The day Nintendo died...

[Screamapillar]

Yakuzaice said:

Screamapillar said:

Your premise is incorrect.   The fact is, Nintendo is in absolutely no danger of dying.   Besides the fact that they have a market capitalization of over $15 billion, they also have somewhere between $8-$10 billion in cash on hand, not to mention the fact that 3DS sales are actually up year over year, and that's before the new model revision comes to market in October, along with a new Pokemon and Zelda.

Nintendo is at about $4.7 billion in cash and cash equivalents. 

So far for the calendar year the 3DS is down YoY in both sales and shipments.  If VGC numbers are to be believed it has fallen further behind in recent weeks, it was averaging 200k+ a week in August last year.  Monster Hunter and Pokemon will certainly do their parts to turn it around, but Nintendo was forecasting a 29% increase for the fiscal year.  Starting from behind isn't the best way to reach that goal.

3DS is up YoY in NA, as Nintendo stated at E3.  Thanks in large part to Luigi's Mansion and especially Animal Crossing releasing in the west.  The increases will only grow thanks to the introduction of the 2DS and of course Pokemon X/Y next month.