im coming...yeah...oh.....450......milion ...yeah.....

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2013/130130e.pdf

Page 7

Keep in mind that is for the 9 month period.  You'll have to look at last quarter's report to find out what they did in just Q3.

I think you mean 20 billion yen for operating and 14 billion yen for net.

Iwata is blaming slower software development rate (lack of titles in other words) for the sudden drop in Wii U sales:

"The sales of Wii U were smooth at the beginning but since the turn of the year they have been losing momentum," Nintendo President Satoru Iwata told reporters in Osaka after revealing the loss forecast. He blamed the lacklustre performance on a dearth of games titles to woo players back.

"Due to delays in software development, we had to postpone sales of software products we had planned to (release) early this year, which is interrupting our sales," he said.

http://ca.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idCABRE90T08T20130130

SW is just one part of the problem, marketing and overall interest in the console itself also play big here.
I'm sure however that we will see all these addressed by investors during the roundtable Q&A session they will have with Iwata tomorrow (is it tomorrow right?)

Should be tonight

Operating income/loss are the amount of money made or lost by the business itself, in this case making  and selling games, consoles as well as licensing fees. Basically all that has a direct connection to their business.

Net income takes into account other factors like foreign exchanges ratios, which in this case made each dollar to turn from 80 yen to 90 yen, hence 10 yen profit from every dollar they made. Other expenses such as interest payment from loans, buying or selling of assets such as buildings, vehicles, etc

Net income is financially, the most important one, because it decides if you are on red or black ink. However, Operating income is the most important when looking at core business, because it tells you if the company is being profitable doing what it does. If at the end of the year the company posts an operating loss but a positive net income, this will tell you that the company is depending on outside factors that are many times volatile, most importantly foreign exchange rates.

LOL those hardware numbers fucked me up until I remembered it's SHIPPED numbers. XD

But damn. Almost half a billion in profit despite the Wii U's sharp drop off? That prompted a 20% cut in HW projections and 30% in software? Damn, 3DS, you scary!

Jesus here.

DS: Japan 0.00m; Americas 1.13-1.14m; Others 0.03m.

3DS: Japan 2.94-2.95m; Americas 2.59m; Others 2.11m.

3DS XL ratio: Japan 67%; Americas 55%; Others 73%.

Wii: Japan 0.05m; Americas 1.43-1.44m; Others 0.72m.

Wii U: Japan 0.83m; Americas 1.32m; Others 0.90m.

Because of the subtraction, all figures have a possible rounding error of ±0.01m, except where a range is specified (these are precise).  Wii U has a rounding error of ±0.005m because there is no second data point.

So have you decided to sell yet? or are you gonna hang on a little while longer?

The sharp drop off mostly came after the quarter ended.  They also managed to get retailers to take a crazy amount of Wii U software which likely helped to significantly offset the losses on Wii U hardware.  With no major releases in Q4 and millions of pieces of software left on shelves after Q3, expect their SW shipments in Q4 to be dire.

So, the DS is basically dead outside of the Americas.  Looks like most of the overtracking came from Europe.  It doesn't seem that the DS will have the same kind of tail that the PS2 has had in developing markets.  The PS2 will likely retain its title.