Nintendo sells significantly fewer Wii consoles and software than last year and also the sales of the 3DS remains far behind expectations. The Japanese gameconcern warns that it is heading for the first loss in his existence.
Nintendo knew in the first six months of its fiscal year, 3.35 million Wii’s to deliver against 4,97 million in the same period last year. The group sold 3 million 3DS consoles, a third of which in their own country Japan. Of the other DS handhelds were 2.58 million over-the-counter.
This is the total number of portable Nintendo-deliveries lower than in the first fiscal half of 2010, when 6,69 million units were sold. Also in the area of software sales, have continued to sell behind the expectations. Eventually, the loss on is 70.3 billion yen, the euro 925 million dollars.
Nintendo expects its tax year, at the end of march 2012 ends, a total of 12 million Wii’s and 16 million 3DS devices to sell, in addition to 6 million DS handhelds. The group takes into account a loss of 20 billion yen, the euro 263 million dollars.