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[Muzy72]

Earnings Release
Supplementary Information

Million sellers this fiscal year:

Upcoming releases:

Sales figures:

 

[FZZ]

Y'all making threads like I made mine for the switch jmon

 

[Guymelef]

Awful numbers, even 3DS numbers are pathetic.

 

[dracula_x]

 

[Sterok]

Updated software shipments. Pokemon XY is at 15.64 million, above Black and White. ORAS is at 13.18 million, well above HGSS.

 

[TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared]

Poor Wii U.

 

[mordecaii83]

I'm surprised GO didn't bring in a larger boost vs the previous year.

 

[Mariolee]

Updated software shipments. Pokemon XY is at 15.64 million, above Black and White. ORAS is at 13.18 million, well above HGSS.

The Pokemon Go effect?

 

[Drkirby]

Thats pretty low, considering it includes all income from licensed products too.

 

[Speely]

Y'all making threads like I made mine for the switch jmon

LOL I love that your reaction was the same as it was for the Switch thread.

 

[Ray Down]

The Pokemon Go effect?

https://twitter.com/ZhugeEX/status/791174155773341696

I'm gonna assume yes.

 

[JoeM86]

Updated software shipments. Pokemon XY is at 15.64 million, above Black and White. ORAS is at 13.18 million, well above HGSS.

This is actually big. XY aren't the worst selling generation now

 

[Richie]

Mario Kart 8 Millions!!

 

[Zedark]

The Pokemon Go effect?

I would doubt it, people who might be attracted from outside would also need to buy a 3ds, which really isn't happening a lot.

Edit: am mistaken about the 3ds sales. Please ignore.

 

[DieH@rd]

Abysmal HW numbers, even for 3DS.

 

[FZZ]

Nintendo CEO: Most of Y12 billion income from investment on affiliate coming from Pokémon Co. on Pokémon Go project.

 

[1st Course]

Why the big loss (talking about operating income)?

 

[ggx2ac]

They had to adjust their financial forecast due to the strengthening yen. (Which is affecting foreign currency exchanges)

This is going to decrease their net sales and operating income for the fiscal year.

 

[MasterSheen]

I would doubt it, people who might be attracted from outside would also need to buy a 3ds, which really isn't happening a lot.

3DS and Pokemon games are selling more this year than last since Go launched

 

[AdanVC]

This was the saddest part:

Everything down tremendously badly. Also, I can't believe they are still planning to release that awful looking tech demo from Miyamoto with Project Robot.

 

[cws]

Mario Kart 8 Millions!!

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[Panajev2001a]

I am not sure how people can justify the radio silence on the NX not to impact sales of Wii U and 3DS. The latter will be kept alive by whatever software it is released and the numbers are still very low as they are for an entire quarter... for the former... about 100K sales a month worldwide and a console already in the public opinions as a console that is not even manufactured anymore and with a successor already in sight.

 

[The Giant]

8 million Mario Kart 8 owners on a 13 million sold system is crazy.

 

[BorkBork]

Would have been even uglier if not for Pokemon Go and the Mariners sale.

 

[Linkstrikesback]

This was the saddest part:

Everything down tremendously badly. Also, I can't believe they are still planning to release that awful looking tech demo from Miyamoto with Project Robot.

They have no intention of releasing it, haha. I've not looked but I assume devilish brain training is still listed for Europe too, which also is never happening.

 

[oti]

This was the saddest part:

Everything down tremendously badly. Also, I can't believe they are still planning to release that awful looking tech demo from Miyamoto with Project Robot.

If you don't offer anything to buy sales will go down. They are willing to take those hits for Switch momentum it seems.

 

[Sterok]

With Super Mario 3D World at 5.19 million shipped, the 3 Mario games are now the top 3 Wii U games.

 

[mordecaii83]

Yeah, the Wii U is so dead at this point that using it to try to justify no NS news is laughable. Plus, they already said they only planned to ship less than a million to cover demand for the entire year...

 

[SinCityAssassin]

Yeah, the Wii U is so dead at this point that using it to try to justify no NS news is laughable. Plus, they already said they only planned to ship less than a million to cover demand for the entire year...

No one's using the Wii U to justify their silence till next year, its mostly the focus on the 3DS titles and the NES Mini.

 

[Oddish1]

No one's using the Wii U to justify their silence till next year, its mostly the focus on the 3DS titles and the NES Mini.

And Mario Run too I'm guessing.

 

[mordecaii83]

No one's using the Wii U to justify their silence till next year, its mostly the focus on the 3DS titles and the NES Mini.

Those seem only slightly less absurd IMO, but we'll see how it plays out.

Edit: Plus, just announcing the Switch is already doing "damage" to 3DS sales, as many people will see a new system coming out and decide to just wait.

 

[cvxfreak]

Updated software shipments. Pokemon XY is at 15.64 million, above Black and White. ORAS is at 13.18 million, well above HGSS.

Based on what we know about Japanese sales, it seems that Pokemon has actually grown in the West while declining in Japan.

 

[kuroneko0509]

They have no intention of releasing it, haha. I've not looked but I assume devilish brain training is still listed for Europe too, which also is never happening.

yep it is still listed lol

 

[Striek]

Wonder if Amiibo will resurge with new figures or if the craze is over. The numbers for the last six months are pretty negligible, and literally every Amiibo is available to buy on store shelves here. What a difference a year makes.

Also they've cut operating income targets for the year. Investors wont be happy.

 

[Oddish1]

With Super Mario 3D World at 5.19 million shipped, the 3 Mario games are now the top 3 Wii U games.

Eight of the top ten games have Mario in it or are Mario related.

 

[CriterionDog]

How do the HW Wii U sales compare to the other quarters? Worse? Better?

Spoiler

worst quarter?

 

[AcademicSaucer]

Mario Kart 8 Millions!!

 

[FZZ]

Nintendo CEO: No announcement planned about detailed Switch specs & price this year.

 

[Panajev2001a]

No one's using the Wii U to justify their silence till next year, its mostly the focus on the 3DS titles and the NES Mini.

So, we are using a system which is selling about 500K units a month worldwide, will sell on Christmas sales regardless of what you say about NX really, and what else exactly then?

We can say that Nintendo will weather it, that it is not extremely damaging, etc... etc... whatever we want really, but pretending it is a good move with clear justifications? Nah...

 

[SinCityAssassin]

Those seem only slightly less absurd IMO, but we'll see how it plays out.

Edit: Plus, just announcing the Switch is already doing "damage" to 3DS sales, as many people will see a new system coming out and decide to just wait.

This may possibly be mitigated by positioning the 3DS as the perfect budget handheld for kids. At least in Japan this is being marketed that way.

 

[JoeM86]

Based on what we know about Japanese sales, it seems that Pokemon has actually grown in the West while declining in Japan.

It's only a slight decline. IIRC, XY is about on par with BW over there.

This gen had them have to take on Yo-kai Watch too, which dented things a little there, but Yo-kai is over now, and is now joining the pantheon of Dragon Quest and Monster Hunter: Games that sell well but aren't threatening Pokémon.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

How do the HW Wii U sales compare to the other quarters? Worse? Better?

Spoiler

worst quarter?

Pretty up there.

 

[ggx2ac]

What are the HW units in the thread title referring to?

All I see on the consolidated forecast is that 2.71 Million 3DS Hardware units was shipped for the quarter and 560,000 Wii U Hardware units were shipped for the quarter.

 

[Panajev2001a]

And Mario Run too I'm guessing.

Maybe it is brexit too then... or maybe just maybe it is one case of a company desire for secrecy and fear of its competitors driving them sometimes over the edge.

 

[horuhe]

With Super Mario 3D World at 5.19 million shipped, the 3 Mario games are now the top 3 Wii U games.

Mario Kart 8 shipped 8 million units. What a number!

 

[Leyasu]

I want a WiiU, but not at the current price.

 

[Greninja96]

Based on what we know about Japanese sales, it seems that Pokemon has actually grown in the West while declining in Japan.

Nope, its not declining in the japan. Pokemon is still extremely popular there.


4.5m for XY and over 3 million for ORAS in japan alone.

 

[Panajev2001a]

This may possibly be mitigated by positioning the 3DS as the perfect budget handheld for kids. At least in Japan this is being marketed that way.

I do not think that anything about their current marketing for NX screams either kids or budget handheld, quite the opposite really.

 

[Ray Down]

They have no intention of releasing it, haha. I've not looked but I assume devilish brain training is still listed for Europe too, which also is never happening.

yep it is still listed lol

When I see these post all I can think of is this:

 

[cvxfreak]

It's only a slight decline. IIRC, XY is about on par with BW over there.

BW sold about 5.5 million there, while XY was around 4.5 million at the beginning of 2015. DP sold about 5.8 million.