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Dr Mario Kart · 05-20-2007, 10:58 AM

There is absolutely no credibility to the idea that Nintendo would leave the hardware business:

Profit in the game industry: 1998-2007

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FY*       Sony**        Nintendo        Microsoft
1998    974,000,000    629,000,000
1999   1,130,000,000   645,000,000
2000    730,000,000    421,000,000
2001    -409,000,000   726,000,000
2002    623,000,000    800,000,000     -750,000,000
2003    939,000,000    560,000,000     -1,191,000,000
2004    650,000,000    316,000,000     -1,215,000,000
2005    404,000,000    777,000,000     -485,000,000
2006    75,000,00      894,000,000     -1,262,000,000
2007   -1,969,000,000  1,489,000,000   -693,000,000
Totals  3,147,000,000  7,257,000,000    -5,596,000,000

So we could all remember the name of the game. It's not for the love of interactive entertainment.

* -- it's fiscal year for both Microsoft and Nintendo
** -- it's FY+1 for Sony for comparison reasons

Microsoft – Entertainment and Devices Division (Home and Entertainment) through 3rd Q FY 2007 ended March 31
Sony – Game division through 4th Q FY 2006 ended March 31
Nintendo – Overall through 4th Q FY 2007 ended March 31. Average exchange rate: 1 US $ = 117.02 yen

The most pure videogame sector here is Sony's reports.

All Home & Entertainment divisions but Xbox is considered to be profitable. They also started losing money on Xbox before 2002 as it had to be R&D'ed and produced. Which is more than likely another billion or so. Recent reports also contain loses on Zune.

Nintendo releases overall earnings reports – stake in pokemon + currency investments + some other minor things.