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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 0 comments

Nintendo isn’t making a profit with Wii U at launch. That almost never happens. Nintendo almost always sells its hardware for a profit, and maintains a philosophy of making money off its products.

So here’s the million dollar question: when exactly will the Wii U become profitable? Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata can’t say for sure. But while speaking with investor’s at a briefing last week, he said that he’s “confident that in the next fiscal year we can improve our Wii U business to a level where the platform business as a whole”.

I do not yet have all the necessary information to be able to say exactly when Wii U hardware will start to be sold at a profit. If you just look at this fiscal year, I do not expect Wii U to make a big contribution to our profits since the software sales will be rather limited due to a rather limited installed base of the hardware and, even as a whole, we cannot be optimistic about their combined profit contribution either when we take into consideration the fact that we need to invest a lot into our advertising activities at first. However, in the next fiscal year, we will have a larger installed base. We will have a richer array of software and manufacturing costs will also decrease. Therefore I believe that, as opposed to simply asking when we will be able to sell Wii U at a profit, the focus should be on constructing a healthy profit structure for the business as a whole by launching a sufficient amount of quality software at fast enough a pace for our home console, on which we can look to achieve a higher tie ratio* than on handheld systems, and selling as many units of software as possible. I believe this is a goal we can achieve in the next fiscal year. While I cannot say exactly when the Wii U hardware will become profitable, I am confident that in the next fiscal year we can improve our Wii U business to a level where the platform business as a whole (when we include both the hardware and the software) makes solid contributions to our profits.

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Nintendo is partnering with a number of VOD partners such as Netflix for its US Nintendo TVii service for Wii U. There are also other companies in talks with the publisher.

President Satoru Iwata told investors last week that a Nintendo TVii-like service could head to Europe and Japan. Iwata said they’ll be “taking into account how people watch television in each region, and I believe I will be able to share more details in the not-so-distant future.”

One other important note, which we’ll highlight here:

“Also I regret having to have used Nintendo’s limited game development resources in order to provide non-gaming features on Wii. This time, we are working to see how we can enrich our services without having to rely on Nintendo’s internal development resources, and because the Wii U system itself is now fairly powerful, I believe that standard web technologies can be applied to achieve a sufficient degree of speed and convenience, and we will deploy our services in this fashion in the future.”

Head past the break for Iwata’s full comments.

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A few third-parties are taking a big gamble on Wii U. Ubisoft, for instance, is readying a full slate of titles. Warner Bros. is also preparing a variety of different games.

These publishers are probably hoping that they’ll find a larger success on their core titles compared to the Wii, which was a platform notorious for seeing poor third-party sales and eventually experienced a lack of support.

Thus far, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata is encouraged by third-party support on Wii U. When asked about third-parties during the company’s most recent investor briefing Q&A, Iwata explained:

Let me first explain how software publishers in the video game industry are seeing the Wii U system. Naturally there are publishers that simply fell in love with the possibilities of Wii U, and as exemplified in “ZombiU” by Ubisoft, some are developing Wii U-exclusive titles. In addition to this, there are multi-platform titles that nevertheless take advantage of the Wii U GamePad or the Wii U system itself, and at the same time, there are purely multi-platform titles, so it is true that our publishers have varying degrees of commitment. However, the fact that we were able to announce such a rich launch lineup of games, particularly from overseas software publishers, does give us confidence. While the future of dedicated gaming platforms is now widely discussed, as the graphs for the U.S. market justify, I believe that this lineup proves that Nintendo’s vision is shared by many, and there is active support for that too. My aim is to set a successful example towards and after the end of the year that rewards the investment our third-party publishers put into their titles and will then create a chain of other successful titles. Establishing this kind of example at an early stage is crucial since it gives others the incentive to follow suit, while failing to do so casts a dark shadow over their future prospects of the platform. We should therefore not be content with having a good game lineup. It is important to produce examples of success from these titles.

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The Official Nintendo Magazine produced the video above showing a number of size comparisons to previous Nintendo hardware. We also get another look at the console in general.

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Animal Crossing: New Leaf will likely have downloadable content, just like City Folk (which is still giving out items). Fortunately though, any extra DLC will be free.

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, speaking during the company’s latest investor’s briefing Q&A, confirmed that the game will have no paid DLC. As Kotaku reports, Iwata feels that “the power of money could not only impact gameplay, but change it, perhaps even making the experience”. Iwata called this “unwholesome”.

Iwata ended up telling investors:

“That sort of element [paid DLC] is absolutely not being added.”

