Fun Fact: Nintendo's interest on their Cash Reserve is enough to fund Breath of the Wild

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Kai_Mao said:

Miguel_Zorro said:

Nintendo does not have $4.6 Billion in the bank.  They burned through $2 Billion in cash.  They improved their cash flow over the last fiscal year, so they're back up to $2.9 Billion.

https://amigobulls.com/stocks/NTDOY/cash-flow/annual?t=ibc

I wonder how they lost that much within a few years. I could see the failure of the Wii U and the struggles of the 3DS making an impact, but $2-3 billion impact? Either it is because they started making more investments around 2013-14 (i.e., starting R&D on mobile, theme parks, etc.) or something else came up.

Yeah I'm at a loss as well. I always thought Nintendo sold their consoles at a profit so even if the Wii U sucked, they still would have made money... Even with that the 3DS is a huge success should have offset the loses. Someone was definitely mishandling the money. Mario Kart 8 sold over 7 million, Smash Bros sold 5 million, and various other titles sold over 4 million.