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[TheXfactor]

yes

oh he changed it

btw Mario 8 has more than 50 percent attach rate, and is about a little less than 400k off of super circuit, meaning it will not be the worst selling mario kart in the franchise, hell by the pace its going wouldn't surprise me if it passed double dash

 

[JoeM86]

is this the first year they posted an operating income since 2011? was really massive for software, to be quite honest.

Indeed it is.

 

[Pennywise83]

Pokemon XY at 13.85 mil, ORAS release merely a year after really cut it's legs. Attach rate is still impressive.

Though not as impressive as MK8. >50% attach rate is insane.

Pokémon XY will be the worst selling mainline entry; it bodes down to a low installed base and bad word-of-mouth, in my opinion. The remake is selling really well, which might strengthen these factors.

 

[Deleted member 465307]

Is it me or is this implying more Mario Kart 8 DLC?

Technically DLC Pack 2 released in FY15 (April 2015), so this doesn't have to mean anything. At some point, the team does need to move over to the next portable/hardware, but if the DLC team is small enough, it wouldn't be that surprising if we got maybe one more pack (Battle Mode expansion?) this holiday season.

 

[AniHawk]

IThe fastest selling entry in the series, chasing Brawl numbers that are officially at 11.49 million worldwide.

12.77m now

 

[Madao]

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/sales/software/wiiu.html

Updated software numbers for other games, 3ds section there too.

Mario Kart as the best selling game overall is a little surreal since there was always a game that beat it in every previous console and handheld.

i guess this is the effect of good DLC.

 

[E-phonk]

Wii U LTD hardware sales at 9.54 million worldwide as of 31 March. 3DS at 52.06 million.

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/sales/hard_soft/

It seems wiiu will indeed end up around the 15m LTD like most people here have been saying for 1.5 years.

Nintendo's guidance for FY16 leaves much to be desired especially with 7.6 & 3.4 million 3DS and Wii U units expected (too high); hoping management sheds light on the forecast.

Pricecut? WiiU is due to one this year.

 

[random25]

but it missed the forecast by nearly 13%?

8.73M is just 3% below 9M. Unless I'm missing something.

 

[Deleted member 465307]

The IR schedule has been updated as well:


Source: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/schedule/index.html

Which of these events is/are the one(s) that Nintendo ends up revealing quite a bit at? Specifically, I remember Iwata saying he was holding off on giving too much information at the last Investors Meeting because he was saving it for a later one—is that one of these?

 

[ivysaur12]

God, those WiiU sales. Really sad when you think about how even the Gamecube sold 21.74 in 6 years :-\

 

[TheXfactor]

God, those WiiU sales. Really sad when you think about how even the Gamecube sold 21.74 in 6 years :-\

gamecube also had a buttload of price drops, even going down to 99.99, which nintendo just refuses to do with the wii u right now

 

[Rymuth]

I have a grin from ear to ear on my face.

Love you, big N. May your star never fade

Was waiting for this gif.

Tomodachi Life pretty much destroyed expectations.

Pretty much destroyed my expectations. I, personally bought six copies (my sister's kids wanted a copy each in addition to mine)

 

[ivysaur12]

gamecube also had a buttload of price drops, even going down to 99.99, which nintendo just refuses to do with the wii u right now

I imagine that's thanks to the gamepad, at least in part.

 

[8 X 11 Printer Paper]

God, those WiiU sales. Really sad when you think about how even the Gamecube sold 21.74 in 6 years :-\

Nintendo pretty much botched the Wii U in almost every way imaginable (except adding a Vitrul Boy peripheral). Hopefully they learned some kind of lesson from all of this and don't do it again...though I'm sadly somewhat doubtful they have learned anything from this.

 

[vinnygambini]

This earnings release was certainly posted in FY 2015, but as far as I can tell it concerns FY 2014. Though I think we don't need to bicker about this, the time period this concerns should be of little confusion.

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/index.html

First page - Fiscal Year ended March 2015 Earnings Release
Latest IR Documents - Financial Results for FY ended March 2015

In addition to Nintendo's forecast for this FY -

Consolidated Financial Forecast for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2016 (page 2)

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2015/150507e.pdf

I'm going by Nintendo Rosti, I ain't inventing anything lol

If a mod believes it to be confusing, please alter the title.

 

[whyreggielie]

OMG those New Leaf and Tomodachi life numbers are insane. Why are we not getting a Wii U AC title yet?

 

[Hanmik]

8.73M is just 3% below 9M. Unless I'm missing something.

sorry I missread.. next years forecast is 7.6 compared to 9.. my mistake.. sorry..

 

[RagnarokX]

Is it me or is this implying more Mario Kart 8 DLC?

Because that was overshipped...

Is it also implying that Xenoblade Chronicles 3D will be recalled and then released again?

Also, apparently Nintendo still considers Mario Maker to be a temp title.

