Nintendo passes Sony in market value!

ciper · 06-27-2007, 12:50 AM

As of June 25 the values for each company were

6.56 trillion yen for Nintendo
6.50 trillion yen for Sony

This is largely caused by the current console war. I find it impressive considering how many other products Sony manufactures! The article also points out that "April US sales of Wii consoles meanwhile were quadruple those of Sony's PS3."

Source - http://www.theage.com.au/news/Techno...623808686.html

minto · 06-27-2007, 12:51 AM

Sovieto · 06-27-2007, 12:51 AM

if anything thing this just proves the ps3s profit-loss is really hurting sony.

minto · 06-27-2007, 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Sovieto

if anything thing this just proves the ps3s profit-loss is really hurting sony.

thats a good point but do u think sony will catch up?

Sovieto · 06-27-2007, 12:57 AM

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Originally Posted by minto

thats a good point but do u think sony will catch up?

of course i do, their good games are yet to come.

ciper · 06-27-2007, 12:58 AM

minto: Catch up? Their value has been slowing going down while Nintendos has slowly been rising.

The only way they can catch up is by doing something different because the current strategy is NOT working.

Sovieto: Isnt that what everyone is saying about the Wii as well?

minto · 06-27-2007, 01:00 AM

well they should catch up cus they sell like laptops,tvs,dvd players and some other stuff

Shoko · 06-27-2007, 01:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Sovieto

of course i do, their good games are yet to come.

still, not that many people would pay $600 just to play some good games. by the time the ps3 gets its top titles out, i would say the wii would be only triple of the ps3, maybe even double (monthly sales

paintba||er · 06-27-2007, 01:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Shoko

still, not that many people would pay $600 just to play some good games. by the time the ps3 gets its top titles out, i would say the wii would be only triple of the ps3, maybe even double (monthly sales

The price will probably drop pretty soon.

Shoko · 06-27-2007, 01:11 AM

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Originally Posted by paintba||er

The price will probably drop pretty soon.

oh yea, thats true. well then the wii will sell double monthly then. man, if the ps3 was $400, it would pwn.

i wonder if the wii will drop down to $100 like the gamecube. most likely it wont though.

ciper · 06-27-2007, 01:54 AM

Sony already LOSES money on each PS3 sold. If the price were to drop...

Celestial · 06-27-2007, 01:59 AM

Wouldn't the price of making the Ps3 go down too? Due to the price of the things needed to make a Ps3? Then they could reduce the price... I think Sony confirmed a price drop, not sure if they announced the price, but they stated that it was a good price

ciper · 06-27-2007, 02:01 AM

Not yet because there aren't enough people buying into blue ray - which is a big reason for the high price.

paintba||er · 06-27-2007, 02:01 AM

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Originally Posted by ciper

Sony already LOSES money on each PS3 sold. If the price were to drop...

But they are going to put in the new processors that are cheaper and cooler. Even if it makes them lose more on the consoles, they would still make more money in the end, because they would sale more games and other stuff that they make a profit on.

Valley · 06-27-2007, 02:03 AM

I have a hard time believing the PS3 will be able to catch up, the Wii still has great momentum, and more games to come. Plus, of course, it's cheaper

Hey, isn't this the first time Nintendo has "won" a console war against Sony? Both the N64 and Gamecube were beat, so this is really the first victory, right?

minto · 06-27-2007, 02:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Valley

I have a hard time believing the PS3 will be able to catch up, the Wii still has great momentum, and more games to come. Plus, of course, it's cheaper

Hey, isn't this the first time Nintendo has "won" a console war against Sony? Both the N64 and Gamecube were beat, so this is really the first victory, right?

its still too soon to tell

Celestial · 06-27-2007, 02:08 AM

Yea, there's still another 5+ years to go... and I heard the Wii might become outdated, dunno where, probably here lol.. So that won't help

Valley · 06-27-2007, 02:09 AM

Hmm, I suppose so. Well, Wii has at least won the battle, though maybe not the war

Celestial · 06-27-2007, 02:15 AM

I just think for now the 360 is by far the best... I feel the Wii is updating far too slowly, like the online, took about half a year... and it's pretty much crap.
I know they'll be getting better soon but I think it's taking too long.

Just like the Ps3, they've announced good things such as HOME and stuff, but we still have to wait. Think they both need at least till the end of the year to be close to as good as the 360 (My opinion)

But sales for the wii are kinda great, don't think it deserves it though, again, my opinion