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Wyrdness on 28 May 2018
PortisheadBiscuit said:
I wonder if some of the lower profit for FY 20 (compared to FY 19) can be attributed to the Pokemon Switch title forthcoming.

It's lower because the previous year had Pokemon Go launch in it.



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TheGamer_1995 on 28 May 2018

Pokemon in the late 2000s wasn’t as big as I thought it was.
Quite frustrating to think that Pokemon Go brought the Pokemon franchise out of stagnation.
And we’re talking about the second best selling gaming franchise in history, just image what the situation is/was for way smaller games. No wonder the AA games market is dying rapidly, especially here in the west.



konnichiwa on 28 May 2018
Dulfite said:
konnichiwa said:
It is not so high like as expected? Well it is fine some years were small though considering the merchandise etc.

This is profit, not revenue. I think Nintendo's profit this past year was like $1.6 billion? And they have so many ips and whatnot. Pokemon has basically 1 ip they make money off.

I know but Pokemon is so huge with merchandise the card game,the cartoon still airing, games selling like crazy. Fortnite will make more profit in one year than what Pokemon did?






Barkley on 28 May 2018

Sad to see Pokémon Go make SO much more money than the games I actually care about.



PortisheadBiscuit on 28 May 2018
Wyrdness said:
PortisheadBiscuit said:
I wonder if some of the lower profit for FY 20 (compared to FY 19) can be attributed to the Pokemon Switch title forthcoming.

It's lower because the previous year had Pokemon Go launch in it.

I realize that, I'm referring to development costs for the Switch title which I would imagine eats into profits. 



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Jranation on 28 May 2018

The power of smartphone gaming!



Pocky Lover Boy! 

Jranation on 28 May 2018
konnichiwa said:
Dulfite said:

This is profit, not revenue. I think Nintendo's profit this past year was like $1.6 billion? And they have so many ips and whatnot. Pokemon has basically 1 ip they make money off.

I know but Pokemon is so huge with merchandise the card game,the cartoon still airing, games selling like crazy. Fortnite will make more profit in one year than what Pokemon did?

Fortnite payment model is like Pokemon Go. Free2play with micro-transactions. Expect them to do similar stuff in the future. 



Pocky Lover Boy! 

PortisheadBiscuit on 28 May 2018
Ka-pi96 said:
PortisheadBiscuit said:

I realize that, I'm referring to development costs for the Switch title which I would imagine eats into profits. 

Surely all of that would be coming out of GameFreak's profits instead though, no?

Always thought it was a joint venture between Nintendo, GameFreak, and Pokémon Company? Pardon my ignorance, not a Pokémon connoisseur by any stretch lol.



Kai_Mao on 28 May 2018
Barkley said:
Sad to see Pokémon Go make SO much more money than the games I actually care about.

That's how mobile gaming is nowadays. Hundreds of million (if not billion) people have smartphones compared to consoles or handhelds so there's more potential for investment.



Zach808 on 28 May 2018

Considering the COD-like sales the games pull in, I was expecting every year to pull in hundreds of millions. Are the games really THAT expensive to make? I'm half expecting gen 8 to bankrupt the company if Pokemon Go dies out.