Details from Nintendo’s first quarter earnings report
Posted on July 25, 2012 by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News
Nintendo’s first quarter earnings report is now live for viewing. Overall, losses have lowered compared to the prior year.
Details from the report can be found below. The full write-up has been posted on Nintendo’s site here.
– Net sales dropped from 93,298 million yen to 84,813 million yen
– Operating losses dropped from 37,712 million to 10,331 million
– Net losses dropped from 25,516 million yen to 17,231 million yen
– 3DS sold 1.86 million units worldwide during the period
– Japanese sales were “robus”
– Total 3DS software sales: 7.39 million units
– 0.54 million DS units sold
– Pokemon Black/White 2 sold 2.45 million units
– Total DS software sales: 8.48 million units
– 0.71 Wii units sold
– Total software sales: 8.47 million units
– 3DS still a negative margin hardware
– Nintendo loses money on each 3DS sold
– Profitability of the system is improving
– Hardware/software forecasts for the current fiscal year are the same from the figures announced in April
Thanks to 4Him for the tip.
