Nintendo releases quarterly numbers (April-June)
Over the night Nintendo released their quarterly numbers for April-June. Sadly, it’s not all mushrooms and sunshine. Let’s do a quick rundown.
- Mario Kart 8 sold 2.82 million world-wide. Equals 64% of total Wii U software sales for the period.
- 510,000 Wii U’s were sold. Bringing the Wii U total 6.68 million.
- 820,000 3DS systems were sold, down 1.4 million from previous year. Bringing the 3DS total over 44 million.
- In total Nintendo ended the quarter with a 9.924 billion yen net loss ($97.2 million)
You can check out the full report HERE.
July 30, 2014
Perhaps the lack of physical rewards this year can be linked to this non-extant profit margin. Imagine the expense of just shipping alone!