Nintendo Q2 FY15 results
Nintendo’s latest financial results are in, giving us the latest information about how the company did between April 1 and September 30. Here’s a quick overview:
– 1.19 million Wii U units sold during the first six months of its fiscal year, which runs through September
– 2.28 million 3DS units sold
– That means 720,000 Wii U consoles and 1.27 million 3DSes were sold during its fiscal Q2
– Wii U hardware sales are now at a worldwide total of 10.73 million
– 3DS lifetime to date: 54.34 million units worldwide
– Wii U software: 69.05 copies sold
– Generated $1.69 billion (204.18 billion yen) in sales worldwide during the first half of its fiscal 2016
– That’s up 19.1 percent year-over-year
– Operating income of $74.5 million (8.98 billion yen)
– Earnings of 79 cents (95.46 yen) per share
– Where Nintendo generated $747 million of its revenue total in Q1, it was able to bring in $953 million in Q2
Head past the break for some comments straight from Nintendo about its latest financial performance.
Consolidated Operating Results
During the six months ended September 30, 2015, for Nintendo 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS and New Nintendo 3DS XL, which were launched during the previous fiscal year as the newest members of the Nintendo 3DS family, continued to expand their sales with new color variations, and the global sales of the Nintendo 3DS hardware reached 2.28 million units. As for the Nintendo 3DS software, Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer became a hit, marking 2.02 million units in sales. In the Japanese market, titles from various genres such as Rhythm Tengoku (temp.), Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright/Conquest and Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon became popular with a wide variety of people. In addition, a third-party title sold over a million units as well. In the overseas markets, popular Nintendo titles such as Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS continued to show steady sales. As a result, the global sales of the Nintendo 3DS software reached 19.20 million units.
With respect to Wii U, Super Mario Maker, which was released globally in September offering a new taste to the Super Mario series, marked 1.88 million units in sales and got off to a good start. Splatoon, which was released in May, marked 2.42 million units in sales and contributed to vitalizing the Wii U platform. The worldwide sales of the Wii U hardware and software were 1.19 million and 12.37 million units respectively.
For amiibo, the newly released card type amiibo showed strong initial sales. At the same time, figure type amiibo have continued to maintain strong momentum and enjoyed robust sales. As a result, net sales were 204.1 billion yen (of which overseas sales were 144.6 billion yen or 70.9% of the total sales), and operating income was 8.9 billion yen.
As a result of non-operating income coming from interest income etc. totaling 7.5 billion yen, ordinary income was 16.4 billion yen and profit attributable to owners of parent was 11.4 billion yen.
Consolidated Financial Forecast
For Nintendo 3DS, The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes was released globally in October, Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam will be released in December for Japan and Europe, Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon is scheduled for release in November for the United States and in early 2016 for Europe. Furthermore, a number of key titles from third-party publishers are scheduled for release. With such activities, we aim to further expand the Nintendo 3DS business.
For Wii U, by maintaining the attention level of Super Mario Maker and Splatoon, which have brisk sales, we will strive to further enhance the sales toward the year-end sales season. Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival, which is played using amiibo, will be released globally in November, and titles such as Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash and Star Fox Zero will be released sequentially.
Meanwhile, for amiibo, with its lineup becoming increasingly enhanced, we aim to further grow the sales by releasing a new figure type of Animal Crossing characters, which will be launched simultaneously with Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival in November. In Japan, the second series of Animal Crossing amiibo cards will launch in October.
In addition, a gaming application for smart devices is scheduled for release.
As a result, there is no revision to the consolidated financial forecast for this fiscal year announced on May 7, 2015
