Nintendo Profitability Analysis - FY Mar 2007 and FY Mar 2008 - Need Info

[bumidan]

NJ5 said:

bumidan said:
@kn

R&D , Sales & Marketing costs as follows:

FY Mar 2007
R&D = 37,725 or approx. US$322 million
Sales & Marketing = 82,339 or US$703 million

FY Mar 2008
R&D = 37,001 or approx. US$323 million
Sales & Marketing = 113,977 or US$997 million

So Nintendo spends more in marketing than in R&D.
I'm not sure if that's good or bad.

But Nintendo results speak for themselves.

Where did you get these numbers?

 

From Nintendo FY Mar 2008 financial statements.

The higher number is the published number in millions of yen.

The US$ figure is derived from the average exchange rate - based on Nintendo's financials.

117.02 For FY end Mar 07

114.28 for FY end Mar 08

source: Nintendo Consolidated Financial Statements (dated Apr 24, 2008) - pg. 21