Nintendo Returns to Profitability, 3DS Sells 8.7M in 1 Year, Wii U Sells 3.4M - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 07 May 2015 / 5,270 Views
Nintendo has released its full year earnings report, which ended on March 31. The company has returned to profits for the first time in three years. Revenue dropped 3.8 percent to ¥550 billion, but profits beat a forecast of ¥35 billion and hit ¥41.8 billion. This is up from a loss of ¥23.2 billion a year ago.
Wii U sales failed to meet expectations for yet another year, however. Nintendo sold 3.38 million Wii U consoles, while the forecast was 3.6 million units. Japanese Wii U sales decreased to 530,000 units, from 890,000 units a year ago. America sales increased to 1.85 million units, from 1.29 million units, while in rest of world sales increased to 1 million units, from 550,000 units.
3DS sales were 27 percent short of the forecast for the fiscal year. Nintendo originally forecast 3DS sales to hit 12 million units, but actual sales were 8.73 million units. The New Nintendo 3DS sold 3.17 million units for the year, the New 3DS XL sold 2.45 million units, and the standard New 3DS sold 820,000 units.
Lifetime sales for the Wii U now stand at 9.54 million units, while the 3DS has sold 52.06 million units.
Nintendo did report strong software sales for its first party titles. Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire sold 9.94 million units and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS sold 6.75 million units. Mario Kart 8 sold 5.11 million units, while Super Smash Bros. for Wii U sold 3.65 million units.
Looking ahead, Nintendo expects the Wii U to sell 3.4 million units and the 3DS to sell 7.6 million units during the next financial year.
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A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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More than half of all Wii U owners own Mario Kart 8...that is insane.
I'm literally shocked about the 3DS shipment... seriusly worst than i expect.
Wiintendo 64
Good for nintendo but with the launch of the NX in the not to distant future they risk repeating this cycle with the 3ds and wii u again.
3DS shipment is hands down very low. N3DS wasn't the saviour people expected.
Well, i believe it is because there are not really any new games that require the nn3ds. This is a reason why I have been holding off on purchasing one as, although Xenoblade Chronicles is a game i do want to play. Will probably pick up once more games comes out.
Too little too late for Nintendo. Sure they have a lot of money but lost a lot as well trying to go for the quick buck....hopefully they will smarten up next round....
Nintendo =/= Wii U
