The 3DS is starting to fall waaaaaaaay behind the DS.

3DS 10th quarter (this recent one) April-June 2013 - 1.4 million shipped

DS 11th quarter (chose this one because it's the closest equivalent) April-June 2007 - 6.58 million shipped

That's a pretty huge gap.

Excluding the Virtual Boy, is the Wii U the worst performing Nintendo console ever, so far?

Well outside of the NES/Famicom which had more limited releases (ie: NES was released only in New York City as a test market initially for instance), yes I think Wii U is the worst selling modern Nintendo hardware excluding the Virtual Boy.

SNES, N64, Game Boy, GBA, DS, 3DS, GameCube, and obviously Wii all sold quicker out of the gates.

Stockholders look at both.

Operating income is basically your income (loss or profit) from you actual business. So if you and me run a hot dog stand, our operating income is based on the money we make from the actual business of selling hot dogs. Lets say we made $50 this year from selling hot dogs. That's an operating profit of $50.

Net income is your company's income when everything else on top of operating income is taken into account. So things like currency flucuation, sale or purchase of factory equipment, maturation of corporate stocks/bonds, issuing of salary bonuses, etc. are taken into account. Lets say our net income turns out to be $25. But we made $50 from selling hot dogs right? Well lets say we also spent $25 during this period buying new hot dog making equipment, so factoring that in, our $50 profit from operating income becomes only $25 net income.

Operating income basically tells you how well a company's core business is doing.

Net income tells you overall how much profit or loss a company is taking in when other factors not related to the core business are factored in.

hey thanks for the clarification! What would be an exemple of situation where Nintendo has Operation loss but net profits in the end?

Nintendo is down by over 2.5% in Japan compared to a 1.4% Nikkei drop. Nintendo has lost over 7% within the past 5 days.

I'm expecting an operating loss and a small net income, nothing significant. Nintendo's stock price should drop considerably. Again, the Wii U's failure + limited income is hindering Nintendo's profits greatly as the original Wii's revenue is quickly drying up.

I'm looking to add a position to Nintendo (I sold at 17.40$) once the bearish cycle ends, near Monster Hunder 4 release.

"Nintendo expects to sell 9 million Wii U consoles this fiscal year"

Joke and outright lie on Nintendo's part, they know full well they're not going to ship that and can't!!!

They have 8.84m to go with 3 Q's, this current Q isn't going to be huge, they're essentially expecting 7 mill shipped in the holiday season?? I mean combined PS360 only managed that ONCE in their lifetime ....

Come on Nintendo your investors deserve better.