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[zroid]

EDIT: I figured it out (I think) and get 4.58 billion USD. Can anyone confirm? My maths is atrocious.

410 billion yen, so that's about right. According to the current exchange rate, 4.65 billion USD, apparently.

 

[StreetsAhead]

410 billion yen, so that's about right. According to the current exchange rate, 4.65 billion USD, apparently.

Fixed, thanks

 

[Chromie]

Man Miiverse and Animal Crossing would go so well together.

 

[Portugeezer]

410 billion yen, so that's about right. According to the current exchange rate, 4.65 billion USD, apparently.

Ok, now that makes sense because I remembered reading they had like $10 billion in reserves a while back, maybe it wasn't very accurate back then but its possible it dropped with 3DS price cut and Wii U development, but never to just $40 million. $4.6 billion would make more sense.

 

[Schnozberry]

Ok, now that makes sense because I remembered reading they had like $10 billion in reserves a while back, maybe it wasn't very accurate back then but its possible it dropped with 3DS price cut and Wii U development, but never to just $40 million. $4.6 billion would make more sense.

A lot of Nintendo's losses were due to selling a large amount of merchandise in foreign currencies, and having to convert it back into Yen, which has been stronger against the dollar and Euro since the economic downturn of 2007-8. R&D and fewer software releases factor into their bad fiscal year as well.