Growing doubts over Nintendo’s upcoming Wii U console

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Plezbo said:

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Nintendo lost money because they are poring MASSIVE ammounts of resources into development of new technology, all the while selling 3DS at a slight loss.  At this moment, 3DS is selling at a profit, Wii U will not sell at a loss unless Ninty has a TON of software ready to go.  I wouldn't worry about Ninty, they have massive cash reserves and will be fine unless Wii U becomes  the next Virtual Boy. 

No, 3DS is still selling at a loss. They expect the crossover point to be August, and they expect to be in the red next quarter too.

Why would Nintendo be spending much on R&D? Wii U was ready to go minus the final component versions at E3, all the money spent on developing the expensive parts (CPU, GPU, Tablet) would already have been spent by then. If anything this should be a quiet period in Nintendo's R&D, they just finished lauching the 3DS's main software and an expensive home Zelda.

I'm not worried about Nintendo, their cash position is good. But if they continue to be in the red, investors will want a change of direction or a change of management. And I personally want that to happen as soon as possible, because the current direction isn't producing any games I want to play (own only 1 3DS game and will not buy Wii U, compare to 100+ Nintendo games and 8 Nintendo consoles I own).