 

[AniHawk]

Nintendo's guidance for FY16 leaves much to be desired especially with 7.6 & 3.4 million 3DS and Wii U units expected (too high); hoping management sheds light on the forecast.

it's stuff like this that reeeeeeeally has me believe the nx is november 2016. can't see them letting hardware fall below 10m/year.

 

[OrbitalBeard]

God, those WiiU sales. Really sad when you think about how even the Gamecube sold 21.74 in 6 years :-\

For all of its problems, the Gamecube was a far more attractive product than the Wii U will ever be. It also had a pretty killer lineup of first party software for the first year and a half.

 

[Nightbird]

I really wonder how Nintendo is going to change stuff. It's clear that chasing the Casual Audience does nothing, so how are they going to proceed? I'm curious as heck.

 

[E-phonk]

OMG those New Leaf and Tomodachi life numbers are insane. Why are we not getting a Wii U AC title yet?

Who says we aren't... It still has a high chance of being announced at E3 imo.

it's stuff like this that reeeeeeeally has me believe the nx is november 2016. can't see them letting hardware fall below 10m/year.

Agree, seems like the perfect time.

For all of its problems, the Gamecube was a far more attractive product than the Wii U will ever be. It also had a pretty killer lineup of first party software for the first year and a half.

And the general third party software from activision etc. I fondly remember playing tony hawk on my gc for example.

 

[TheXfactor]

I imagine that's thanks to the gamepad, at least in part.

has to be, maybe a revision of the console, with a much smaller screen might happen in the future to provide a large price drop, but i doubt it

 

[ivysaur12]

has to be, maybe a revision of the console, with a much smaller screen might happen in the future to provide a large price drop, but i doubt it

I don't see that happening, they're protective as hell over that screen.

 

[The Giant]

So how much profit did they make in dollars?

 

[KillerMan91]

They almost reached the 3DS guidance when many said they it won't even get close to the forecast. That New 3DS magic doing the work lol.

Nice for Nintendo. Keep those profits coming!

Their original forecast for 3DS hw was 12 million if I remember right. They just lowered it after Q3 results.

 

[AniHawk]

So how much profit did they make in dollars?

$167m in operating income, $343m in net income

usually people go by net income, because it's the final result, but operating income gives a better look as to how money is being spent internally. i think net income is what happens after currency exchanges and taxes are complete.

 

[JoeM86]

Edit: Beaten haha

It's good to not see large amounts of doom for once

 

[vinnygambini]

it's stuff like this that reeeeeeeally has me believe the nx is november 2016. can't see them letting hardware fall below 10m/year.

I think so too, well I'm hoping that is.

Personally, the newly announced forecast for FY16 seems extremely bullish judging on what is expected from the company; though further details on QOL & mobile is needed too.

 

[weekev]

Glad to see Nintendo return to profit. Still absolutely loving my WiiU, just sold it to 3 people at my work by showing off Splatoon and Xenoblade as well so have helped next years results.

 

[Nirolak]

So they're forecasting a ~12% decrease in 3DS hardware/software, but basically expecting the Wii U to be flat for hardware/software.

For Wii U, what are they actually expecting to compare to Smash/Mario Kart? I assume not all of that is extreme optimism on Zelda. Mario Maker maybe?

 

[AdanVC]

Iwataaaaaaaaa! Slowly but surely making a turnaround. That's really nice to read

 

[TheXfactor]

$167m in operating income, $343m in net income

usually people go by net income, because it's the final result, but operating income gives a better look as to how money is being spent internally. i think net income is what happens after currency exchanges and taxes are complete.

is this the most legit profit they've seen since like 2010? i mean one where they werent saved by the taxes and just barely profited because of it

 

[XDDX]

So they're forecasting a ~12% decrease in 3DS hardware/software, but basically expecting the Wii U to be flat for hardware/software.

For Wii U, what are they actually expecting to compare to Smash/Mario Kart? I assume not all of that is extreme optimism on Zelda. Mario Maker maybe?

Zelda was delayed so it's probably not included for the fiscal year forecast unless it's early 2016.

 

[JoeM86]

So they're forecasting a ~12% decrease in 3DS hardware/software, but basically expecting the Wii U to be flat for hardware/software.

For Wii U, what are they actually expecting to compare to Smash/Mario Kart? I assume not all of that is extreme optimism on Zelda. Mario Maker maybe?

Give it 6 weeks...

 

[@MUWANdo]

So they're forecasting a ~12% decrease in 3DS hardware/software, but basically expecting the Wii U to be flat for hardware/software.

For Wii U, what are they actually expecting to compare to Smash/Mario Kart? I assume not all of that is extreme optimism on Zelda. Mario Maker maybe?

Splatoon. They're deluded, but they clearly want and expect it to become another tentpole IP.

 

[casiopao]

So they're forecasting a ~12% decrease in 3DS hardware/software, but basically expecting the Wii U to be flat for hardware/software.

For Wii U, what are they actually expecting to compare to Smash/Mario Kart? I assume not all of that is extreme optimism on Zelda. Mario Maker maybe?

