Nintendo does sell their console at a loss. Take a look at their recent earnings reports. They will report that they are much lower than usual due the the severe price-cutting they were forced to take on the hardware from competition. At the launch of the PS2, Sony was losing on the hardware as well. Now people are dumb enough to shell out $200 for underpowerd hardware.
As I write this message, I am listening to some J-pop MP3's. Previously, I have only listened to and bought classical music, and I have more than 50 classical CD's. Several of them are even the same pieces only with different performers. After arriving at college a few months ago and making use of the local file-sharing system, I have been exposed to types of music I never thought I would like. A few days ago, I paid 50 USD for a J-pop CD from Amazon.com, the first non-classical CD I have bought in my life (and I plan to buy more). The record companies are foolish not to see that they are effectively getting free advertising from the spread of easily distributable music.
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Nintendo does sell their console at a loss. Take a look at their recent earnings reports. They will report that they are much lower than usual due the the severe price-cutting they were forced to take on the hardware from competition. At the launch of the PS2, Sony was losing on the hardware as well. Now people are dumb enough to shell out $200 for underpowerd hardware.
As I write this message, I am listening to some J-pop MP3's. Previously, I have only listened to and bought classical music, and I have more than 50 classical CD's. Several of them are even the same pieces only with different performers. After arriving at college a few months ago and making use of the local file-sharing system, I have been exposed to types of music I never thought I would like. A few days ago, I paid 50 USD for a J-pop CD from Amazon.com, the first non-classical CD I have bought in my life (and I plan to buy more). The record companies are foolish not to see that they are effectively getting free advertising from the spread of easily distributable music.