nintendo results meeting starting, attendance again down, the lowest i have seen
jp 3ds has 9 of top 20 titles, eu only 3,same for usa,company doesnt consider 3ds significantly positive performance given market 2x japan
3ds has 57% share of sales in jp this yr, but only 18% in eu and 20% in usa, saying XL version helping, 3ds 7qtrs sales have exceeded DS
wiiu think there will be shipment bottleneck to meet demand, said gamestop sold pre-orders in 1.5 days and 250k now on wait list
wii price cut and bundles will drive sales, believe wii buyer user base is different from wiiu and hence no cannibalisation
3DS connection rate increased in yr by 10% to 72% with jp and usa exceed 80%, eu/australia is lower but believe thats infrastructure related
saying digital downloads, with some software in jp exceeding 15% digital, new super mario bros 2 highest digital in usa with jp next
wiiu digital downloads available "right after launch", so not at launch? unclear
EDIT: clarification as follows:
"For Wii U, download versions of packaged software will be available from the launch of the platform."
3DS loss improved in 2q, decided on the WiiU price not on cogs but user acceptance of price, booked some WiiU costs in 2Q
TVii for usa considering similar service in jp, need different service in eu and plan to announce that in detail in near future
WiiU loss on hardware will continue this fy, but next yr generate profit, cannot say when that will occur,focus is expanding software sales
said nintendo's focus is on game services, synergy with web and increased user satisfaction (rather than other services)
admits smartphone have changed the environment - in dsc,gps and consoles. smartphone is "our friend" not threat as they promote
want to provide entertainment that exceeds the 85yen offered in the app store, do somehing not able to be done on smartphones
will collaborate with smartphones, miiverse is part of these plans with the larger the group of friends the larger the game opportunity
expects 3rd party mix for WiiU to be high initially which contrasts with Wii which was low 3rd initially and gradually improved
digital games, has no intention of offering DLC extras for all games as thinks its unhealthy but done on a game by game basis
spoke to company, digital buying of WiiU titles for 1st party titles may not be available on launch day,saying it wont be a few months later
but will be a short period later, company is trying to offer at launch,says ofering by 3rd party for digital purchases is up to them
my impression was that its perhaps a week or so later based on their comments
we specifically asked based on the usa launch date about the WiiU offering of game downloads