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Soundwave on 30 January 2013
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Vinniegambini said:
Soundwave said:

Unless something disastrous happens in Q4, especially with the yen easing, Nintendo should comfortably make a small profit (by their standards) this fiscal year though.

3DS is maybe not selling as well as they want but clearly selling enough to drive a good amount of profit. Those NSMB2 sales are nothing to scoff at.

With Dragon Quest VII, Luigi's Mansion 2, Tomadachi Collection 2, Megaten, Monster Hunter 4, and Pokemon X/Y, they got Japan on lock down this year. I imagine a Zelda 3DS or Donkey Kong Country 3DS could happen this year too.

Operating Income loss of 20 million yen, net income of 14,000 yen for year-end forecast.

Bascially, they are not profitable at the moment by selling video games, they are currently catching a break with the weaker yen and will post a profit because of the it.

I'm kinda confused though, because if they're up $159 million so far, and have one quarter to go, Q4 being a slower quarter, shouldn't they be adding a (small) amount to the $159 million they're already up for the year with a more favorable yen? 3DS is still profitable, so is Wii and DS, Wii U may not be from a hardware POV, but they're barely shipping any for Q4.