There's at least one factual error in there... That 212M software forecast includes 3rd party software.
How can you make a guess like $10 per software sold? Nintendo's margin on different games probably varies between $30 (a $50 game with no advertisement or development costs attributed to 2007) and less than $1 (a third party budget DS game MSRPing at $10). If your $10 estimate has even a $2 margin of error, software profits could be between $1.7B and $2.55B on those 212M units.
These numbers are just empty.
BTW, Wolfenstein, these numbers are INSANELY good for Nintendo. Microsoft and Sony are losing billions in the videogame industry right now. And no one has ever made even 2B in one year in the videogame industry, let alone 3B or 4B.
What did Nintendo make in 2006?
"[Our former customers] are unable to find software which they WANT to play."
"The way to solve this problem lies in how to communicate what kind of games [they CAN play]."
Satoru Iwata, Nintendo President. Only slightly paraphrased.
