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Spank-A-Thon · Jun 10th, 2002, 02:12 PM

Both Nintendo and SONY (and I guess to a certain degree now, Microsoft too) make more money from the games. Each company pays a licensing fee to the respective console manufacturer, plus a cut of each game sold goes to the console manufacturer.

That's why consoles are usually sold as loss-leaders to begin with because it is anticpated that the hardware manufacturer will make the money back from game sales.

I think SEGA did the right thing by ditching console manufacturing - now they can do what the do best, and that's making games.

It's not the consoles that make Nintendo so famous or successful, it's the games - it just so happened that their games only ever got released on Nintendo hardware (well, expect for some really sucky Mario game on the Phillips CD-I).

Rather than being bothered if Ninty stopped making consoles - I'd be obscenely bothered if they stopped making games instead!

- S

Jun 10th, 2002, 02:12 PM	#15
Spank-A-Thon Carpe Diem Baby! Joined: Jan 2002 Location: Liverpool, UK Age: 49 Posts: 664	Both Nintendo and SONY (and I guess to a certain degree now, Microsoft too) make more money from the games. Each company pays a licensing fee to the respective console manufacturer, plus a cut of each game sold goes to the console manufacturer. That's why consoles are usually sold as loss-leaders to begin with because it is anticpated that the hardware manufacturer will make the money back from game sales. I think SEGA did the right thing by ditching console manufacturing - now they can do what the do best, and that's making games. It's not the consoles that make Nintendo so famous or successful, it's the games - it just so happened that their games only ever got released on Nintendo hardware (well, expect for some really sucky Mario game on the Phillips CD-I). Rather than being bothered if Ninty stopped making consoles - I'd be obscenely bothered if they stopped making games instead! - S __________________

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