Splatoon and Xenoblade is going to sell millionsss just u mark my word.

 

[shinra-bansho]

Nintendo did good this quarter though once again greatly aided by abenomics, costs cutting measures (especially marketing expenses).

Nintendo's guidance for FY16 leaves much to be desired especially with 7.6 & 3.4 million 3DS and Wii U units expected (too high); hoping management sheds light on the forecast.

For the 3DS it probably depends on how much momentum the US market maintains in terms of upgrade buyers to n3DS.

I don't understand the Wii U forecast, since they missed [HW] forecast this year and didn't even meet that number.

 

[tkscz]

So they're forecasting a ~12% decrease in 3DS hardware/software, but basically expecting the Wii U to be flat for hardware/software.

For Wii U, what are they actually expecting to compare to Smash/Mario Kart? I assume not all of that is extreme optimism on Zelda. Mario Maker maybe?

My guess is high hopes on Splatoon in the west. Otherwise, Zelda.

 

[weekev]

So they're forecasting a ~12% decrease in 3DS hardware/software, but basically expecting the Wii U to be flat for hardware/software.

For Wii U, what are they actually expecting to compare to Smash/Mario Kart? I assume not all of that is extreme optimism on Zelda. Mario Maker maybe?

Splatoon, Starfox and Xenoblade could all shift some units. Also the Yoshis yarn Amiibo just being so darn cute could pique some peoples interest.

 

[vinnygambini]

So they're forecasting a ~12% decrease in 3DS hardware/software, but basically expecting the Wii U to be flat for hardware/software.

For Wii U, what are they actually expecting to compare to Smash/Mario Kart? I assume not all of that is extreme optimism on Zelda. Mario Maker maybe?

Extreme optimism as with every forecasts from Nintendo at the start of a new fiscal-year ;.;

For the 3DS it probably depends on how much momentum the US market maintains in terms of upgrade buyers to n3DS.

I don't understand the Wii U forecast, since they missed [HW] forecast this year and didn't even meet that number.

Hmmm, even so, the 3DS forecast puzzles me as Japan usually makes up for over a third of 3DS HW sales and they've been ever decreasing as seen in the media create threads.

 

[Pennywise83]

So they're forecasting a ~12% decrease in 3DS hardware/software, but basically expecting the Wii U to be flat for hardware/software.

For Wii U, what are they actually expecting to compare to Smash/Mario Kart? I assume not all of that is extreme optimism on Zelda. Mario Maker maybe?

There will likely be some Mario game this holiday season.

 

[stilgar]

The 3ds is falling hard.

 

[Quentyn]

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/index.html

First page - Fiscal Year ended March 2015 Earnings Release
Latest IR Documents - Financial Results for FY ended March 2015

In addition to Nintendo's forecast for this FY -

Consolidated Financial Forecast for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2016 (page 2)

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2015/150507e.pdf

I'm going by Nintendo Rosti, I ain't inventing anything lol

If a mod believes it to be confusing, please alter the title.

He is right it is FY14. There are differences between Japan and the USA. In Japan the fiscal year is represented by the calendar in which it starts and in US by the calendar year in which it ends.

Capcom also just presented their results. And they also call it FY2014.

 

[Nirolak]

Splatoon, Starfox and Xenoblade could all shift some units. Also the Yoshis yarn Amiibo just being so darn cute could pique some peoples interest.

Mario Kart and Smash sold a combined 8.76 million units ignoring everything else that released this fiscal year.

 

[Ray Down]

So they're forecasting a ~12% decrease in 3DS hardware/software, but basically expecting the Wii U to be flat for hardware/software.

For Wii U, what are they actually expecting to compare to Smash/Mario Kart? I assume not all of that is extreme optimism on Zelda. Mario Maker maybe?

High hopes for Xenoblade.

I don't think they got the highest hopes for Splatoon or Devil 3rd.

 

[Deleted member 465307]

Hmm. Project Giant Robot is still listed as a First Half 2015 release for the US and Europe. Either someone forgot to update the list or that game is just going to pop up out of nowhere. Perhaps a quick preview and full release right around E3? Also nice to see that Devil's Third is still listed for release this year. I expect that'll be shown at E3 (at least at Treehouse Live) quite a bit. I also hope (expect?) that 3DS upcoming release schedule to dramatically change once E3 comes...otherwise, it's a bit sad.

 

[Ray Down]

Splatoon, Starfox and Xenoblade could all shift some units. Also the Yoshis yarn Amiibo just being so darn cute could pique some peoples interest.

Not to the level of Smash or Kart which are going to be the bets selling games on the platform.

 

[Sendou]

There will likely be some Mario game this holiday season.

Yeah wouldn't be surprised to see Galaxy 3 or something like that.

 

[LOCK]

The Wii U forecast makes me think we will see a price cut for this year. The 3DS is continuing along as normal, with the expected yearly decline.