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1 3 FIFA 13 XB360 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
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2 5 FIFA 13 PS3 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
6 6 JUST DANCE 4 WII UBISOFT UBISOFT
– 7 PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE MIRACLE MASK 3DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
3 8 SKYLANDERS GIANTS WII SKYLANDERS ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
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4 10 DISHONORED XB360 BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
– 11 MOSHI MONSTERS: MOSHLINGS THEME PARK DS MIND CANDY MIND CANDY
7 12 POKEMON BLACK VERSION 2 DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
8 13 DISHONORED PS3 BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
9 14 POKEMON WHITE VERSION 2 DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
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11 16 DOOM 3: BFG EDITION XB360 BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
17 17 NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. 2 3DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
12 18 BORDERLANDS 2 XB360 2K GAMES TAKE 2
19 19 FORZA MOTORSPORT 4 XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
10 20 SKYLANDERS GIANTS PS3 SKYLANDERS ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
15 21 DOOM 3: BFG EDITION PS3 BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
– 22 MOSHI MONSTERS: MOSHLINGS THEME PARK 3DS MIND CANDY MIND CANDY
– 23 MEDAL OF HONOR: WARFIGHTER PC EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
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27 32 SUPER MARIO 3D LAND 3DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
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33 38 UNCHARTED 3: DRAKE’S DECEPTION GOTY PS3 SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
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1 2 FIFA 13 EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
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2 4 SKYLANDERS GIANTS TOYS FOR BOB SKYLANDERS ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
3 5 DISHONORED ARKANE STUDIOS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
4 6 JUST DANCE 4 UBISOFT (FRANCE) UBISOFT UBISOFT
– 7 PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE MIRACLE MASK LEVEL 5 NINTENDO NINTENDO
– 8 MOSHI MONSTERS: MOSHLINGS THEME PARK BLACK LANTERN MIND CANDY MIND CANDY
5 9 DOOM 3: BFG EDITION ID SOFTWARE BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
7 10 RESIDENT EVIL 6 CAPCOM CAPCOM CAPCOM
8 11 BORDERLANDS 2 GEARBOX SOFTWARE 2K GAMES TAKE 2
6 12 POKEMON BLACK VERSION 2 GAME FREAK NINTENDO NINTENDO
13 13 THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM BETHESDA BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
12 14 007 LEGENDS EUROCOM ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
11 15 F1 2012 CODEMASTERS BIRMINGHAM CODEMASTERS CODEMASTERS
9 16 POKEMON WHITE VERSION 2 GAME FREAK NINTENDO NINTENDO
15 17 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2013 KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT KONAMI KONAMI
16 18 NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. 2 NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
18 19 LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES TRAVELLER’S TALES WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
10 20 XCOM: ENEMY UNKNOWN FIRAXIS 2K GAMES TAKE 2
19 21 FORZA MOTORSPORT 4 TURN 10 STUDIOS MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
17 22 SLEEPING DOGS UNITED FRONT GAMES SQUARE ENIX SQUARE ENIX EUROPE
20 23 GRAN TURISMO 5 ACADEMY EDITION POLYPHONY DIGITAL SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
21 24 DEAD ISLAND GOTY EDITION TECHLAND DEEP SILVER KOCH MEDIA
14 25 ROCKSMITH UBISOFT (SAN FRANCISCO) UBISOFT UBISOFT
22 26 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 INFINITY WARD/SLEDGEHAMMER ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
23 27 RAGE ID SOFTWARE BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
29 28 KINECT DISNEYLAND ADVENTURES FRONTIER DEVELOPMENTS MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
25 29 SUPER MARIO 3D LAND NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
24 30 DARKSIDERS II VIGIL GAMES THQ THQ
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27 32 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS TREYARCH XBOX 360 CLASSICS ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
31 33 ASSASSIN’S CREED: REVELATIONS UBISOFT (MONTREAL) XBOX 360 CLASSICS UBISOFT
34 34 UNCHARTED 3: DRAKE’S DECEPTION GOTY NAUGHTY DOG SONY COMPUTER ENT. SONY COMPUTER ENT.
26 35 ANGRY BIRDS TRILOGY ROVIO ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
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– 37 KINECT SPORTS RARE MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
37 38 MARIO KART 7 RETRO STUDIOS / NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
– 39 DANCE CENTRAL 2 HARMONIX MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
38 40 SONIC GENERATIONS SONIC TEAM SEGA SEGA

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If you haven’t already downloaded Pushmo yet, you should do so right now! That game is fantastic, and Crashmo is looking equally as amazing.

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Hurricane Sandy will be tearing up the East Coast in a matter of hours. As it so happens, it should be hitting my area pretty hard.

I’ve generally been lucky with storms in the past, and I can’t recall any major power outages in recent years. Still, this looks like a beast of a storm, and I really have no idea what’ll happen over the next few days.

So here’s the deal – assuming something happens (mainly a power outage… which I have a feeling could last a few days if it occurs), Austin will be taking over both sites. Austin won’t be in the storm’s path at all, so if I go down, he will at least be around to tend to NE/GE.

Anyway, here’s hoping that the storm passes without too much damage…