3DS sales reach 11.5 million in US alone, Nintendo calls system a "powerhouse"

[Lawlight]

Yakuzaice said:

Lawlight said:

Well, they did post $6M in profit last quarter.

Last quarter they lost money.  I believe you are thinking of their net income for the six month period.  In the first quarter it was 8.624 billion Yen.  For the six month period it was 600 million.  That means in the second quarter they had a net loss of about 8 billion Yen.  For the half their net income was roughly 6 million USD.

More pertinent to 3DS profitability would be operating income.  In the first quarter they posted a loss of 4.9 billion Yen.  For the six months that increased to a loss of 23.3 billion.

Why is Q1 more pertinent than Q2?