Willy105 said:
Yeah, but it won't be the same for those making the entertainment. Comedians and entertainers in the US went to almost a complete stop after 9/11.
It wasn't until a whole week after 9/11 that Letterman decided to air a show. After him, all the other shows stared to slowly return.
Maybe we will see a rise in business, but I still think rebuilding and relief will take the biggest share of activity in the economy.
This is lemons and oranges.
Comedians and entertainers had most of their legs taken out from under them, because it would be politically incorrect to use their usual material during a time like that. It was understandable all things considered.
As for comments about 3DS sales keeping stable (or even going up) because people want escapism - I can't imagine what your world is like. If I had just lost my house, the last thing I'm thinking about is playing a video game. (I would probably wish to be playing a video game rather than watching the empty space where my house used to be - but thats another thing)
Lots of places dont have running water, or electricity. Nintendo's sales will probably flatline anywhere north of Tokyo (even in Tokyo, the shopping centre of Japan, streets were deserted today) for the next week or two, and then pick up gradually between now and the end of the summer. Minor shocks will happen for the next week (in the best case scenario), so currently people in the area are sleeping with one foot out of the door. As a result, I can see a lot of titles being delayed either as a result to loss of staff/disruption to the office, or simply because people are not spending cash.
If you want to have a economic upside to a global tragedy, then from what I understand (and I could be very wrong) - the Japanese yen has depreciated in value since the earthquake - meaning that when sales of the US machines come in - more profit comes back to Nintendo when the eventual conversion back to Yen happens. (?)
