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Game Consoles Sell Over 3.2 Million Units in November
Ground Glass writes "While there wasn't any question that November was going to be a huge month for gaming (what with those two consoles coming out and all), it's still impressive to see the numbers. In short, Nintendo's DS was the big winner with over 600,000 units sold, though the Wii and Xbox 360 also each broke half a million. The PS3 probably came in at around 200K all told for the month. Convert those numbers into dollars and you're looking at one very fat and happy industry." From the Next Generation article: "In its monthly report analyst Arcadia Investment says console sales in November topped 3.2 million units. Arcadia says hardware sales increased by at least 50% year on year, with software up about 20%. Retail dollars increased by about 25-30% to about $1.6 billion, compared to $1.3 billion in November 2005. "
Of the big 3, generally only Nintendo actually makes a profit off their gaming systems in the first year of release.
"Generally"? So this is a historical trend, and you can produce hard evidence that this is the case? By the way, bullshit figures from "financial" "analysts" don't count.
By some estimates Sony is subsidizing the PS3 to the tune of $300/unit while Microsoft is probably just about breaking even on systems.
Once again, where are your sources? Nobody knows how much the PS3 really costs because Sony does most of the manufacturing themselves. Good luck getting accurate numbers there. And good luck explaining how MS is "probably" breaking even right now.
The big money for Microsoft and Sony comes from game sales
So this is why the Xbox division lost billions over the life of the original Xbox? Check your math, bud.
What we do know is this: (...) Sony's PS3 is losing $200-$300US (we don't exactly how much they're losing, but most analysts say about that range)
So we *know* that Sony is losing this much because some bullshit analysts say so? Riiiiiight.
Uhhh, no, the Gamecube was not as powerful as the Xbox. Not even close. This is made painfully clear in many cross-platform games that either never made it to the gamecube at all (probably for the better), or paled in comparison to even the PS2 version.
Of the big 3, generally only Nintendo actually makes a profit off their gaming systems in the first year of release.
I love this fanboy logic... we're supposed to worship Nintendo because they make more money off of us?
Let me put this in simple terms that even a Wii fan can understand:
With Nintendo, you pay $250 to get $200 worth of machine
With Sony, you pay $600 to get $1000 worth of machine
With Microsoft, you pay $400 to get $700 worth of machine
Gee, where's the Kool-Aid stand? But please feel free to cut in with the usual bleating of how the Wii is "fun" (including it's charming system errors), and you'll gladly pay $5 to buy Super Mario Brothers for the Nth time. But I digrees, and quite frankly I guess you nutjobs will take anything after the debacle that was third-party support for the GameCube.