I think minister of information has a bad ring to it, more fitting of Kutaragi 
Anyways, there hasn't been any selloff and the price has been creeping up today, which is usually a good sign.
Does anyone know when the report will be released though?
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Nintendo and Microsoft will report this Thursday. Sony will report in 3 weeks. I'm not predicting anything, but I'm on the edge of my seat waiting for Wii shipments (6? 6.5? 6.9?) and MS E&D losses ($200? $100? $50?).
Hardcore gaming is a bubble economy blown up by Microsoft's $7 $6 billion losses.
Do Sony actually know how many PS3 have been sold, they might know a rough figure, but will they now them particually acurately. What they are concerned about is getting the consoles to shops. I rekon there were about 4M shipped, and about another 1.5M ready to be shipped
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I think Wii hardware revenue will fall in line with estimates. Software revenue may suprise though, especially for the DS. 5 million+ Pokemon Diamond/Pearl in Japan alone with all the other DS titles will generate a huge amount of profit.
It is true that Sony probably won't mention how many units were sold. Nintendo probably won't either. I agree it's not the company's job to report on how many units have sold, nor should they since they can't provide as accurate a number as they can for shipments.
It's 10AM in Japan at the moment, I understand that they usually release the information before close of business, so there isn't any direct time... i'm sure it will take a few hours after the conclusion of the fiscal meeting this afternoon for the information to flush through. I expect the NOA Press Site Financial area to update with this information within today and tomorrow, and the NCL website to update within today... so you'll probably be waiting about 6 or 7 hours Source at max.
I'm looking forward to their forecast (because this generally shows how many they will produce).
Great, can't wait :)
Yup - the big news will not so much be what happened in the last 12 months - rather their forecast/shipping figures for the next 12 months.
This news is very, very huge - and may well shape the results of this generation of console releases.
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6m Wii to ship in 07-08: Nintendo in heaps of trouble
20m Wii to ship in 07-08: MS/Sony in heaps of trouble
My prediction is between 12-14m Wii's, and about 20m DS Lite. No idea for software forecast, but predict profit (forecast) will rise to 1.1bn US.
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| Nintendo's Record Year: 150% Jump in Operating Profit After raising its forecast several times, the final results are in for Nintendo and they're very, very good. Sales and profit were way up and are expected to climb again in the new fiscal year. The DS fueled Nintendo's growth as 23 million units were sold. The Wii has sold 5.84 million. More within... |
| As was expected, after Nintendo raised its forecast for the fourth time, the company today has officially announced record results for the fiscal year ended March 31. Revenues were up 90 percent to 966.5 billion yen and operating profit climbed an incredible 150 percent to 226 billion yen—both record highs for Nintendo.
It should come as no surprise that these fantastic results were largely driven by the Nintendo DS handheld. Nintendo had full-year sales of 23 million units of hardware and 123 million of software. Life-to-date the DS install base worldwide has grown to over 40 million.
Also contributing to Nintendo's bottom line has been the strong start for the Wii. Nintendo said that through March 31, the company has sold through 5.84 million units. It was Nintendo's goal to ship 6 million worldwide by the end of its fiscal year. Along with the nearly 6 million Wiis sold, almost 29 million Wii games have been purchased. Nintendo boasted that the Wii has "taken a step toward becoming a cultural phenomenon, appealing widely to both avid and previously disinterested game-playing audiences."
In the new fiscal year (which started April 1), Nintendo is anticipating sales of another 14 million Wiis, which would bring the install base to nearly 20 million by this time in 2008. The company also expects to sell another 55 million Wii games during that time.
Nintendo doesn't really see its DS slowing down anytime soon, either. For the current fiscal year, the company has forecast sales of 22 million more units and 130 million units in DS software sales.
After posting a record year, the company believes it will have an even better year now. Nintendo is forecasting consolidated sales to increase nearly 18 percent to 1.14 trillion yen and operating profits to increase nearly 20 percent to 270 billion yen. |
http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/feature/?id=15936
People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.
When there are more laws, there are more criminals.
- Lao Tzu
22 million DS and 14 million Wiis? They should be producing 4-5 million more DSs, and 6-7 million more Wiis. Year-long shortages confirmed. Doesn't make any sense to me. They're leaving money on the table.
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