Nintendo's actual earnings (prior quarter and FY)

[tak13]

Teeqoz said:

tak13 said:

 

They might hit the 5m (or fail, but here I commented about 5m cannot be considered little in the sixth year of a dying console ! )

The missed 7.6m is maybe due to undershipping, probably owing to the stagnant old 3ds/ xl stock ( Expectedly, people have focused to new 3ds/xl and old 3ds/xl hasn't an attractive low price for budget buyers...) I'm wondering if they will slash their prices to finally get rid of them!

They sold 500k in Japan according to media create for the quarter, and 420k in the USA according to NPD, as for Europe we don't have an official figure... They shipped 810k for the last quarter!  Don't you feel that they're undershipping it?

No, they are more than likely just shipping less to get rid of excess stock left over from the holiday (since they expected more sales).  In addition, they've begun phasing out the console, so there will be less and less consoles on shelf as the year passes.

However, that stock is dead stock though (it's old 3d/xl), since New 3ds/xl launch! If there wasn't that stock, wouldn't you expect higher shipments pro rata  with the above sales? They're not getting rid of it (at least not quickly) , people for obvious reasons prefere new 3ds/xl! Price of the old models is still relatively high ( small difference with the new models )  and unattractive for budget buyers...

They have to firesale the old models, that could imply money loss though, but manufacturing cost is  just 99$ and I guees extra fees are  insignificant for the old 3ds which is 5 years old and old 3ds xl which is 4 years old, right?