Nintendo have not made an operating profit overall this generation.

[Teeqoz]

naruball said:

Teeqoz said:

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/

I'm not sure what you mean? That link pertains to a statement from 2013. The statement I'm talking about that has been misinterpreted by some people was from 2014, made by Iwata.