Nintendo´s meeting highlights

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spemanig said:

Nuvendil said:

Last year, Iwata was in a corner and talking about anything to try and make things look as positive as possible :P.  To some degree, talking out of his rear.

This year, Iwata and company are on the road to profits, things are looking a lot better than last year.  No they aren't on top of the world, but he doesn't have to talk about stuff that obviously is a looong ways away to make things sound pretty :P

They're still in a corner. They've had to lower their already low sales expectations, and both of their console are showing signs of nearing the end of their cycles. Especially the 3DS.

To add to this, their recent profits are due in large part to favorable currency fluctuations. If things had stayed similar to the beginning of the fiscal year, they would still be taking a loss.

RCTjunkie said:
So they didn't expect scalpers to sell amiibos for high prices and certain figures are way more popular than they can supply, but they're still planning one-time run amiibos?

Nintendo why are you so dumb?

I'm guessing manufacturing schedules plays a big role here: they can only pump out so many units (without buying more manufacturing capacity) at a time, and they've got 50 or so figures to make in just the Smash Bros line. Better, they figure, to just stop making new Wii Fit Trainers than to restart a line to satisfy a few thousand customers.

Dulfite said:
The thought of playing those games on the N64, with one of the worst controllers ever made...

RolStoppable said:
I read "amiibo cards" while skimming through this thread. When and how much?

2015 and Less Than The Figures, respectively.