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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.

Notorious Biggles wrote:
> Windows 9x line

Am I right in assuming that 9x refers to Windows 95, 98 FE and 98 SE? Maybe Windows ME too given that that was also a DOS based OS, but that doesn't follow logically from the "9x" suffix...

I've never really known what people have meant by that.

Macintosh wrote:

> Where have you been living? Under a rock? Computer sales and software
> sales are down - I thought this was now gen knowledge! Its been on
> the news (may have been a news channel), and wrote about.
>
> As for your 2nd point, the discussion moved into a PC Vs Console
> topic, and all the recent upgrades are an example of why more people
> dont use a PC for games.

Well I've been living in Glasgow and London. And yet, in these places we have the media and the industry telling us that PC sales grew by 12% in 2004. But hey, the only make and sell them, so clearly you know better. Hell even Google seems to think they grew. Try it for yourself: "worldwide computer sales" ought to do it.

As for Windows XP... well it replaced the old and outdated Windows 9x line. See, 9x was built as a 16 bit operating system and had a kernel pushing ten years old when XP came out. It had security holes and wasn't able to support various new technologies, admittedly minor things like broadband, wireless etc. Windows XP however was built on the far more secure, 32 bit, NT core.

As for OS X, it's based on Unix. OS 9 wasn't. That's more than an update or revamp - that's entirely new.

Tscore05, you have issues.

i reckon 60-75

N64 Fan wrote:
> gamesfreak wrote:
> I reckon about 90% of homes nowadays in this country have a PC of
> some sorts,
>
> 90%! Dont be daft! Thats ridiculous. More like 50 - 60%. I know loads
> of people who dont own a PC!

I know just the one.

gamesfreak wrote:
> Macintosh wrote:
> stuff.
>
> Again you are missing the point completely, how do you accurately
> know how computer sales are doing? People can build their own by just
> buying the parts themselves, small computer firms build them etc.
>
> There is no 'central' place to get a machine from..
>
> + Plus you comment on software sales is rubbish as well, it's too
> broad to put accurate figures down, as well as there being things
> such as open sourced software like Linux/FreeBSD which is free.
>
> Computers are doing fine, they have been and always will be.
>
> + This is a games forum, no one is going to care about how
> "Final Cut Pro" is doing on the Mac, so again your comments
> on software are void.

Where have you been living? Under a rock? Computer sales and software sales are down - I thought this was now gen knowledge! Its been on the news (may have been a news channel), and wrote about.

As for your 2nd point, the discussion moved into a PC Vs Console topic, and all the recent upgrades are an example of why more people dont use a PC for games.

Now come on girls, calm down!

Macintosh wrote:
> stuff.

Again you are missing the point completely, how do you accurately know how computer sales are doing? People can build their own by just buying the parts themselves, small computer firms build them etc.

There is no 'central' place to get a machine from..

+ Plus you comment on software sales is rubbish as well, it's too broad to put accurate figures down, as well as there being things such as open sourced software like Linux/FreeBSD which is free.

Computers are doing fine, they have been and always will be.

+ This is a games forum, no one is going to care about how "Final Cut Pro" is doing on the Mac, so again your comments on software are void.

:-)

Hedfix wrote:
> Personal Computer.
>
> Are you with me now?
>
> /pedantic

Oh! like in Mobile phones, Cameras, Personal Computers, that sort of thing?

Yeh i'm with you!