Nintendo has released their Q1 Financial Report [PDF] for this year, reporting astronomical numbers, with an operating income of 119.19 billion yen (USD ~1.1 billion), net sales of 423.38 billion yen (USD ~3.9 billion), and a net income of 107.26 billion yen (USD ~0.99 billion). The quarter ended June 30, 2008.

The video game giant also reports lifetime sales of 29.62 million Wiis and 77.54 million DSs worldwide as of June 30. The report also notes Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time/Explorers of Darkness (NDS), Wii Fit (WII), and Mario Kart Wii (WII) as games that saw great success and a significant contributor to sales.

Specific Numbers:
Nintendo DS Hardware: 6.94m (down 0.04m)
Nintendo DS Software: 36.59m (up 2.33m)
Nintendo Wii Hardware: 5.17m (up 1.74m)
Nintendo Wii Software: 40.41m (up 24.42m)
Mario Kart Wii: 6.42m WW
Wii Fit: 3.42m WW

Q1 Sales Numbers:
Hardware:
GBA: 190k (Japan: 10k, Americas: 0, Other: 180k)
NDS: 6.94m (Japan: 0.58m, Americas: 2.71m, Other: 3.65m)
GCN: 0
WII: 5.17m (Japan: 0.53m, Americas: 2.50m, Other: 2.15m)
Software:
GBA: 280k (Japan: 40k, Americas: 230k, Other: 10k)
NDS: 36.59m (Japan: 4.93m, Americas: 14.33m, Other: 17.33m)
GCN: 90k (Japan: 10k, Americas: 60k, Other: 20k)
WII: 40.41m (Japan: 0.39m, Americas: 19.34m, Other: 40.41m)

Lifetime-to-Date:
Hardware:
GBA: 81.24m (Japan: 16.89m, Americas: 41.64m, Other: 22.71m)
NDS: 77.54m (Japan: 22.97m, Americas: 25.11m, Other: 29.47m)
GCN: 21.74m (Japan: 4.04m, Americas: 12.94m, Other: 4.77m)
WII: 29.62m (Japan: 6.43m, Americas: 13.44m, Other: 10.08m)
Software:
GBA: 376.94m (Japan: 72.76m, Americas: 217.13m, Other: 87.05m)
NDS: 406.19m (Japan: 119.93m, Americas: 137.53m, Other: 148.73m)
GCN: 208.56m (Japan: 27.53m, Americas: 138.48m, Other: 42.55m)
WII: 188.85m (Japan: 24.96m, Americas: 98.71m, Other: 65.17m)

Quick tie-ratio calculations have the following:
NDS: 5.24
WII: 6.38

Nintendo forecasts the following for the entire fiscal year:
FY08 Q2 Net Sales: 760 billion yen (~7 billion USD)
FY08 Q2 Operating Income: 210 billion yen (~1.9 billion USD)
FY08 Q2 Net Income: 125 billion yen (~1.15 billion USD)
FY08 Net Sales: 1.8 trillion yen (~16.65 billion USD)
FY08 Operating Income: 530 billion yen (~4.9 billion USD)
FY08 Net Income: 325 billion yen (~3 billion USD)
NDS Hardware: 28m
NDS Software: 187m
WII Hardware: 25m
WII Software: 177m

Nintendo Co Ltd's quarterly profit rose 31.5 percent on the runaway success of its Wii game console, but the Japanese video game maker kept its annual outlook well short of market expectations.

Akira_EX via reuters.com »