Nintendo posted 188,646 million yen ($2.2 billion USD) in net sales this quarter, down 25 percent from the same quarter last year. Operating income suffered a 42 percent drop to 23,343 million yen ($267 million USD). Wii sales aren't to blame.
Rather, the numbers reveal a dip in Nintendo DS sales for the quarter -- which isn't surprising with everybody probably holding off for the 3DS sometime in 2011.
On the release front, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword appears to be on track for a 2011 release in the United States (but not in Japan, strangely enough) while Hironobu Sakaguchi's The Last Story doesn't even have a U.S. release scheduled despite apparently being due out in Japan this year.
No other real surprises in the earnings report -- although Nintendo did make a point of listing some sales figures for its top-sellers, like Super Mario Galaxy 2 at 4 million sold.
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Source: Daily News from GamePro.com
Thursday, July 29, 2010