Nintendo announces latest financial results – year ending March 31, 2015
Nintendo’s latest financial results are in. The company has now reported data for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2015.
Here’s a breakdown of Nintendo’s performance:
Nintendo Q4 Results:
Net Sales: ¥106.860 billion yen
Operating Income: – ¥6.834 billion yen
Net Income: -¥17.672 billion yen
Nintendo Full-Year Guidance:
Net Sales: ¥550 billion yen
Operating Income: ¥20 billion yen
Net Income: ¥30 billion yen
Nintendo Full-Year Results:
Net Sales: ¥549.780 billion yen (?)
Operating Income: ¥24.770 billion yen (?)
Net Income: ¥41.843 billion yen (?)
Hardware & Software Guidance FY15:
3DS HW: 9 million
Wii U HW: 3.6 million
3DS SW: 61 million
Wii U SW: 25 million
Hardware & Software Results FY15:
3DS HW: 8.73 million (?)
Wii U HW: 3.38 million
3DS SW: 62.74 million (?)
Wii U SW: 24.440 million (?)
Additional Information Q4 (Software/Hardware Shipments, Digital Sales, Cash & Equivalents):
Pokemon ORAS LTD: 9.94 million
Super Smash Bros 3DS LTD: 6.75 million
Super Smash Bros Wii U LTD: 3.65 million
Mario Kart 8 LTD: 5.11 million
Wii U HW: .35 million
3DS HW: 1.65 million
Digital Sales: ¥10.2 billion yen
Cash & Equivalents: ¥915.293 billion yen
Nintendo FY16 Full-Year Guidance:
Net Sales: ¥570 billion yen
Operating Income: ¥50 billion yen
Net Income: ¥35 billion yen
One of the big takeaways here is that Nintendo has finally returned to a full-year profit. The company also beat estimates from the financial community. For the overall year, Wii U sales are up, though 3DS sales fell a bit. A large part of Nintendo’s success resulted from the popularity of amiibo.
