DS Design = Nintendo Profits 91
There's nothing but good news in Nintendo's world right now, as the success of the DS leads to a more profitable financial year than they'd initially expected. From the article: "The company has re-estimated a net profit of 95 billion yen ($807 million) for the year ended March 31, compared with its previous forecast of $637 million. Last year the firm took £739 million." To get an idea of why the DS is so successful, Gamespot has a breakdown of an interview with the DS Engineers.
If they're making that much... (Score:3, Informative)
Details (Score:5, Informative)
Re:YEN, USD, & GBP (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Yen, Dollars, Pounds (Score:3, Informative)
Re:YEN, USD, & GBP (Score:5, Informative)
previous net profit estimate: $637million
previous year: $1.29billion
I would actually guess the pound sign is actually supposed to be a dollar sign, which would indicate a small increase in profits from last year, versus a much larger decrease.
Re:DS Lite & Metroid Prime Hunters (Score:2, Informative)
Nintendo Deserves It (Score:5, Informative)
The machine is a marvel. It's sexy like an Apple machine (it matches my iBook and iPod) but far more durable. It's like Apple aesthetics combined with Nintendo's "make-sure-it-takes-a-beating" engineering (indeed, their machines have been amazingly resilient and the DS Lite is no exception.
The prices of Lites are coming down (you can get a used one for the same price as a new one these days) but they are still somewhat hard to find, especially in places like Akihabara (I was there on vacation a few weeks ago and every store said they were sold out) and Den-Den Town in Osaka. I live out in the boonies (compared to Osaka proper, anyway), so I was able to snag one.
The games are great - some great Japan only titles like Dragon Quest Slime 2 and Jump and stuff like Animal Crossing. People here love this machine. I am hoping the Revolution will have the same kind of success.
Re:Nintendo Deserves It (Score:4, Informative)
Unlike the original, the GBA games stick out about half an inch, so when you're not playing them its better to have the GBA port covered (the Lite comes with a cover, with the original, Nintendo assumed you'd always have a GBA cart in there).
Re:Not bad at all (Score:5, Informative)
That's putting it a little lightly. Nintendo has only had one unprofitable quarter ever since going public, and has always been profitable for the year. That one quarter Nintendo was unprofitable was due to the US dollar dropping in value substantially compared to the Yen. Nintendo always invests profits in the currency it was earned in, which in the overall scheme limits their risk from currency fluctuations, even if it did hurt them that quarter.
Re:YEN, USD, & GBP (Score:2, Informative)
Re:YEN, USD, & GBP (Score:2, Informative)
The pound symbol is indeed supposed to be a dollar sign.