^^^According to the article the 7.8 million is said to be old (although I'm not sure how old) but the $33 million isn't dated.
That would mean one of 3 things, 1) the $33 million is current which means something is really off with the numbers, 2) the $33 million is from the same time as the 7.8 million downloads which means something is off with the numbers, or 3) the $33 million figure is older than 7.8 million one which would make it really old and means something is off with the Nintendo guy using it but not the numbers.
No one of course knows the ratio of downloads by system to determine the real average price nor does anyone know how much Nintendo takes from each download. A fair estimate of the average price would be (10+8+6+5)/4 or about $7.25. Even if NES downloads were twice as much and N64 downloads half as much the average price would still be around $6.50. As for how much Nintendo gets, seeing as most downloads are on Nintendo platforms and the most downloaded games are 1st party I can't imagine Nintendo not taking at least 80-90%.
Seeing as I've blown past the point of grossly over-analyzing this I'll just conclude by saying I think the $33 million is either from 3-6 months ago, is just since March, or is only profit . For the first one, Nintendo hit 5 million or so downloads many months ago so the numbers work then. On the second possibility IIRC Nintendo had 3 million downloads until March and so would have had around 5 million this fiscal year which would suddenly make the $33 million sound correct. Or he could have meant profit and it was mistranslated. My own guess is he meant just this fiscal year.
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