I enjoy doing a bit of math in Google every now and again, and I just copped something amazing: The Nintendo Wii is going to have more than double the revenue of the Sony PlayStation 3 come November.
In the US of A Sony is promising 400,000
units of the PS3 at launch. Nintendo is promising around 2 million Wii's for the
US
Now, if we give Sony the benefit of the doubt and say that every PS3 in the US will be sold at the higher $600 price point, and the Wii is obviously at $250 across the board, that means that Sony stands to have revenues of $240 million; Nintendo $500 million, presuming they sell all their consoles. Sony will obviously make much less than $240 million as not everybody is going to be buying their PS3 at $600, so if Nintendo fails to sell off all of their launch stock they still have plenty of margin for error to be able to claim 100% more revenue than Sony.
Half the price and double the revenue, I still maintain that the Nintendo Wii will be the real console to beat. In the past Nintendo has always had the creative edge in certain areas - in 2006 it would seem that they have done their sums as well. Of course, as DFC Intelligence helpfully pointed out, the Wii has to be more than a fad to be truly successful. It's my opinion however that with a wide range of games and the reasonable price point, the Nintendo Wii would be an attractive bet even without its controller.
Comments (7)
nintendo is also MAKING profit on their consoles. sony is taking a HUGE LOSS.
honestly, the ps3 seems more like a joke for sony as each day goes by
Posted by Anonymous | November 1, 2006 6:24 PM
Posted on November 1, 2006 18:24
One thing that should be mentioned it profitablity. Nintendo might make 10%
profit giving them $50 million but Sony is losing money, maybe even $100
million. That would be a difference of $150 million.That's just at launch though
and things can change. These sums don't take into account license income etc.
Posted by Cam | November 1, 2006 6:33 PM
Posted on November 1, 2006 18:33
Well, Sony also stands to lose a hundred or so dollars on every PS3 sold, since
they are selling it at a loss (they hope to make this up later with game sales).
Nintendo on the other hand can sell a Wii for a profit at 200 (It also comes
with a game Wii sports that adds 50 dollars to the price, which is also being
sold at a profit).
Posted by Anonymous | November 1, 2006 7:16 PM
Posted on November 1, 2006 19:16
don't be an fool, making more money on the opening release and being the
"console to beat" are 2 totally different things. PS3's will sell out every
single shipment over the next year I'm sure. As you've stated, Wii's may not
even sell out their first shipment.PS3 is king, and Microsoft will be sure to
keep it close.
Posted by Anonymous | November 3, 2006 9:32 AM
Posted on November 3, 2006 09:32
Yep, SONY is a buch of idiots! *shrug* You really think Sony doesn't know how
to make money? Please.It's software. That's where the money is at. So what
they loose $150~$200 perconsole. How many game titles do you think the average
owner will buy over the life of their console. Dozens....................Don't
think they are "loosing" anything. SONY knows a lot more than you do about the
industry.
Posted by Agent707 | November 7, 2006 8:11 PM
Posted on November 7, 2006 20:11
Now, I KNOW you put quotes around it for a reason, and I thank you, but you're
being TOO SUBTLE and that poster will NOT understand that he is an IDIOT!
PLEASE, all of you, for GOD'S SAKE when you see someone spelling "Losing" (or
some iteration of it) "LOOSING" PLEASE correct them ... it is the single most
annoying highlight of ignorance on the internet. I mean, do people do it on
PURPOSE or are they all really that stupid? I mean, c'mon people - LOOSER is
what your tie gets when you pull on it, a LOSER is what people that can't spell
are called. Goddamn do I hate stupid people.
Posted by Anonymous | November 7, 2006 10:33 PM
Posted on November 7, 2006 22:33
Sony will also make some bucks on every bluray movie sold. And its all about
making "that" the dominant format. He spelt loosing becoz he believes the
American Gov blew up the three towers (WTC and the invisible one)
Posted by Anonymous | November 10, 2006 11:01 AM
Posted on November 10, 2006 11:01