gigantor21 said:
TheLastStarFighter said:
gigantor21 said:
TheLastStarFighter said:
Nintendo just needs to sell as many 3DS's and Wii U's as possible this year. They should be making a good profit of both, now is the time to move them. Pokemon, Animal Crossing, and the declining relevence of DS in the west should help this be a banner year for 3DS. Wii U needs compelling software ASAP. They should be hoping for at least 10 million sold this year. |
I doubt the WiiU's been that profitable with such low sales lately. And that trend will continue for a while, at this rate--I don't expect Lego City, Pikmin, or Bayonetta to have a huge, lasting impact on hardware sales. The heavy hitters may well make up the difference come Christmas time, though.
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Generally, they use a cost per unit. I believe Nintendo transfers funds from the US to the parent company at the end of the fiscal year, too, so if they've sold say... 2.5million units of Wii U in US and Europe, they could be seeing an extra 18+% revenue from those sales March 31st. But I was talking about going forward. What's happening now isn't too important as long as what happens later is good. And if the yen drops to 100 per dollar, Nintnedo should be making money per unit, even with a price cut. If you look back to Nintendo's profit-making glory days between 2006 and 2010, the dollar was often above 100 yen. This made for major cash per every Wii and DS sold.
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I honestly don't know shit about how the dollar-to-yen valuation affects sales TBH. :p
I was just going on the fact that they're likely not going to meet even the more modest sales numbers they revised after Christmas. Especially on software, which I personally feel was frontloaded due to retailers expecting another Wii.
How much do you expect the yen to drop?
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Yeah, there is a difference between Nintendo's profitability and a profit per unit number for just the Wii U. I was just saying that Wii U is probably not being sold at a loss now, that it probably costs less to manufacture each unit than they can now make using current exchange rates.
I was expecting a 95yen dollar since the Japanese election. What's happened now is positive US economic reports. A healthier US plus continued efforts by the Japanese government to devalue the yen... it seems now it may continue its march and drop past 100. Wonderful news for Nintendo, and Sony.
