Nintendo Q1 Financials

[RobertR1]

*proudly stolen from gaf*

GBA (all versions): 81.06m
NA: 41.64m
Japan: 16.88m
Other: 22.53m

Gamecube: 21.74m
NA: 12.94m
Japan: 4.04m
Other: 4.77m

Should be the final numbers for both.

Current hardware LTD:
NDS: 70.60m
NA: 22.39m
Japan: 22.38m
Other: 25.82m

Wii: 24.45m
NA: 10.61m
Japan: 5.90m
Other: 7.94m


Wii Forecast for the next FY: 25m
DS Forecast for the next FY: 28m

Wii Software forecast for the next FY: 177m
DS software forecast for the next FY: 187m

Pokemon Diamond/Pearl: 14.77 million
Brain Age 1 and 2 (combined): 23.81 million

DS has 57 million-selling games (LTD). As of last year, there were 30.

Smash Bros Brawl: 4.85 million as of March 31

There are 26 million-sellers on the Wii.

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/corporate/release/index.html

Personally I think it's a bit optimistic but Nintendo has proven us all wrong repeatedly since Nov 06 so we'll see.

 

[desmond]

seems reasonable.

 

[AlNom]

Now if only we could get the same stats and breakdown for the other two.... :| (unlikely, I know).

Congratulations, Mari-... Nintendo.

 

[Carl B]

Ok but where's the financials part of the financials post!

Anyway here's the breakdown:

For the most recent fiscal year it was revenues of 1,672,423 M yen, a 73% increase over the previous year.

For net income (profit) it was 257,342 M yen, a 47.7% increase.

So... to work those numbers into your local currency, simply convert the yen figures above and multiply by one million. In dollars (for today) it's ~$16 billion in revenue and ~$2.5 billion in profits.

 

[Carl B]

Now if only we could get the same stats and breakdown for the other two.... :| (unlikely, I know).

Well, this was yearly for Nintendo, but Microsoft reports their quarter results later today... so the insights into that will be coming. Sony's year-end and quarterly results will be on May 14th.

 

[AlNom]

Ah, thanks Carl.

It seems Nintendo are forecasting even higher profits ( > $3 billion ?) for the following year.

 

[RobertR1]

Ah, thanks Carl. And it seems they are forecasting even higher profits ( > $3 billion ?) for next year.

Efficieny in production and likely no price drop (no reason to!)

 

[AlNom]

Indeed! I wonder if they'll bother shrinking Hollywood even.

 

[thatdude90210]

The 26 million-sellers is a surprise. Checking Wikipedia, the 360 has 27 on it's list, with one of them being the live arcade game Uno. And that's with the 360 having a year's headstart, plus the 360's hardcore audience. Yet there's still the myth out there that supposedly, Wii buyers don't buy games.

 

[NERO]

Not very financial, but thanks.

 

[Scott_Arm]

I think Nintendo is expecting to sell a lot of Wii Fit, and I'm sure they're making good money off that hardware as well. With opinion pieces like this, I think it's reasonable to say it will be a success, and the success won't be unwarranted:

http://wii.ign.com/articles/869/869127p1.html

 

[tongue_of_colicab]

There are 26 million-sellers on the Wii.

Now where are those people that say you cant sell anything on wii unless you are nintendo?

 

[AlphaWolf]

The 26 million-sellers is a surprise. Checking Wikipedia, the 360 has 27 on it's list, with one of them being the live arcade game Uno. And that's with the 360 having a year's headstart, plus the 360's hardcore audience. Yet there's still the myth out there that supposedly, Wii buyers don't buy games.

The wiki is incomplete.

 

[Scott_Arm]

Now where are those people that say you cant sell anything on wii unless you are nintendo?

I wonder what the million sellers are? Are they counting VC titles?

 

[AlphaWolf]

I wonder what the million sellers are? Are they counting VC titles?

Probably not, but most of them are Nintendo titles.

 

[Shifty Geezer]

I wonder what the million sellers are? Are they counting VC titles?

They're listed on VGChartz.

Wii Sports: Nintendo
Wii Play : Nintendo
Super Mario Galaxy : Nintendo
Mario Party 8 : Hudson Soft
Super Smash Bros Brawl :Sora
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess : Nintendo
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games : Nintendo
Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree : Nintendo
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock : Neversoft
Super Paper Mario : Intelligent Systems
Wario Ware: Smooth Moves : Nintendo
Wii Fit : Nintendo
Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition : Capcom
Mario Kart Wii : Nintendo
Link's Crossbow Training : Nintendo
Carnival Games : Cat Daddy
Mario Strikers Charged : Next Level Games
Rayman Raving Rabbids : Ubisoft Montpellier
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption : Retro Studios
Sonic and the Secret Rings : Sonic Team
Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles : Capcom
Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga : Traveller's Tales
Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 : Ubisoft
Red Steel : Ubisoft Paris
MySims : EA
Pokemon Battle Revolution : Genius Sonority

I count a good 15 that are Nintendo titles, counting Nintendo published. They dominate the top end. The 3rd party titles are ranked lower, and you'll see there's a definite light-hearted entertainment pattern to the titles. Compare the top listing with XB360 and PS3. Just a glance at the box-arts shows the entirely different positioning of the Wii library!

 

[NERO]

Has Nintendo provided any numbers (solid or forecasted) for downloadables and peripheral sales? The latter is where they are surely making an obscene amount of money.

 

[AlphaWolf]

Has Nintendo provided any numbers (solid or forecasted) for downloadables and peripheral sales? The latter is where they are surely making an obscene amount of money.

There's peripheral numbers from NPD but no breakdown for N (or any manufacturer) that I've seen. Remember wiiplay + remote is counted as software which seriously stunts their numbers there, but I don't doubt their margins are huge for accessories.

 

[tongue_of_colicab]

They're listed on VGChartz.
I count a good 15 that are Nintendo titles, counting Nintendo published. They dominate the top end. The 3rd party titles are ranked lower, and you'll see there's a definite light-hearted entertainment pattern to the titles. Compare the top listing with XB360 and PS3. Just a glance at the box-arts shows the entirely different positioning of the Wii library!

That means there are 11 not from nintendo, more if you discount those only published by nintendo. Not bad if you ask me given the lack of effort put into most titels from the last year. Luckily some devs have seen the light and start putting some effort in their games Like PES. Lets hope that pays back in sales.

 

[Readykilowatt]

Wii Forecast for the next FY: 25m
DS Forecast for the next FY: 28m

Wow!!!!