| Soundwave said: I think Nintendo will be fairly bitterly dissapointed with 9-10 million 3DS' for the fiscal year, but they probably have no choice but to grin and bear it. I think the one silver lining this fiscal year will be that amiibos will make a very nice chunk of change ... at $14 a pop, the profit margin on those plastic toys is probably through the roof. I think Nintendo's almost going to think "screw selling video games, toys is where its at", lol. |
I doubt they will be bitterly disappointed. The n3DS is obviously there understanding of slipping sales and its there own fault that they wasted the 3DSs 2013 momentum with the lacking year of 2014. They seem to have actually planned ahead with the n3DS this time around and will let the holidays handle the West, while the n3DS and the strong software line-up will handle Japan. If they can keep Japan afloat well and into the seemingly better 2015 for software, and then the following NA/EU n3DS launch gives them a good push and they can feed it with titles like MH4G, FF:E, Pokemon/Smash legs, Xenoblade, STEAM, Bravely, etc, they'll be looking at a much better 2015 than 2014. (The much better production costs on the n3DS will also boost their profits in 2015.)
I don't know if it will be Amiibos, they'll certainly turn them a nice profit but we don't have any real forecasts on their selling potential, but more that the systems are actually selling software. Last FY the WiiU was literally a drain and, iirc, NCL wrote off all production costs on that FY as well. That means this year is only profits on anything the WiiU does and it has actual software selling this FY. Amiibos are a low-risk venture for Nintendo.
