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NIntendo: Profits up Ho's down
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Soulbrighter
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As long as there is a profit, no problem
KeithFranklin
Banned
Not if you can make a larger profit by investing elsewhere.
soundwave05
Member
KeithFranklin said:
Most of their profit right now is coming ironically from hardware though.
Their software sales last year were weak because they really didn't release anything that big (no new Pokemon title, no Mario Kart type GCN million seller, etc.).
ThongyDonk
Banned
next year financially is April to April, so just means Mario kart etc slated for release early on in the DS's life are now pushed out to after E3 sometime
This puts N5 backwards compatibility into doubt. Nintendo won't want the tie-ratio to suffer for Revolution like it has done for DS.
The operating income forecast for the entire year is now exactly the same for Nintendo and Sony at 110bn Yen.
$7.45bn in cash as of December 31st.
The operating income forecast for the entire year is now exactly the same for Nintendo and Sony at 110bn Yen.
$7.45bn in cash as of December 31st.
Not sure how you come to this conclusion? Software sales were up on last year (Y 184,011m vs Y 180,574m for the nine months) whereas hardware sales went down (Y 233,674m vs Y 257,067m for last years first nine months).soundwave05 said:
Can someone possibly explain the whole "strong yen" concept? I looked at a website that tracks exchange rates and saw that the Japanese yen (compared against the U.S. dollar) is currently at 104.16 after a low of 102.26 of Jan 12th. Why would this cause their profits to be lower than anticipated? Money is really confusing...I basically just know how to spend it.
gamergirly
Member
jedimike said:
They should have gained alot of ground with Halo 2's release. No brainer. The real question is how much ground are they going to lose this year? :lol
gamergirly
Member
Minotauro said:
In other words, their American assets and net worth is cheaper than the Japanese side of things. You can go to America and get things cheaper than it would cost in Japan(in net worth). So you're losing money buying, having, and maintaining things in Japan as the yen gets higher and the dollar get lower. Understand?
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sonycowboy
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jarrod said:Yep, hardware shortages + massive Halo 2 sales probably means MGS could've turned a profit even without help from Mac Office.
Microsoft hasn't really been calling it a "shortage" per se. The produced exactly as much as they intended to (if not a bit more), but with the actual PS2 shortage, many consumers turned to the Xbox which gave the platform even better than expected sales.
That's the way Microsoft has been portraying it, at least.
"Holy shit! Nintendo made $600,000,000,000 profit!"
Hehheh...you know what I meant.
This is what happens when I post before my second cup of coffee. You'll never see me post before my first cup of coffee because I practically fall out of bed with my face straight into the coffee maker.
Hehheh...you know what I meant.
This is what happens when I post before my second cup of coffee. You'll never see me post before my first cup of coffee because I practically fall out of bed with my face straight into the coffee maker.
JoshuaJSlone
Member
Still funnier is that it has twice before been commented upon in this thread, and explained in replies.Scoot said:
soundwave05
Member
Actually its closer to $700 million in profit, but who's keeping track?
I'd say that's a good year for Nintendo.
$500 million is generally what would be a "on par" type of year for Nintendo, $500-$700 million is a good year, $700 million-$1 billion+ would be considered great by Nintendo's standards.
I'd say that's a good year for Nintendo.
$500 million is generally what would be a "on par" type of year for Nintendo, $500-$700 million is a good year, $700 million-$1 billion+ would be considered great by Nintendo's standards.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
explodet said:
Shopper in December: I'd like to buy a new system with this fat Christmas bonus I picked up.
Retailer: We're out of PS2's, PSTwos, XBoxes, and DS's.
Shopper: Well, I already have a GBA:SP; I guess there's nothing to buy.
This is self-fulfilling prophecy at its ugliest. >:|
Operations
Member
GaimeGuy said:
Yeah, my impression is that many posters here either just read the title or were eager to troll. Profits were down, meaning they still made money. And to the guy who made the ridiculous analogy with Sega's demise, Sega was in the red (meaning ZERO profits and losing plenty of money) for nearly six years before they went third party.
Rhindle's post was fair enough, so was the Reuters coverage. Most respondents have concentrated on the results for the nine-month period, that are favourable, but ignored the extrapolations of the results for the three months (October to December) which saw an intriguing decline in profitability compared to last year.
