| justiceiro said: I'm start to feel that nintendo will miss their target in 3DS and with WiiU too for this FY. I fear that there is a chance that they will end up making loss this year again. But i'm looking forward for the QA session on 30 Oct |
I think that Nintendo will meet and maybe slightly exceed the Wii U's hardware FY targets (3.6 million hardware units), because they have a decent first-party software lineup for 2014 and a decent backlog of first-party software to justify those new targets. Like you, I predict that the 3DS will fall well short of its 12 million target for several reasons: 1. There has been very few enticing software released in the West that could move units, outside of Smash and maybe Pokemon (although I assume many of those who wanted a 3DS for Pokemon would have purchased one or gotten a 2DS last year with X and Y; though I still think it will move quite a few 2DS units this year) ; 2. I can see people in the West who intend to get a 3DS or upgrade an existing model holding back because of the New 3DS. I feel Nintendo's prospects with the 3DS would have been better this year if they could have released the New 3DS (along with a couple of bundles) by the holidays. For the end of year, I am very excited to see how many Amiibo figurines Nintendo sells and how they will contribute to Nintendo's overall revenues and profits (I wonder what the profit margins are on these figurines).
I am also looking forward to their QA, as I wonder if they will talk about their QOL platform (due to be announced in 2014 and launched in 2015). I am also hoping to hear more about the New 3DS in the West (although they might hold onto that information until January).
