Nintendo made an operating loss of ¥18.4 billion ($187 million) on sales of ¥115 billion ($1.17 billion) this quarter as Wii U sales continued to lag. Net loss was ¥8 billion ($81.74 million). The company sold 300,000 Wii U consoles between July and September, an 87.5 percent improvement on the previous quarter; sales were buoyed by a price cut and Legend of Zelda bundle, but Nintendo notes that it is still losing money on the hardware.
Wii U software showed a more marked improvement, with 5.27 million units representing an improvement of over 400 percent on the previous quarter. Nintendo points to titles such as Pikmin 3 and The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD as sparking growth. The company also managed to sell 3.66 million 3DS...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/30/5045152/nintendo-earnings-q2-2013
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