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[Hank Hill]

http://www.businessi...nintendo-2013-7

 

I have no opinion about Nintendo’s share price. But the Nintendo DS is being beaten into pulp by the fashion for mobile games. The WiiU likewise, and the Wii isn’t competing with Xbox and [PlayStation]. All of this is a shame for those of us who wish our children would stick to cheaper devices. And for those of us who have lost iPads and smartphones to our teens. I approve of Nintendo on grounds of cost, even if it fails on ‘cool’.

The good news is that the yen saves the day!! Profits are up despite falling sales. Dear Mr. Nintendo, please bolster your sales by cutting prices in time for Christmas, and give me some of your weak yen in disinflation, I deserve it! Oh and please use some of your profits to think up other cooler (and cheaper) games that can compete with the leviathans of the mobile gaming and video market. Do I like what the yen has done for the Nikkei? Oh Yes I do! Does Mr. Abe need to keep it up if he wants to avoid wasting the benefit of a weaker currency? Yes he does!

This is just...I can't...uhm... 

 

 

Now, I could be mistaken...but didn't the DS sell close to 100 million systems, and the Wii did outsell the PS360 worldwide?

 

I wonder where I could get me one of these "analyst" jobs...seems to me it requires no real work, thought, or grasp of the world around you. All of which I can do easily.

 

[PipoPito]

The DS is actually the best selling video game console (home and handheld)

[AndyG]

Wasn't it only a month ago that sales for Playstation or 360 (I can't remember which) finally surpassed Wii sales.

While it is true that the mobile sales are much better than the DS, that doesn't mean that the DS was a failure.

It seems they will hire anyone to do these jobs

[Aiddon]

y'know, we need a new section for badly written articles like this. We should call it "Riffwords: My god Games Journalism is Bad"

[Nintyfan86]

http://www.businessi...nintendo-2013-7
 

This is just...I can't...uhm... 
 

 
Now, I could be mistaken...but didn't the DS sell close to 100 million systems, and the Wii did outsell the PS360 worldwide?
 
I wonder where I could get me one of these "analyst" jobs...seems to me it requires no real work, thought, or grasp of the world around you. All of which I can do easily.

Joking aside, it is pretty rough. The money rocks though;).

[DexterousGecko]

There's one little problem with your "he's crazy" bit. He's talking present tense, you're talking past tense.