Lawlight said:
$661 from the Mariners sale. So, $259M in profit. Of course a bunch of that came from Pokemon Go, which doesn't leave much for the core gaming business. |
They didn't receive a ton from Pokemon Go because they gave away the publishing rights (not a smart move). Likely also had to eat some dead inventory on Wii Us they had to take back from retailers. It's better to take the short term loss than sour a relationship with a key retail partner. Those Wii U's all just basically dissapeared over night, there was no "$149.99 Wii U" clearance price or anything, so I think Nintendo just bought them back. Which is kind of a shame because I probably would've picked up an extra Wii U unit if I could've gotten one for $100-$150. But that probably weighed down their financials.
I don't think Mario Run made much money for them either despite being downloaded a ton, casuals are not willing to pay even $10 for games these days.
Good news for Nintendo is they're likely to make a shit-ton of money this fiscal year. $90 Joycons, $60 Pro Controllers, Switch systems flying off shelves, Mario Kart + Zelda + Splatoon + Mario Odyessy software sales, a paid online service, even that 2DS I think will sell ok. They're gonna kill it this year.
