Nintendo Results Q2 FY14: WiiU 0.61m, 3DS 1.27m

[Yakuzaice]

Vena said:

Yakuzaice said:

3DS sales were quite a bit stronger than last quarter.  If comparing to last year, their selling, general, and administrative expenses were substantially lower in Q2.  Down almost 11%.  If it had been flat (or up like in Q1), we'd be looking at a ~5 billion yen Operating Loss for the half.

What brought them down so far?

Not sure, don't see any elaboration in the report.  It does seem that their more favorable Ordinary/Net Income is due in large part to a 15.5 billion exchange gain due to yen depreciation (most of their sales are overseas and they report in yen, so in this instance the depreciation can be advantageous).