by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @04:38PM (#61024546)
I believe Nintendo sold the Gamecube at a slight loss but generally Nintendo makes money on the consoles, the dev kits, and the games. They make money in every department. So the fact that Sony lost money on this particular console is interesting and isn't "water is wet" triviality.
I paid out of my pocket for my Commodore 64 but that investment set me up for life. I loved PEEKing and POKEing into memory if it broke anything.... I can't do this with this new crop of shit but God help me I will try.
I paid out of my pocket for my Commodore 64 but that investment set me up for life. I loved PEEKing and POKEing into memory if it broke anything.... I can't do this with this new crop of shit but God help me I will try.
POKE 214, 255...disables break and interprets every command as RUN.
Man, I used to love screwing with the computer demo units in malls with that one back in the day.
I would just go up to the demo unit and type:
10 PRINT "EAT A DICK"
20 GOTO 10
RUN
I had no creativity.
That's plenty creative (it's not like my childish mind was any better). You just needed to add that POKE statement and then walk away and watch the salespeople squirm trying to figure out how to get it off the screen in the front store window.
I can't remember anymore what I used to do...something like...
debug
-mov ax,13h
-int 10h
-xor ax,ax
-mov es,0xa000h
-mov cx,0xfa00h
-rep stos
-inc ax
-jmp <up four lines>
Ninendo made money on each and every Gamecube sold.
Back when I was a game dev, Nintendo invited us to their Redmond office to preview to Gamecube harsware about six months before release. We were told that the console would retail at $149 and they would be selling at a profit. When Sony and Microsoft released their hardware at much higher prices, Nintendo saw their opportunity to raise their prices to $200 and make even more money - so they did.
Back then the scuttlebutt was Sony and Microsoft needed to
So actually, it kind of is "water is wet" that the PS5 an new XBOX whateveritsnameis are sold at a loss, especially considering their performance. The interesting fact is that Ninendo apparently sells Switches at a profit.
Subsidize razor to profit off blades (Score:3, Insightful)
Consoles are loss-leaders. It's commissions on game sales they really want.
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Consoles are loss-leaders. It's commissions on game sales they really want.
Exactly. I'm not sure how the concept of a loss-leader is so foreign here. Grocery stores have done this for decades to get you in the door.
IMHO, the price isn't low enough. Provide the console for free. Charge for the games. You'll probably get more customers that way.
... because it's not always true? (Score:0)
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I paid out of my pocket for my Commodore 64 but that investment set me up for life. I loved PEEKing and POKEing into memory if it broke anything.... I can't do this with this new crop of shit but God help me I will try.
POKE 214, 255...disables break and interprets every command as RUN.
Man, I used to love screwing with the computer demo units in malls with that one back in the day.
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I would just go up to the demo unit and type:
10 PRINT "EAT A DICK"
20 GOTO 10
RUN
I had no creativity.
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I would just go up to the demo unit and type: 10 PRINT "EAT A DICK" 20 GOTO 10 RUN
I had no creativity.
That's plenty creative (it's not like my childish mind was any better). You just needed to add that POKE statement and then walk away and watch the salespeople squirm trying to figure out how to get it off the screen in the front store window.
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debug
-mov ax,13h
-int 10h
-xor ax,ax
-mov es,0xa000h
-mov cx,0xfa00h
-rep stos
-inc ax
-jmp <up four lines>
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Back when I was a game dev, Nintendo invited us to their Redmond office to preview to Gamecube harsware about six months before release. We were told that the console would retail at $149 and they would be selling at a profit. When Sony and Microsoft released their hardware at much higher prices, Nintendo saw their opportunity to raise their prices to $200 and make even more money - so they did.
Back then the scuttlebutt was Sony and Microsoft needed to
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So the fact that Sony lost money on this particular console is interesting and isn't "water is wet" triviality.
Sony and MS lost a lot of money on the PS3 and XBOX 360 too https://www.theguardian.com/te... [theguardian.com]
https://www.mcvuk.com/business... [mcvuk.com]
And apparently also on the PS4 and XBONE (but less) https://www.forbes.com/sites/e... [forbes.com]
https://www.independent.co.uk/... [independent.co.uk]
So actually, it kind of is "water is wet" that the PS5 an new XBOX whateveritsnameis are sold at a loss, especially considering their performance. The interesting fact is that Ninendo apparently sells Switches at a profit.