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Nintendo Quarterly Profits Down 80%

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the tightening-up dept.

mybrainonfire writes "1UP is reporting that Nintendo had a 78.5% reduction in operating profits for the quarter. 'Speculation from the news service on the reason for the drop makes perfect sense - the GameCube doesn't have enough exclusives, first-party and third-party, and sales of GBA SP and GameCube have been declining.' Time to release more Pokemon games, stat!"

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  1. sorry had to by hobotron · · Score: 2, Funny


    Alright guys, which one of you didn't buy a gamecube?

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    1. Re:sorry had to by ZephyrXero · · Score: 3, Funny

      It's a frickin' hundred dollars? WTF!? How cheap do you expect it to be???

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    2. Re:sorry had to by SuperIceBoy · · Score: 5, Funny
      I refuse to purchase one until the price goes down. If they sold at maybe half their price,
      It's a frickin' hundred dollars? WTF!? How cheap do you expect it to be???

      Obviously half of $100 is $50.
  2. that's not it at all by intmainvoid · · Score: 5, Funny
    Speculation from the news service on the reason for the drop makes perfect sense - the GameCube doesn't have enough exclusives, first-party and third-party, and sales of GBA SP and GameCube have been declining.

    Nah, it's just that children the world over have rediscovered the pleasures of the great outdoors, of playing in the street and exploring the neighbourhood. They'd rather play in the real world than a virtual one. oh... wait...

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  3. The reason for the decline. . . by liquidMONKEY · · Score: 1, Funny

    Everyone can tell it's just Luigi in a red outfit.

  4. Hmmmm by Dunbal · · Score: 3, Funny

    The drop in sales must be due to.... piracy... oh, wait..

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  5. Re:I'm not flaming Nintendo. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Netcraft confirms that not even open sourcing a Beowulf cluster of Gamecubes running Hurd can stop them from becoming the next Apple!

  6. Re:Pokemon Release by Seumas · · Score: 3, Funny

    Two things:

    1) Isn't Pokemon for, like, toddlers?
    2) "Diamond and Pearl"?! Is this the "Prince" Pokemon?

  7. Pokemon by Turn-X+Alphonse · · Score: 5, Funny

    Time to release more Pokemon games, stat!

    Please STFU. Pokemon RPGs are a lot more indepth then people give them credit for. Each pokemon stats wise have hundreds of varients and tactics, far more then the latest FF menu slogging interactive movie.

    When you can tell me what EV, IVs and base stats are relating to pokemon and I might listen to you're opinion. Untill then you're taking cheap shots at a fantastic RPG series which happens to be easy enough to pick up and play it's marketed to kids.

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  8. Re:Sad by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Wasn't the GP talking about an increase in maturity?

  9. Re:People like me... by TooMuchEspressoGuy · · Score: 2, Funny
    "Whether good or bad, PS2 has the breadth and depth of range that the Gamecube could only dream of."

    Yes, the breadth of... shooter clones. And survival-horror clones. And Final Fantasy-clones. And sports-game clones, and racing-game clones.

    And the depth of... sequels to clones.

    *yawn*

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  10. Re:Pokemon by AvantLegion · · Score: 5, Funny
    That is just.... too..... cute!!

  11. Re:Pokemon Release by OmgTEHMATRICKS · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, you messed up the second name. The second name is "Neil."

    So, appropriately, this is the Vegas series of Pokemon with Pokemon Neil and Pokemon Diamond.