales numbers.