Nintendo recorded a significant increase in quarterly revenue for the first time in the last 3 years.
Japanese Nintendo unexpectedly showed a big profit in the first financial quarter of the company. The first quarter for Nintendo ended at the end of June this year. The company's operating profit reached $ 9.3 million. Last year, Nintendo recorded a loss of $ 80.4 million.
According to analysts, the company now had to get a loss (at $ 53.3 million). However, the Japanese vendor was able to go into profit. According to representatives of Nintendo, they were able to properly use currency fluctuations, as well as significantly increase sales of flagship products.
The company's net profit was $ 67.2 million. Nintendo’s quarterly revenue grew 20% year over year to $ 729 million. After the release of the Wii U console in 2012, this level of revenue was recorded for the first time.
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The published report states that in three months Nintendo sold about 470,000 Wii U consoles. Games sales also remain at a high level. They are estimated at 4.55 million copies, of which 1.62 million are Splatoon shooter.
By the end of June 2015, Nintendo sold a total of 10 million flagship Wii U game consoles. 50% of them were purchased by residents of the United States. In Japan and Europe, 2.48 and 2.68 million users, respectively, became the owners of consoles.
Wii U sales in the first quarter of 2015 increased by 10% compared with the first quarter of last year. In 2015, the company plans to sell 3.4 million consoles.
In addition, increased profit was affected by increased demand for amiibo figures, reports The Verge.
March 17, "Megamind" wrote that Nintendo plans to enter the smartphone market.
On June 11, the company president Satoru Iwata passed away. It is not yet known who will lead the company now. At the moment, two new directors, General Takeda and Shigeru Miyaioto, take over the management of the company. The latter, together with Ivata, developed the game Mario.
According to analysts, the company now had to get a loss (at $ 53.3 million). However, the Japanese vendor was able to go into profit. According to representatives of Nintendo, they were able to properly use currency fluctuations, as well as significantly increase sales of flagship products.
The company's net profit was $ 67.2 million. Nintendo’s quarterly revenue grew 20% year over year to $ 729 million. After the release of the Wii U console in 2012, this level of revenue was recorded for the first time.
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The published report states that in three months Nintendo sold about 470,000 Wii U consoles. Games sales also remain at a high level. They are estimated at 4.55 million copies, of which 1.62 million are Splatoon shooter.
By the end of June 2015, Nintendo sold a total of 10 million flagship Wii U game consoles. 50% of them were purchased by residents of the United States. In Japan and Europe, 2.48 and 2.68 million users, respectively, became the owners of consoles.
Wii U sales in the first quarter of 2015 increased by 10% compared with the first quarter of last year. In 2015, the company plans to sell 3.4 million consoles.
In addition, increased profit was affected by increased demand for amiibo figures, reports The Verge.
March 17, "Megamind" wrote that Nintendo plans to enter the smartphone market.
On June 11, the company president Satoru Iwata passed away. It is not yet known who will lead the company now. At the moment, two new directors, General Takeda and Shigeru Miyaioto, take over the management of the company. The latter, together with Ivata, developed the game Mario.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/293178/
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