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justinian on 30 October 2013
Soundwave said:
justinian said:
This $187m operating loss leaves Nintendo $6m in the black when you combine both quarters.

So as it stands they have not made a loss overall this year.

With the hol season to come I think Nintendo will maintain their record of not making annual losses.


They made an annual loss last year did they not?

They'd have to be completely incompetent to make a loss this year, as the 3DS, Wii, and DS are all hardware lines that should be making them profit and Pokemon X/Y, with Wii U ... well if its bleeding that much money, stop manufacturing the damn thing for a few months since retailers aren't ordering it, so why have all that unncessary inventory?

Yeah they did, over $500m. It was their first annual loss. What I wrote wasn't quite what I meant. I used the word "maintain" when "recover" would have made more sense, making last years loss a blip in their record. If they do make a loss this year they really need to have a good look at the top of their organisation. Most companies would have fired Iwata by now.



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kopstudent89 on 30 October 2013

Poor quarter except for 3DS. Think it will have an explosive quarter now,



Rogerioandrade on 30 October 2013
Soundwave said:
They made an annual loss last year did they not?

They'd have to be completely incompetent to make a loss this year, as the 3DS, Wii, and DS are all hardware lines that should be making them profit and Pokemon X/Y, with Wii U ... well if its bleeding that much money, stop manufacturing the damn thing for a few months since retailers aren't ordering it, so why have all that unncessary inventory?

Yes, they did, like every console maker in 2012.... 

I don´t understand why people are making such a drama about this. Everybody knew that Nintendo had a terrible Q2.

Q3 (Pikmin 3, Monster Hunter 4) and Q4 (Price cuts, 2ds, pokemon, new Zelda, holidays) will surely be much better



Soundwave on 30 October 2013
Rogerioandrade said:
Soundwave said:
They made an annual loss last year did they not?

They'd have to be completely incompetent to make a loss this year, as the 3DS, Wii, and DS are all hardware lines that should be making them profit and Pokemon X/Y, with Wii U ... well if its bleeding that much money, stop manufacturing the damn thing for a few months since retailers aren't ordering it, so why have all that unncessary inventory?

Yes, they did, like every console maker in 2012.... 

I don´t understand why people are making such a drama about this. Everybody knew that Nintendo had a terrible Q2.

Q3 (Pikmin 3, Monster Hunter 4) and Q4 (Price cuts, 2ds, pokemon, new Zelda, holidays) will surely be much better


3DS will have a good quarter. 

Wii U ... yeah not so much. That's kinda like the fat girl who's trying to sneak into a club with her better looking friend. Not so fast. Mario 3D World is their big game, but they had a pretty good multiplayer Mario platformer last year too and we saw how that went. The other games that Nintendo fans have spent months talking up like Pikmin 3 and Sonic and Wii Fit U, they're pretenders, they're not moving hardware. It's not a great lineup to be honest. 



Soundwave on 30 October 2013

Also that's the first time I've ever seen a negative shipment on a gaming fiscal report, lol.



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tbone51 on 30 October 2013
Soundwave said:
Rogerioandrade said:
Soundwave said:
They made an annual loss last year did they not?

They'd have to be completely incompetent to make a loss this year, as the 3DS, Wii, and DS are all hardware lines that should be making them profit and Pokemon X/Y, with Wii U ... well if its bleeding that much money, stop manufacturing the damn thing for a few months since retailers aren't ordering it, so why have all that unncessary inventory?

Yes, they did, like every console maker in 2012.... 

I don´t understand why people are making such a drama about this. Everybody knew that Nintendo had a terrible Q2.

Q3 (Pikmin 3, Monster Hunter 4) and Q4 (Price cuts, 2ds, pokemon, new Zelda, holidays) will surely be much better


3DS will have a good quarter. 

Wii U ... yeah not so much. That's kinda like the fat girl who's trying to sneak into a club with her better looking friend. Not so fast. Mario 3D World is their big game, but they had a pretty good multiplayer Mario platformer last year too and we saw how that went. The other games that Nintendo fans have spent months talking up like Pikmin 3 and Sonic and Wii Fit U, they're pretenders, they're not moving hardware. It's not a great lineup to be honest. 


SM3DW>>>>>>>NSMBU also It came out a couple months after NSMB2. That to me was stupid right there, why get U when your 3ds has a version of it? Anyway WiiU line up isn't good but i think your underestimating SM3DW a little. NSMBU was just a game that was a launch title, SM3DW looks f***ing amazing, people are loving the game. There was no hype wats so ever for last year game, but this year we are all going to have ourselves a blast!



Sharu on 30 October 2013
Soundwave said:
Also that's the first time I've ever seen a negative shipment on a gaming fiscal report, lol.

Strange, I looked thru Nintendo's report and didn't find the negative shipment there. Anybody have a source on this shipments figures per region?



Soundwave on 30 October 2013
Sharu said:
Soundwave said:
Also that's the first time I've ever seen a negative shipment on a gaming fiscal report, lol.

Strange, I looked thru Nintendo's report and didn't find the negative shipment there. Anybody have a source on this shipments figures per region?


Not sure if that's right, but this apparently is their breakdown of regional shipments for Wii U

Wii U Q2 2014 Hardware Shipments:

Japan: 140,000
Americas: 170,000
Europe: (-20,000)
Total: 310,000

I guess that means Nintendo had to refund/take back systems from retailers that couldn't sell them. Europe is a disaster zone for them. 



tiffac on 30 October 2013

Q3 results should be better with Pokemon and a better selling Wii U in the west. Also 2DS should be explosive this holiday. This is a simple bump in the road for the Big N.



Sharu on 30 October 2013
Soundwave said:
Sharu said:
Soundwave said:
Also that's the first time I've ever seen a negative shipment on a gaming fiscal report, lol.

Strange, I looked thru Nintendo's report and didn't find the negative shipment there. Anybody have a source on this shipments figures per region?


Not sure if that's right, but this apparently is their breakdown of regional shipments for Wii U

Wii U Q2 2014 Hardware Shipments:

Japan: 140,000
Americas: 170,000
Europe: (-20,000)
Total: 310,000

I guess that means Nintendo had to refund/take back systems from retailers that couldn't sell them. Europe is a disaster zone for them. 

By 'source' I meant a link to the document/official statement from Nintendo.