"and even their first lost is 550 million us dollars compared to the billions sony and ms lost this gen. "

Hummm... Microsoft?

After the debacle of the X360 RROD a few years back, Xbox division has been profitable for MS ever since, if I'm not mistaken.

I hope that Japanese gaming companies bounce back soon.

@lelo2play

if you think MS are not losing money then you are living in a fantasy world, back in 2005 the xbox was losing $76 per unit on the arcade alone and $126 per unit on the HDD versions, also they were worth $500 billion in 2000 but they are now only worth around $260 billion now, and that is a hell of a loss especially considering they did not have no tsunami or earthquakes to affect them or nuclear accidents

also the majority of the money they do make is from windows and office also how can they be making so much profits when they are spending billions in advertising which eats into there profits.

and even though Nintendo has posted a smaller loss is not a small loss to them as they are a much smaller company compared to MS or Sony

and sony losses are mainly due to poor tv sales devision because of the high end tv market they aim for plus they invest in allot of different types of investments that most people dont even know about and of course a bad investment is just that a bad investment.

Console companies are dying.

Nintendo is making losses now.

Sony back in 2000 was worth 200billion usd, now is worth 20 billion usd.

MS well they arent doing to good either.

CONSOLE GAMING IS DYING.

Remember you heard it here first.

@raymantalk1

Ah yea overall console makers are going out of business, But yea as a company i would rather be worth 250billion usd rather than 20billion USD.

Its far easier to turn around a company at 250Billion usd than a company at 20billion USD. Smaller companies generally have smaller chances of surviving. I wouldnt be surprised if Sony left the gaming business all together if this carries on, there is only so much the shareholders will be willing to bleed.

Personally i couldnt be happier if all of them went out of business lol. The industry would start progressing again :) by the way its looking the day might not be too far when Sony and Nintendo atleast go out of business. Later lets hope Apple can get rid of MS and we will be all good.

Edit: Recession, which is why people are willing to buy 500usd Cell phones from Apple? Recession is just an excuse by the media to get the public to spend less, so that things drop in prices, which causes the big dogs around the world to invest. Well thats another story. There really isnt a recession its just a fear created in the minds of people.

I know right? I mean really bow our heads? Thats just silly

Kaos is just a character, dude. ^_^;
Like darksniper: it is an act making fun of n4g itself.(and fanboyism overall.)
At least, that is what I've gathered from their multiple comments. ^.^;

This is a rarity, a Troll crying Fanboy.

How lame!

"Kaos is just a character, dude. ^_^;
Like darksniper"

Pretty sure they are controlled by the same person.

@Dlacy13g

Yeah, but in previous years Japan wasn't exactly dealing with a wonky up-and-down economy while their primary currency was weakening, now were they?

@PopRocks359... Sure, I fully agree its a tougher economy in Japan and that most certainly led to the down year as well. Does that make them reporting a loss any different though? Bad news is bad news if you ask me.

T900, why dont you just stop playing consoles and go revolutionize gaming yourself. oh thats right, your lazy, un motivated cry baby.

if your bored enough just boot up your old snes and play old school games, no one cares what you feel.

Perhaps his reference is PC gaming, a platform that is much more rich in innovation and evolution. A platform where it's not controlled by one single entity that calls the shots on pricing on the software. A platform that doesn't have closed walls which limits growth.

As for Nintendo they need to re-evaluate their market. The Wii changed the landscape for Nintendo and now it seems to want to recapture the hardcore demographics by finally wanting to work with 3rd party publishers. They still hold the handheld market but that market has also changed. That's why Vita is having a tougher go at it and why Nintendo had to cut the price of the 3DS early on. More importantly the value of the Yen is what cripples them at the moment. Nintendo needs to not centre itself as a Japanese company when most of their sales come from off-shore. Both Sony and Nintendo make most of their decisions from a Japanese point of view, this needs to change. We are now all connected and the Japanese need to adapt.

Lmao

Since we are just grabbing numbers out of the air... why not 3 years? Or how about 4 years?

Oh another thing, how exactly did you figure out how many devs have WiiU dev kits? Are you like the WiiU detective/psychic now?

Spare us the Troll predictions please.