– Nintendo is forecasting its first drop in profit in six years for the fiscal year through March 2010
– 230 billion yen ($2.4 billion) profit
– 279.1 billion yen profit for the fiscal year ended March 2009
– Nintendo expected to sell 20 million Wiis and 30 million DS’ in the 12 months through March 2010.
– analysts expect fiscal year profit of 229 billion yen ($2.4 billion).

“We are expecting the results to be better than the company forecasts for the Wii. Christmas shopping was strong.” – Yuta Sakurai, analyst with Nomura Securities Co. in Tokyo

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