A look at Nintendo’s Q1 2014 financials
Posted on 9 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in 3DS, DS, News, Wii, Wii U | 4 Comments
Nintendo’s financials for Q1 2014 have been released (that is, for April – June), here are a look at some of the highlights to come out of that press release:
- Revenue: 74.70B yen (-8.4% year over year)
- Opt income: -9.47B yen
- Net income: -9.92B yen
Hardware + Software Sales
- Wii U unit sales (hardware): 0.51 million
Financial year – 0.40 million
Lifetime to date – 6.68 million - Wii U unit sales (software): 4.39 million
Financial year – 4.39 million
Lifetime to date – 36.67 million
* Mario Kart 8 sold 2.82 million copies worldwide in its first month on sale.
- 3DS unit sales (hardware): 0.82 million
Financial year – 0.82 million
Lifetime to date – 44.14 million - 3DS unit sales (software): 8.57 million
Financial year – 8.57 million
Lifetime to date – 171.49 million
- Wii unit sales (hardware): 0.09 million
Financial year: 0.09 million
Lifetime to date: 101.15 million - Wii unit sales (software): 1.60 million
Financial year: 1.60 million
Lifetime to date: 896.82 million
- DS unit sales (hardware): 0.06 million
Financial year: 0.13 million
Lifetime to date: 153.99 million - DS unit sales (software): 2.15 million
- Financial year: 10.29 million
Lifetime to date: 938.93 million
Financial Year 2014/2015 Forecast
- 3DS hardware – 12 million
3DS software – 67 million - Wii U hardware – 3.6 million
Wii U software – 20 million - Wii hardware – 0.5 million
Wii software – 9 million
For a look at how these numbers compare to previous quarters, check out this thread
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Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Screenshot (07/28/14)
Posted on 9 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in News, Screenshots, Wii U | 3 Comments
Everything about today’s screenshot is just downright creepy. Sakurai details a Galaga inspired item that will make an appearance in the game:
Atlus to share update for Shin Megami Tensei IV’s European release tomorrow
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 1 Comment
It’s tough to believe, but Shin Megami Tensei IV still hasn’t arrived in Europe. On the bright side, Atlus will finally have a concrete update about the game tomorrow. We’re hearing that something may surface at around 10 AM GMT or so.
Based on comments from an Atlus staffer, it sounds like Shin Megami Tensei IV has been reconfirmed as digital-only in Europe. It also seems that getting the game out in the continent has been a bit of a mess.
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The Binding of Isaac teased for 3DS?
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, Rumors | 9 Comments
There’s something fishy going on with Nicalis and The Binding of Isaac. Something fishy indeed.
Last night, Nicalis’ Tyrone Rodriguez published a blog post about The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth for the PS4 and PS Vita… but there is a mention of how the Rebirth was originally conceived as a 3DS project. And, curiously, the post contains three hyperlinks – one with “3”, another with “D”, and one more with “S”. Put that together, and you have 3DS!
Each of the links sends you to the short clip above titled “Gex Remake”, which features a 3D filter. So what’s going on here? We’ll leave you to speculate.
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Curve Studios teases a fourth game for Wii U, releasing this year
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 1 Comment
Curve Studios is planning a fourth game for Wii U, the company teased on Twitter today. The unannounced title will be released later this year.
Curve is also working on Stealth Inc 2, The Swapper, and Lone Survivor for Wii U.
Based on the wording of Curve’s tweet, it sounds like there could potentially be even more games coming to the Wii U eShop in the future.
We're working on The Swapper, Lone Survivor and Stealth Inc 2 on the Wii U, and we'll have at least one more Wii U title this year!
— Curve Digital (@curvestudios) July 29, 2014
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Two Tribes announces “RIVE”
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U eShop | 2 Comments
Two Tribes has unveiled its next project called “RIVE”. It’s described as a “metal wrecking, robot hacking shooter”.
Two Tribes said in its announcement today, “During the game’s intense 360 degree shooting and platforming action, players learn to alter the behavior of their robotic enemies by collecting and uploading hacks.”
RIVE is due out in early 2015 for consoles and PC. Those attending Gamescom will be able to try out the game for the first time.
To clarify on the coming to 'consoles' part. We're hoping to release it on all three platforms, but can't 100% commit yet.
— Two Tribes (@TwoTribesGames) July 29, 2014
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Zelda Wii U is set “in an endless world without barriers”
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 15 Comments
A tiny blurb posted on one of Nintendo’s Japanese pages holds an extra tidbit about the new Zelda game for Wii U. It states, “In an endless world without barriers, the biggest one in the series yet, Link will encounter new mysteries and tough enemies”.
As an important note, some recently reported that the blurb confirmed a new villain for Zelda Wii U. Please note that this was not actually accurate.
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Super Smash Bros. for 3DS screenshots (07/29/14) – Paper Mario stage
Posted on 9 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in 3DS, News, Screenshots | 11 Comments
Sakurai doesn’t toy with our heartstrings quite so much today, giving us a look at some fresh 3DS stages:
He continues with a callback to another entry in the Paper Mario series:
Since the stage is paper, it transforms when it folds over and opens up again. This ship is the S.S. Flavion from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Another Hyrule Warriors stream coming on Thursday – Miyamoto, Aonuma, and others attending
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 11 Comments
Hyrule Warriors will be seeing another streaming event this week. On Thursday, a special presentation will be held to celebrate the game’s completion.
Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto, Zelda series producer and Hyrule Warriors supervisor Eiji Aonuma, Koei Tecmo president and CEO Yoichi Erikawa, general producer Hisashi Koinuma, and development producer Yosuke Hayashi will be attending.
The stream can be watched here at 2 PM Japan time. That should be 1 AM ET / 10 PM PT, assuming my timezones are correct!
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Nintendo on appealing to all types of players
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 13 Comments
USgamer has published a massive feature in which it delves into the topic of Nintendo’s quest for inclusivity. It features plenty of comments from EAD manager and original Animal Crossing director Katsuya Eguchi as well as Animal Crossing: New Leaf director Aya Kyogoku.
Among the topics discussed is Nintendo’s mission to create games that appeal to all types of players. Eguchi started off by saying:
