Thanks, that's important to note.

This people, is the perfect example of "imo" being used in the most stupid way possible.

Hmm.

31st March 2010
Total assets - $17 billion
Cash - $8.7 billion

31st March 2011
Total assets - $16 billion
Cash - $8 billion

31st March 2012
Total assets - $13.5 billion
Cash - $4.6 billion

31st March 2013
Total assets - $14.3 billion
Cash - $4.7 billion

31st March 2014
Total assets - $12.9 billion
Cash - $4.7 billion

Nintendo has lost $4 billion of assets in 4 years.

31st March 2010 - 2013 figures can be found here ( http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/library/annual/index.html )
31st March 2014 here ( http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2014/convocation_notice1406e.pdf )

Well someone's opinion may hold zero value, just like yours. I hope that was polite and subtle enough for you ,well maybe not subtle. 

Why? because I don't think 4.7 billion is a lot of money for Nintendo?

Nobody on Earth would look at the financial ratios for Nintendo and try to make the case that they are in financial distress.  That's isn't a case anybody would make.

The case you would make is that if the Wii U is a product that continues to lose money, then Nintendo should consider cutting it.  Businesses cut failing sections of their overall business all the time.  If the Wii U isn't even recovering its variable costs, including game sales, then it ought to be considered being discontinued.  It's the Nintendo fanboys that don't understand business that would argue keeping a product around that causes a firm to take giant losses year after year just for the sake of nostalgia, stubbornness, or face.  

Nintendo isn't going to "vanish", but produts that don't make money should be cut.  Trim the fat.

That doesn't sound good. I know they hired a bunch of people and bought a bunch of shares, but damn 4-5 billion down from what a few years ago?

They also built a new R&D building.

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/219660/New_Nintendo_development_center_opens_in_Kyoto.php

However, that only accounts for ~186 million dollars.  I believe they also spent ~150 million on an unknown acquisition perhaps relating to their quality of life platform they have been talking about.

http://nintendoeverything.com/nintendo-confirms-it-spent-150-million-on-new-tech-for-a-non-japanese-non-games-company/

Oh yea the builiding, but like you said that wasn't a ton all in all. Hopefully, whatever it is that they've invested in pays off soon. They could be looking at even more losses. That is of course assuming a lot of these losses were from investments.

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