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"Ditch the Gamecube Nintendo (43% drop in profit)"

I know some of you will point out the fact that, in spite of the loss compared to last year's earnings, Nintendo has still accrued a profit to the tune of $600,000,000. While that is a large sum of money it needs to be realized that the amount of that profit is not too far from being HALF of their previous year's profits. That means that Nintendo has that much money LESS to put into things like research and development for things like new games and new systems. Also, game companies are less likely to put their time and money into a company that posts losses as massive as 43%. If this trend continues, it could have some nasty repercussions. People could lose their jobs (I feel sure some heads have already rolled after the news of a profit loss this significant), for one thing. And companies will not want to invest in another company that will not post a meaningful profit for their efforts. So yeah, Nintendo still posted a profit. But when that profit is in the shadow of a previous year that was 43% HIGHER, then the 'profit' tends to lose significance. Just some things to consider.

The Gamecube is costing Nintendo big and sagging sales are a large part of their problem, ditch the deadwood before it's to late.

I know I am a newbie here, but looking at the posts so far not many people like Macintosh and who is this knob Tscore?

Damn!

I thought someone has administered the required amount of herpees cream to Macintosh earlier in the week and got rid of the little booger.

gamesfreak wrote:
> Hahahahahahaha.
>
> I love it when they bring out the "PSP has more RAM, thus better
> system" arguement.
>
> The RAM available to the DS is more then apt enough to hold game
> information. As well as the flash carts being able to store stuff.
>
> It's as bad as these people who show off about their computers to
> show they are 1337.
>
> "I have 1024gb of RAM"
> - "Pfft, I think you will find its actually MB, u sux0rs"
> "My computer has a big graphics card"
> - "Can I caress it?"


But more Ram (and better hardware) allows for better graphics, more compex games, better AI, better sound, etc, etc. Just compare todays PC games to those of 10 years ago. Modern games need loads more ram, video, and other stuff to make them work, and they are better for it.
And even if a console appears to have too much ram, and power at launch, that at least allows game developers to exstract more performance 2 years later when they start designing their next game for the same console. Afterall, everyone knows ram requirements, and performance requirements are only going to go one way - up. If the big name manufacturers had not upgraded hardware over time, we would all still be running MS-DOS on a 540k PC.

Dringo wrote:
> No no no, I've not seen kids at the Primary school I work at with mini
> disc players or I-pods and the mobile phones they have are old
> Nokia's.

Right so you're talking primary school kids.

When I say kids I mean early teens too. (thought you might've got that when I mentioned people getting things like they wanted Reservoir dogs and pulp fiction a few threads back).

gerrid wrote:
> but would they get a DS?

Many have Gameboys.

The DS is trying to go for Sony's "adult market" too, I don't know if they'll succeed but like all Nintendo products it'll sell to kids.

but would they get a DS?

No no no, I've not seen kids at the Primary school I work at with mini disc players or I-pods and the mobile phones they have are old Nokia's.

Dringo wrote:
>
> PSP is:
>
> . And expensive adult type gadget

Kids get bought those all the time now.

> . Does a variety of complex things such as play MP3's and movies


See above. Kills 2 birds with one stone.

> . Not gonna be bought by parents as it appears expensive and
> delicate

What age kids are we talking about here? Parents are buying their kids expensive mobile phones that break as soon as they are dropped the first time.

> PSP sells to adults almost completley.

Nope. Adults and rich/spoilt kids.

May have jumped the gun. But Nintendo's handheld market share is as great as Sony's home console market share.

Dringo wrote:
> DS is as big as the PS2,

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> You on drugs?

> Don't be an idiot all your life.