I want Wii U around until 2017 - so i want it to be up yoy everywhere... Nintendo needs more games and games and games!

Ιf Nintendo doesn't broke the trend, teasing in the third year of the predecessor,announcing at E3 in the 4th year of the predecessor and releasing after one year/in the 5th year of predecessor, then we will have it until then... So far they haven't broken it and I don't seeing them doing it, but you never know...

I don't believe that NX will launch in 2016 but I can't be confident about that and rule it out at all (still I have a good rationalization about my expectation), anymore.

As for the yoy change... It's not about games now, as nintendo keeps dogmatically thinking, they have threw all of their aces, now it's time for a price drop (wii u for what it is/have been/provides is considered as expensive) or killer bundles at least!

Boost by game releases might work only for Japan now, as splatoon did and they have upcoming games that are really cater to Japanese tastes in general but for the west...

Everywhere? Lets pray for NA/USA because wii u in Europe/Japan is on par with gc, so not bad, but in the NA/USA it's a massacre, mainly because gc had two huge price cut in its first to years and sold fast. Price drop effect in the USA had always been strong,no matter what are the final sales are.

In the FY15Q1 WII U shipments in NA,were down by 90k, same quarter, while they were up by 90k in Japan, due to splatoon.

And it seems that they will be again up,by 116k for the past FY quarter compared to same quarter last year, thanks to splatoon+super mario maker

Yeah splatoon didn't worked in the west as it did in Japan. :( Let's see if super mario maker helped somewhat!

Good work.  I'm also expecting Nintendo to announce higher than expected earnings this quater due to a weaker yen which couldn't have been a part of their prior projections. I'm currently long of Nintendo stock and appreciate your hard work. I also feel that Nintnedo stock will be boosted by mobile games and mobile game announcements in the coming year. And let's face it they are at rock bottom in terms of console sales so the nx should help to improve the value of thier stock price.

Thoughts?

man splatoon is SO much bigger than i thought it would be. i thought the game would end up selling like 400k world wide, life time.

There are no games left to carry momentum like smash bros or mario kart. All they have left are price cuts and bundles.

I hope they do like PS4 and X1 this time to be honest, tease it more in the beginning of next year, announce it pre-E3, more game announcements at E3 and finally launch in November (next year). No point dangling around the console from announcement to release in a year and a half, release it while it's still fresh! :)

I would also like the Wii U to last longer, for us Wii U owners, but the sad truth is that we are a little too few and far between. I think it's for the best that Nintendo gets the NX out sooner rather than later, late next year at the earliest (and in my opinion best!).

They did it in the FY15Q1 , analysts were surprised, so I don't see why they won't repeat it for the FY15Q2...

Oh weaker yen means higher earnings, I'm glad to learn that!:P

Nintendo stock currently is at a four or five year record high, it was at 12.57 before mobile games tease, after that it went up to 22s blazingly fast and stabilized at 19s, after it went up again to 22s due to the great FY14 earning releases since FY11, with full year profit, and after the surprisingly good FYQ15 financial results it reached 25s, then it had a steep drop after the announcement of the new CEO (I guess that wasn't received well lol) , falling to 19s but soon due to the news that shortly they will release their first mobile game, the stock price skyrocketed  and currently is at 24.77 with 28b Market cap...

Nintendo hasn't even released yet a mobile game and look what any news about them how they affect the stock price, I don't dare to imagine what it will happen to the stock when the first game arrives and succeeds...

FY15Q1 had splatoon a million seller, FY15Q2 had super mario maker,  a million seller again! Also,Nintendo in the past quarter resupplied retailers with  Amiibos.

Amiibos is a cash cow for Nintendo, so don't worry! ;)

Nintendo since march have gained much billion in Market cap... Nintendo stock is now consider as buy!

Don't care for sales so much but profits, Nintendo has proved that you can have a remarkable profit with mediocre sales!

Thanks for your feedback.  Personally I think Nintendo is making the right business moves and may very well tranisition from being an up and down stock to a growth stock. I have faith in their ability to become the #1 name in mobile game creation and revenues. Pretty much every nintendo fan out there already has an android or an ios phone or tablet.  Nintendo fans will download the games and tell all thier friends to do the same. Plus i feel like Nintendo has a history of taking a unique game style and being the best at creating games for it.  They pioneered touch gaming afterall with the ds. They will soon turn their mobile venture into a billion dollar a year plus business. This with movies and theme park rides will build up the brand and will improve the sales of thier home console. I could see their handheld struggling a bit due to the availability of their ip on mobile phones but they will make gains as they will have no competition next gen.  If Sony was going to continue the handheld market they needed to follow through on game support for the vita. You can't do that and expect anybody to purchase the next system.

Now, i need to know. And don't ignore my post, because I KNOW you will write this comment. Don't try to ignore me, i wanna a reply from you.

Do you STILL think Titanfall for XB1 will sell more than Splatoon? Because, at this point, Titanfall XB1 will be lucky to sell lifetime what Splatoon will sell only in 2015...