| bobgamez said: Im kinda confused here, how can they possibly be posting losses with Hardware sales over 26 million and software sales over 200 million? They've had much worse years when it comes to software and especially hardware. |
The 3DS was being sold at a loss after the emergency price cut, and Nintendo not planning around the strong Yen. Check the investors' meeting notes on vgchartz, it's all outlined. The dev costs for Wii U are implicitely presumed.
About the 3DS being sold at a loss, nothing to worry about Nintendo announced that come April they should have resolved that and would, if not profit, break even on every portable console sold. Add to this the finalized launch of Wii U and a booming holiday season 2012 for the 3DS, Nintendo will most likely profit strongly this year. The yen problem has always been there, yet Nintendo has profited significantly in the past. Nonetheless, it would be interesting to see if Nintendo has found business/legal solutions to circumvent the Yen to dollar discrepancy.
