Nintendo Profits Fall 60%, 3DS 6.79M Units, Wii U 3.26M Units in 12 months - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 27 April 2016 / 7,714 Views
Nintendo in its latest fiscal results for the 12 month period ending March 31, 2016, revenue dropped by 8.2 percent to ¥504.5 billion ($4.5 billion). Profits fell by 60 percent to ¥16.5 billion ($149 million).
The Nintendo 3DS sold 6.79 million units during the fiscal year, while 3.26 million Wii U consoles were sold. 48.52 million games were sold in the 3DS and 27.36 million games were sold on the Wii U.
Here are software figures for hit titles:
- Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer - 3.04m units
- Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon - 1.22m units
- Splatoon - 4.27m Units
- Super Mario Maker - 3.52m Units
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The 3DS is falling down in sales fast, the WiiU can't catch a break and their software output is too slow. Considering how things are, Nintendo should focus on avoiding losses prior to the NX launch, to not cause panic on their investors.
It's like watching the Titanic sink. Effing depressing.
Not depressing at all: it's exciting when Nintendo's got a fire lit under their feet. Forces them to act.
With R and D going into the NX and low output for the WiiU this year, I believe they are taking a hit just to prepare for a major holiday 2017 for the NX. Have Zelda as a launch title and announve some more megatons E3 2017 and we could see some major waves next year.
I mean it should be obvious by now that all their focus is on NX at this point, so of course sales will lag till it releases.
I do not feel bad for Nintendo because I remember when they said they didn't care about their old fans and wanted all of the casual audience that got the Wii
now all those people left them for smartphones
Really? When?
When the heck did they say that?? And even if they DID say that (which they didn't), it would have been their old president, not their current one.
You guys act like Nintendo is going bankruptcy or something. Tbh, im not much of a big fan of them, as a Sony fan, im actually quite jealous of how successful and popular they are compare to both PlayStation and Xbox. Yes, im talking about 1st party here. Best or better is a subjective matter (personally, i think Sony has the best 1st party, again this is just me) but Nintendo is def the more popular one.
So yes, they will live and healthy. Business is up and down. Shit happen.
With that being said, i hope one day my favorite game company aka Sony, get the chance to be as mainstream and as loved as Nintendo, it's the pinnacle achievement :3.
The 3ds situation is ok, it doesn´t have any serious competitor and there are some great games still coming. As for the WiiU.... they pratically abandoned the platform, which in my opinion was a terrible decision. They should give the WiiU a decent support, even if it´s not selling so well. That may hurt the company´s reputation with its fans even more.
That´s really depressing. Nintendo needs their mobile business to skyrocket fast, because on the console front, the future seems dim.
