Nintendo Financials -- 'company ups profit estimate'
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they still had strong sellers .
Mario ds i believe is around 1.3or 1.4 world wide. Wario ware , yoshi touch and go are also around 1 million world wide .
Then the ds is actually making money per system sold .
Anyway i would say once more ds games start coming out they will have a easier time making money , there just aren't enough good games out yet for the system and its been around for what 4 months
Mario ds i believe is around 1.3or 1.4 world wide. Wario ware , yoshi touch and go are also around 1 million world wide .
Then the ds is actually making money per system sold .
Anyway i would say once more ds games start coming out they will have a easier time making money , there just aren't enough good games out yet for the system and its been around for what 4 months
I don't understand why the article relates Ninty to Sony and MS. None of these compnaies is solely reliant on the games industry for money. Sony has many fingers in many pies, MS gets nothing from gaming, and Ninty gets a some of cash from Pokemon cartoons and other non-game franchises. If they want to compare the gaming side of things, compare the takings of the gaming divisions for the companies.Fox5 said:
Shifty Geezer said:
That is a gamer perspective but is short sighted. Remember, some people are INVESTORS. As any Nintendo fan on B3D will tell you Nintendo continually rolls in the cash (even when they tick hard core gamers off).
Another reason is the "big picture". If Nintendo's game division loses some money but they make a ton on their game spin offs (cartoons, trading cards, movies) would they not apply? They are all related. Similarly, but in another vien, if Sony loses money *overall* but the game division does well it is not a good thing because 1) it could mean tighter budgets that could hurt that division and 2) as the console division has carried Sony at times, if the company is losing money overall it means the bog picture for the company may not be so bright.
Anyhow, a financial forcast tends to be for investors and investors want to know how the stock is doing compared to competitors. You CANNOT buy stock in Sony's and MS's console divisions--they are a lump deal (I am sure you have seen the comments here about how MS investors must dislike seeing Xbox sales keep overall profits below what they could be). So if an investor is trying to evaluate how the gaming business is doing and what type of profits he can expect to make in that area he would want to know the overall forcast of each company. If he expects a big growth spurt a company whose income is tied closely to gaming may benefit more than a company with fingers in all kinds of pies.
I am sure others can add more reasons. Nothing unusual here.
Then why compare Nintendo to MS and Sony for comparative investments? They're not comparable companies in terms of products, and if all I want is investment advice, compare Ninty's 2.2% with other comparable stock price/dividend value companies.
They do when the yen is actually to blame. Otherwise they blame whatever else is to blame, its a common practice amongst humans..
What do you mean neither system is selling well? Profits are up, as the article clearly suggests, because DS is selling extremely well and so are Nintendo's own DS games.
mech said:
Funny.. normally they just blame the yen
Blaming someone else not solely restricted to Nintendo. Take a look http://www.playmoreconsoles.com/fullnews.asp?NewsID=5554
http://www.dfcint.com/news/prmar2205.html
Mega stats
:-http://www.playmoreconsoles.com/blog.asp?UserID=66
http://www.playmoreconsoles.com/fullnews.asp?NewsID=5592
Who buys more games per capita and plays most? http://www.playmoreconsoles.com/fullnews.asp?NewsID=5471
Not related but all I can say is, Go Nintendo USA! Are you watching Nintendo Europe? http://www.playmoreconsoles.com/fullnews.asp?NewsID=5536
That doesn't include France for that matter. They know a good game and will promote http://gamelayer.dreamhost.com/junk/RE30sFr.mpg
Can't say I remember UK promo! Maybe someone has link?
Shifty Geezer said:
That's true Shifty, but you have to remember EVERY company is comparable when it comes to investing, as all you are looking for is which company is likely to give you the best return.
Maybe how Nintendo is doing would be less relevent if we were talking about Microsoft, since their core business is elsewhere, but talking about how Microsoft and Sony are doing I feel is quite relevent for discussion of Nintendo, since they both compete with it's core product offering.
That being said though, yeah I can't understand what dividend yields have to do with anything. I agree that comparison just seemed to be thrown in there for the sake of mentioning the other two console makers.
jvd said:
Mario DS is actually over the 2 million mark with the UK, EU, & PAL releases jvd. (or extremely close) The SP & its software is still selling in quantity, (the Minnish Cap, KH:COM, etc.) DS software projections had to be scaled back due to several delays, Nintendogs being the most notable. The DS making money per unit sold? Easily, as this was confirmed some time ago. Not enough good games out currently? Completely agree.
mech said:Heh, to the guys who replied to me - you don't know the running gag about how every financial statement, Nintendo blames the yen for not making massive profits? *shrug* Guess not
A running gag is MS saying they're not a monopoly or Dell saying customers want INTEL inside only. Then both claiming all decisions are for customers and industries benefit not their own!
Li Mu Bai said:
Doesn't matter - the point still stands. The DS was meant to be an additive product for Nintendo's portfolio, and while the hardware has sold well, there is little to suggest it has achieved it's goal (and the software released thus far demonstrates this). Don't get me wrong, if the DS sells as many units as the GBA (which is alot!) - cheers, it's a huge success, but that alone demonstrates that it has not expanded Nintendo's core handheld market.
