I'm Pleased With the Wii U's Sales

[geowrian]

g911turbo said:

Soleron said:
From a doom perspective, I'd have preferred 10x the Wii U sales but a reported loss. Every quarter they post profit, accounting trick or inflation or whatever, is another quarter Iwata stays President.

I don't think there are many tricks.  Nintendo just isn't selling either of their system at a loss, but rather, a profit.  They might need to change that philosophy with the Wii U if software alone doesn't turn the ship around.

Some of it could be selling at a profit (albeit there's no evidence they've reached that point in bringing down the costs yet), but the main reason stated in their fiscal report is currancy exchanges. The Yen has been extremely strong, and they've had a lot of their money in it. they made 10-15% of their money by letting it sit there. And that's totally fine. But it's not something you can rely on forever...it could be flat or go downward moving forward, which will add to their overall losses. So it's good they made a profit, but the very low sales makes investors worry moving forward. A company that can't move a product when it makes up a significant portion of their business (Wii U + games that require the use of one) is a red flag.