Nintendo lowers forecast from 55 billion yen profit to 25 billion yen loss

[ZyroXZ2]

kowenicki said:

ZyroXZ2 said:
Hmmm, maybe I don't fully understand the financial jargon from the links, but if they posted a loss rather than a profit, couldn't a large portion of these losses actually be DEVELOPMENT costs?! We all know the 2014 schedule for Wii U is packed with both announced AND unannounced (or at least only acknowledged to exist, nothing has been shown) games being developed straight from Nintendo's pockets. If we know WHAT is causing the loss, it may not be as bad as it seems...

Think about it, what if they're posting a loss because 2014 is about to blow our minds with how much money they've been pouring into development of games during this 2013 fiscal year?!

its rather obvious wahts causing the loss.  The WiiU forecast has been slashed massively.

So they were expecting much higher revenus and profits on the back of the WiiU that is now not going to happen.

There is no way to make this look ok.  Its terrible.  The markets will kick them, although the stock is already poor.

The Wii U is still sold at a loss, no?  All the profits would have been made on selling MULTIPLE games per system (not just one), and since most Wii Us sold during the holidays are bundles, I kind of see each Wii U sold in which NO separate game is purchased as being a loss...  Hence, the Wii U selling even MORE, but NOT selling enough separate, unbundled games, would only have resulted in greater operating losses, right?