Okay we'll live under the assumption that secretly Sony and MS are doing amazingly well.Private Hoffman said:I can explain Microsoft and Sony; Sony has just recently become profitable after their initial huge investment on the PS3. They also incurred losses upfront on the PS2. Microsoft has been profitable for quite some time, despite the RROD fiasco, but their results are obfuscated by the fact that the financial data is lumped into their entertainment division, which contains many different groups not associated with videogames.
And aren't those events relative recent. EA has been slumping all gen.Private Hoffman said:Hasn't EA been acquiring development studios which is contributing to their temporary losses? It's not like their software isn't selling, last I checked.
Tons of licensed games, huge success on the wii with GH and other casual games. Activision are not the guys i would be trumpeting as HD stalwarts. That's even worse than the konami card.Private Hoffman said:Activision is yet another company that focuses heavily on PS360 development, and I'm sure the vast majority of their profits come from these platforms and not the Wii.
The chart doesn't lie. The companies with big profits are those who embraced casual games. The companies that came out swinging with HD and big budgets are not. You haven't explained Midway or Atari.Private Hoffman said:Your suggestion that developers that didn't hop on the Wii bandwagon are losing is just completely untrue. That's not to say that they could potentially be doing more on the Wii, but to paint this gloomy picture about them for supposedly shafting the Wii is inaccurate.
And apparently Sega and Namco aren't doing so hot either. I bet Namco can't wait for to announce some more tales games for the Wii, DS and PS2 and Sega's already printing Mario and Sonic 2 discs.