Nintendo stands to lose more than they gain by doing that, because they'd
lose sales of hardware, (which by default is a substantial chunk of change, due to each console sold being worth at least 6 $ 50 games) for a miniscule increase in software, from people who's interest in games like Breath of the Wild would immediately die once the next Witcher hits their console.
They would
lose sales of the hardware, NOT MONEY!
«Nintendo stands to lose more than they gain by doing that, because they'd
lose sales of hardware» Not really bud.
Not exact matches
How many quarterly
loses of hardware sales do you need before you have that pivotal wake - up call.
This attacks the heart
of traditional publishing but for Apple, what it
loses in iBooks
sales it more than gains from
hardware and services.
So Amazon would be nuts to let Google upstage its own OS on its tablets, regardless
of lost hardware sales.
In this case, what is Amazon
losing, except the
sale of the
hardware, which some have estimated to cost more than $ 199.
Whatever they stand to
lose in
hardware sales could easily be made up in ebook
sales to all those Kindle owners who want the peace
of mind that they'll be able to read their library on any device in the future.
Amazon's course, hoping that cheap devices will result in such a significant increase in
sales that it will be worth the initial investment so long as no money is actually being
lost on the
hardware itself, may be the least obviously profitable
of these.
Whereas Sony (NYSE: SNE) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) have continually whined about the amount
of money they
lose with every console they sell, Nintendo has always bragged about its ability to profit from the
sale of new
hardware.
Because
of their
hardware focus, canceling first - party game development, and closing studios, the Xbox One has
lost sales to the competition.
I understand their hesitation, but I still don't think anyone is buying current Nintendo
hardware exclusively to play NES and SNES games, so I'm disappointed they're seemingly still too afraid
of losing console
sales to port older titles.