Soundwave said:
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. |
Last year was a down year overall for Nintendo outside of Pokemon and the increase in sales for the 3DS. Yet, despite that, they still were able to profit even a little on a down year.
And with the products you've mentioned in the last paragraph, there is potential for greater profits, especially if Mario Kart, Splatoon 2, and Mario Odyssey, along with Zelda, have the legs that we know they have. I would also like to add that the 3DS games coming out could still have decent sales for the systems "final" year. Also consider the royalties for DQXI and MHXX in Japan. Then we have E3, which will be more interesting now due to the Switch's recent launch and the potential for more coming later in the year and beyond in 2018, at least.
