Nintendo have not made an operating profit overall this generation.

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Nuvendil said:

Fei-Hung said:

Was just watching the Easy Allies Podcast and it turns out Nintendo didn't make the game, publish it or have anything to do with it other than some licensing along with 3 other companies I.e. Nintendo isn't making much at all from Pokemon Go. 

 

The app has benefit Nintendo as people have assumed Nintendo had a lot to do with the app and they are making money. This has resulted in share prices rising, but I'm not sure they will stay that way once people start realising this and the other two games don't do well. 

We'll, if the app stays on track (no guarantee it will), it will pull in billions.  Because of Nintendo'stock partial ownership of The Pokémon Company, after all other cuts are taken Nintendo would still make hundreds of millions from Pokemon Go, enough to drastically improve their bottom line proportionate where it has been recently.  Now, they won't make billions but that doesn't mean it won't be a very successful venture for them and a strong starting point for mobile projects in the future.

Pokemon Go is just the tip of the iceberg for Nintendo's mobile profit potential. They could make 10 different apps about Pokemon alone, and Pokemon Go 2 is almost a certainty to happen and I think Nintendo will publish that game themselves to ensure a larger cut of the profit.