Nintendo have not made an operating profit overall this generation.

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Teeqoz said:

Miyamotoo said:

Actualy Wii U was sold at loss only in 1st year or so.

Fact is there will not lose any money this gen, they have operating loss yes, but overall they will have solid profit from this gen.

This is false. They never announced Wii U hardware was being sold at a profit, that is a misconception from 2014 and it baffles me that people still believe that to be the case. What Nintendo actually said was that Wii U hardware wouldn't incur any more losses for that period, because they were sitting on a lot of unsold Wii U inventory after they shipped less than they expected. Since this also meant they would have to manufacture less Wii U units than expected, the revenue from already manufactured units (where the loss was incurred in an earlier period) would exceed the loss from manufacturing new Wii U units. Hardware still had a negative margin.

Is it though? Or are you simply referring to something different?

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-continues-to-sell-wii-u-hardware-at-a-loss/1100-6412671/

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-05-02-the-nx-wont-be-sold-at-a-loss