Part 1: Nintendo's Q4 Earnings will be released on May 7th.
Nintendo anticipates an operating loss of 350 million for year-end, resulting in a 250 million loss (net income).
Much of the anticipated loss can be attributed to the Wii U hardware still being sold at a loss, and the increased expense in R&D and Marketing.
A new fiscal-year has started for Nintendo as of April 1st. As such, projections, strategies and estimates (profitability) will be provided in the report and should be an interesting read.
For Q4, Nintendo expects sales of 1.85million and 390k for 3DS and Wii U respectively.
Projected estimates for Fiscal-Year are as followed:
3DS - 13.5 million
Wii U - 2.8 million
Part 2: Nintendo's Q4 Results - Loss Announced
For Q4, Nintendo posted an operating loss of 450 million, resulting to a 330 million loss(net income).
For their Fiscal-Year, Nintendo posted an operating loss of 465 million, resulting to a 240 million loss (net income).
For FY15 (April 2014-March 2015) Nintendo's guidance are as follows:
Operating Income: 400 million
Net Income: 200 million
Part 3: Investor's Meeting
In about 1 hour's time - 9:00 pm EST, Nintendo's Investors Meeting will commence.
Watch the discussion and commentary from our one and only David Gibson:
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