Nintendo at E3 2011

[Bond]

The 52WK range for Nintendo's stock (trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange) is: 15,790 - 29,300 (in yens, of course). Current price of the stock is 16,390. So, in roughly a little over twelve months the stock has dropped by half.

http://www.google.com/finance?q=TYO:7974

Hard to say if that drop is directly or indirectly attributable to much of anything, but it is quite a drop.

[BreakABone]

Originally Posted by Bond

The 52WK range for Nintendo's stock (trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange) is: 15,790 - 29,300 (in yens, of course). Current price of the stock is 16,390. So, in roughly a little over twelve months the stock has dropped by half.

http://www.google.com/finance?q=TYO:7974

Hard to say if that drop is directly or indirectly attributable to much of anything, but it is quite a drop.

There are a ton of simple factors really
-The Wii has been in a steep decline for a while now. Sales are generally buoyed by the holidays and the occasional major release.
-The 3DS has had a less than spectacular launch reception. Selling under anticipation for the first 2-3 months.
-No major software released this year on either of their major consoles. Though they had Pokemon Black/White

[Typhoid]

Now Nintendo has this great plan, has gotten developers on board and everybody is full of ideas. There's no way MS/Sony will catch up with them within 3 years.

Really?
You don't think MS or Sony can make their new system (or port to a PS3/360, I suppose) compatable with a tablet - which everyone is all the rage about these days - meaning a lot of companies are probably already looking into ways to utilize a tablet in the best way for them - and you don't think they can do that in 3 years?


And this isn't like motion sensing, really. Because I'm sure a lot of the reason behind MS and Sony not doing it sooner is because they wanted to see how much demand their was for what types of motion games to even see if it's worth it.

With this tablet/system meshing thing, I'm not saying it's a bad idea. In fact I think it's a really cool idea if utilized properly. Seems really futuristic to me. All I was saying is that it is becoming easier and easier for Sony and Nintendo to slowly push Nintendo out of the majority of the market by taking their ideas, and utilizing them with their systems' power.

And in fact, both Sony and Microsoft already have tablets either in the market, or currently in development - and I'm pretty sure that (if demand is high enough) they could easily port to their current systems respectively, or include it (as they could with motion sensing) in their next console.

[Bond]

Originally Posted by BreakABone

There are a ton of simple factors really
-The Wii has been in a steep decline for a while now. Sales are generally buoyed by the holidays and the occasional major release.
-The 3DS has had a less than spectacular launch reception. Selling under anticipation for the first 2-3 months.
-No major software released this year on either of their major consoles. Though they had Pokemon Black/White

Perhaps, but all of those tidbits could have already been factored into the stock price at that point in time ... it's a little more complicated.