Nintendo have not made an operating profit overall this generation.

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Miyamotoo said:

superchunk said:
Nintendo made more profit in FY 2010/2011 than they have lost this generation. While the WiiU was a downer for 3 FYs, its definitely no reason to think they need to drop the HW business. They have enough cash to have a few meh consoles.

But fact is that they loss only around $9m till now, and with this year (most likely only with this Q1) they will become profitable this gen.

So which is it? Did they lose a ton of money like the OP says or did they lose 9M ?

Puppyroach said:
It's irrelevant if they have generated losses in the past, if they are generating profits now. All the losses have already been balanced with their own capital (of which they have A LOT) and now they are adding to that capital again.

This is key. They have turned the ship, profitable for two straight years. A new console with tons of hype coming in, branching out in Theme Parks, Mobile and possibly series. I think the future looks bright. No matter what the doomsayers say. Nintendo wont leave their core business until they are absolutely forced to do so.