Soundwave on 13 May 2014
| TheDrill said: No way in hell, they are making money on every sold Wii U, no matter if it doesn't sell greatly. And most of the games that Nintendo makes (Pokemon, Mario franchise) sell like cupcakes. The Wii U is here to stay. |
Actually that was a bit of a misquote from Gibbogame (this is why its better to wait for the actual translated version). Iwata says they're not losing money on Wii U this fiscal year because they've basically manufactured most of the Wii Us that will be sold this fiscal year already (read: they manufactured a lot of systems last year and weren't able to sell them).
That means the hardware losses on those systems were already accounted for in Nintendo's prior fiscal year. It doesn't mean the hardware is profitable or not now.
