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Nintendo released its quarterly earnings statement today, showing a drop in sales and earnings for the first quarter (April through June). As reason for the drops, the company blamed the appreciation of the yen and the lowering of the DS price.


The company did ¥188,646 million ($2.12 billion) in sales over the three month period, down from the ¥253,498 million ($2.9 billion) of the same period last year. Operating income was down from ¥40,401 million ($462 million) to ¥23,342 million ($266 million). Nintendo saw a net loss of ¥25.216 billion ($283 million) down from a net income of ¥42.316 billion ($475 million) of the same period last year.

There were some successes for the company over the fiscal period. Super Mario Galaxy 2, released in May, has sold 4.09 million units worldwide. The company also pointed to continued success for Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver and Tomodachi Collection, both of which were released last year.

DS sold 3.15 million units over the three months, down sharply from the 5.97 million of the same period last year. The system has now sold 132.04 million units worldwide.

Wii saw a gain from last year's 2.23 million units to 3.04 million units, bringing its life to date to 73.97 million units.

Both platforms saw drops in software sales for the period. DS software sales fell from last year's 29.09 million units to 22.41 million units. The system has sold a total of 740.93 million pieces of software so far. Wii sold 28.17 million games during the three months, down from the 31.07 million of last year. The system has sold 573 million units since launch. These figures do not include download games.

http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/07/29/nintendo_earnings/



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so Nintendo now make a crap load of money instead of a shit load of money?




Sales are down, it makes sense. However of course this sets them up for epic YOY rises next year.



So they print less money this year? Oh noez, Nintendoes iz doomzed!



Let the spin begin! Common spin I have seen thus far:

1. "This will set Nintendo up for bigger numbers next year"

2. "Metroid: Other M and Zelda: Skyward Sword will boost their numbers like Wii Sports and Wii Fit has"

3. "A price cut is upcoming"

4. "A bundle is upcoming"

5. "This loss is due to "fill in the blank""

The spin never stops just like all of our opinions.

My opinion, this is nothing major and is due to the DS losing steam along with R&D costs for the 3DS and a possible Wii 2. I know some will fret in comparison to Sony's numbers, but if Sony were in the same position of investing in developing a new handheld and possibly a successor to the PS3, then their quarterlys would not be so hot either.



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I prefer the analysis of Jacob Mazel aka The Source, which can be found in the gamrFeed Section.



Killiana1a said:

Let the spin begin! Common spin I have seen thus far:

1. "This will set Nintendo up for bigger numbers next year"

2. "Metroid: Other M and Zelda: Skyward Sword will boost their numbers like Wii Sports and Wii Fit has"

3. "A price cut is upcoming"

4. "A bundle is upcoming"

5. "This loss is due to "fill in the blank""

The spin never stops just like all of our opinions.

My opinion, this is nothing major and is due to the DS losing steam along with R&D costs for the 3DS and a possible Wii 2. I know some will fret in comparison to Sony's numbers, but if Sony were in the same position of investing in developing a new handheld and possibly a successor to the PS3, then their quarterlys would not be so hot either.


how are sony's numbers? are they better than nintendo's?



morenoingrato said:
Killiana1a said:

Let the spin begin! Common spin I have seen thus far:

1. "This will set Nintendo up for bigger numbers next year"

2. "Metroid: Other M and Zelda: Skyward Sword will boost their numbers like Wii Sports and Wii Fit has"

3. "A price cut is upcoming"

4. "A bundle is upcoming"

5. "This loss is due to "fill in the blank""

The spin never stops just like all of our opinions.

My opinion, this is nothing major and is due to the DS losing steam along with R&D costs for the 3DS and a possible Wii 2. I know some will fret in comparison to Sony's numbers, but if Sony were in the same position of investing in developing a new handheld and possibly a successor to the PS3, then their quarterlys would not be so hot either.


how are sony's numbers? are they better than nintendo's?


Let's say they are at the millions while Nintendo are at the billions.

This is no surprise. Both systems are peaking in sales. DKC, Kirby, and Zelda will boost software and hardware sales.



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Christian973 said:
morenoingrato said:
Killiana1a said:

Let the spin begin! Common spin I have seen thus far:

1. "This will set Nintendo up for bigger numbers next year"

2. "Metroid: Other M and Zelda: Skyward Sword will boost their numbers like Wii Sports and Wii Fit has"

3. "A price cut is upcoming"

4. "A bundle is upcoming"

5. "This loss is due to "fill in the blank""

The spin never stops just like all of our opinions.

My opinion, this is nothing major and is due to the DS losing steam along with R&D costs for the 3DS and a possible Wii 2. I know some will fret in comparison to Sony's numbers, but if Sony were in the same position of investing in developing a new handheld and possibly a successor to the PS3, then their quarterlys would not be so hot either.


how are sony's numbers? are they better than nintendo's?


Let's say they are at the millions while Nintendo are at the billions.

This is no surprise. Both systems are peaking in sales. DKC, Kirby, and Zelda will boost software and hardware sales.



oh, that's relieveing.

So pretty much nintendo made less profit, but made massive profit



So they have to buy silver plated swimming pools and mink coats for their wives, instead of gold plated pools and sable coats.

Those poor bastards.



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