More information has emerged from Nintendo’s latest financial results briefing. Some points are unclear – such as a new Pokemon title that isn’t listed internally – but there are some interesting details nonetheless.

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata shared the following information during the briefing:

– Once again, Kid Icarus coming to Japan between January-March
– Possible Pokemon game coming, could be in the spring
– First 10 months in Japan have 8 of top 20 Nintendo titles vs. 13 last year
– USA: first 3 weeks in October has Wii hardware sales up year-over-year
– USA: 3DS/DS sales trending in-line with DS last year
– Nintendo wants to obtain bigger sales year-over-year by the end of 2011
– Satoru Iwata elieves Christmas sales will be up year-over-year for Nintendo
– USA/Japan: 3DS purchase rate is higher than the DS last year
– USA: Active users in October vs. March hasn’t changed for Wii/DS/3DS
– Improved profits driven by lower cost and continued momentum in 2012
– Nintendo hopes to accelerate digital offerings
– Iwata implied a launch date for Wii U later than June 2012 (makes sense since Nintendo will show the console at the show)
– USA: StreetPass opportunities are small; need to get a group together and they’ll have positive views of the feature
– Nintendo’s priority in 2011 is 3DS hardware sales, profitability sacrificed, want to grow 3DS into a core platform
– Big improvement in 3DS profitability next year; targeting 16 million units; conservative goal, not aggressive
– Lack of 3DS software won’t happen again
– Nintendo will collaborate more with external developers since they can’t do everything internally; external companies better at network service
– Nintendo still interested in expanding the gaming population
– Iwata: Industry will shrink is audience doesn’t expand
– Children are asking for the 3DS more for Christmas
– This is why Nintendo is more confident about 3DS sales
– There is a plan in place to enhance the 3DS line-up internationally, aand this will be one of the drivers for improved profits in 2012

Source

2011 YTD hardware sales in the US, Europe, Japan

Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, DS, News, Wii | 0 comments

The information below comes from Nintendo’s latest financial briefing. All numbers are listed in terms of millions of units sold.

PS3 – 2.42
DS – 2.67
Xbox 360 – 3.45
3DS – 1.42
Wii – 2.36
PSP – .85

Europe

PS3 – 2.79
DS – 2.26
Xbox 360 – 1.98
3DS – 1.48
Wii – 2.01
PSP – 1.40

Japan

PS3 – 1.11
DS – .60
Xbox 360 – .09
3DS – 2.15
Wii – .55
PSP – 1.60

Source

Nintendo release schedule

Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, DS, News, Wii | 0 comments

There isn’t anything too shocking here. Kid Icarus: Uprising is due out no later than March in Japan (listed as just 2012 in North America and Europe), Fatal Frame Wii is still included (as TBA) on the schedule, and Fire Emblem 3DS is probably staying in Japan. A whole bunch of third-party games are listed, too.