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Mr Khan on 29 July 2010

My guess is most of those R&D expenses were in yen (services executed and paid for in Japan), but most of the revenue was not, maximizing the damage from any 3DS investment on their part

 

I mean, their model is made to profit at any sales level. Extraneous expenses or bad bookkeeping could be the only reasons for them to take a loss at this point



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LordTheNightKnight on 29 July 2010
Mr Khan said:

My guess is most of those R&D expenses were in yen (services executed and paid for in Japan), but most of the revenue was not, maximizing the damage from any 3DS investment on their part

 

I mean, their model is made to profit at any sales level. Extraneous expenses or bad bookkeeping could be the only reasons for them to take a loss at this point


I think their last reported loss was in 2003 or 4, when they were getting the DS, and subsequently the Wii, ready,



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megaman79 on 30 July 2010

This is good news. Global 3DS Christmas Release OR underwhelming 4th (3rd) Qtr with slumping DS and Wii sales.

 

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mortono on 30 July 2010

To those who think 3DS R&D costs are causing this... The actual R&D expenses listed in the report have only gone up about 15% (and it's a minuscule amount anyways). The overall administrative expenses are actually down, so 3DS development is not having any effect on the bottom line.

The truth is:

-DS sales are down 50%.

-Wii sales revenues are down 25%.

-Software sales are down 20%. 

-Foreign exchange rates are through the roof.

Without the foreign exchange rates Nintendo would still be making a profit. Albeit a very small profit, but at least not a loss.

This will probably all turn around for Q1 2012 when 3DS is selling boatloads of everything.

 

 



Christian973 on 30 July 2010

3DS confirmed for november release. The DS has peaked already but it will still sell once Nintendo cuts the prices of all DS systems thus making ridiculous loads of Money.



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