| spurgeonryan said: I really dont understand how they are losing money other than R&D. Merchandise is through the roof! 3DS, Wii, DS, Dslite, DS etc. are all selling in total more than the other three are even with their different systems, games are selling well, Japan has had a good year for Nintendo games, etc. What else? Tv shows, movies, books, etc... |
This has not been a good year for Nintendo games in Japan. Right now they are down 13.4 million versus all of last year. They would need to come close to doubling their best November/December ever in order to be up YoY.
Overall software shipments in Japan for the first half of their fiscal year.
DS down 9.12 million (12.51 to 3.39)
Wii down 1.23 million (4.6 to 3.37)
3DS at 1.83 million for the half.
Not sure what you mean by they are selling "more than the other three". There is a pretty good chance that Sony will ship more hardware than them. They did for the first quarter of the fiscal year. Even with the 3DS and the price cut they've shipped 2.66 million fewer pieces of hardware versus the six months ended Sept. 2010. Without the 3DS, the Wii and DS would be down 5.73 million YoY.
