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Nintendo Official Financial Report Q2 FY07: Sales+Profit Up 132%, 143%, Hardware+Software Numbers

Akira_EX | October 25, 2007 | Industry News | Wii Gamecube Company 
Nintendo released their Half-Year Financial Report [PDF, both JP and EN respectively] for Fiscal Year 07, posting a net income of 132.421 billion JPY (1.15 billion USD) for the six month period ending September 30, 2007

Nintendo's net sales for the first half of this fiscal year amount to 694.803 billion JPY (6.08 billion USD), a 132.5% increase over the previous year at this time (298.817 billion JPY/2.62 billion USD). The operating income results in 188.784 billion JPY (1.65 billion USD), and the net profit is the aforementioned grand total of 132.421 billion JPY (1.15 billion USD), which is an increase of 143.7 percent, nearly 2.5 times the previous year's net income at this time.

With regards to specifics:
(numbers are for this six month period ending September 30, 2007)
Nintendo DS Hardware: 13.35m
Nintendo Wii Hardware: 7.33m
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (NDS): 6.95m (12.17m LTD)
Brain Age 1 and 2 (NDS): 5.19m (17.19m LTD)
Mario Party 8 (Wii): 2.89m

Here are the hardware and software numbers unit numbers sold to retail (shipped) (page 22 in the PDF):
Hardware Sales:
Game Boy Advance: 1.02m (Japan: 0.07m, Americas: 0.55m, Other: 0.39m)
Nintendo DS: 13.35m (Japan: 3.68m, Americas: 4.32m, Other: 5.35m)
Nintendo GameCube: 0.08m (Japan: 0, Americas: 0.08m, Other: 0)
Wii: 7.33m (Japan: 1.67m, Americas: 3.09m, Other: 2.57m)
Software Sales:
Game Boy Advance: 6.38m (Japan: 0.22m, Americas: 4.87m, Other: 1.29m)
Nintendo DS: 75.50m (Japan: 20.01m, Americas: 24.40m, Other: 31.09m)
Nintendo GameCube: 1.85m (Japan: 0.06m, Americas: 1.66m, Other: 0.14m)
Wii: 36.97m (Japan: 5.77m, Americas: 19.00m, Other: 12.20m)

Lifetime to Date Numbers:
Hardware Numbers:
Game Boy Advance: 80.48m (Japan: 16.43m, Americas: 41.65m, Other: 22.10m)
Nintendo DS: 53.64m (Japan: 19.71m, Americas: 16.03m, Other: 17.88m)
Nintendo GameCube: 21.66m (Japan: 4.02m, Americas: 12.88m, Other: 4.76m)
Wii: 13.17m (Japan: 3.67m, Americas: 5.46m, Other: 4.04m)
Software Numbers:
Game Boy Advance: 372.63m (Japan: 72.59m, Americas: 213.44m, Other: 86.60m)
Nintendo DS: 259.48m (Japan: 95.13m, Americas: 82.42m, Other: 81.93m)
Nintendo GameCube: 207.74m (Japan: 27.47m, Americas: 137.78m, Other: 42.48m)
Wii: 65.81m (Japan: 11.90m, Americas: 33.49m, Other: 20.43m)

Nintendo DS Tie-ratio (total games to total consoles): 4.837
Wii Tie-ratio: 4.997

For forecasts, for the entire fiscal year ending in March '08, Nintendo expects the DS to sell 28 million units, and the Wii to sell 17.5 million units.

Both the DS and the Wii continue to print money.

Microsoft's report will come when it is available.

Thanks to NeoGAF for links to Nintendo's report.

[Sony's Q2 FY07 Financial Report]
Nintendo basks in Wii glory

Profits almost triple on the back of console's success

Nintendo has announced its half year financial results to September 30 and it's more extremely good news for the Wii and DS manufacturer.

Sales were up 132.5 per cent to JPY 695 billion (USD 6.08 billion), resulting in an operating income of JPY 189 billion and a profit for the six month period of JPY 132 billion (USD 1.15 billion) - up 143.7 per cent on last year.

Of those sales, handheld consoles - led primarily by sales of the DS - accounted for JPY 211 billion (USD 1.85 billion), consoles - dominated by Wii sales - made JPY 201 billion (USD 1.76 billion), while total software income, including royalties, added up to JPY 241 billion (USD 2.11 billion).

The DS handheld sold 13.35 million units globally in the six month period, while the Wii sold 7.33 million.

Software sales highlights included Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, which shifted 6.95 million copies (taking the lifetime total to over 12 million) while Mario Party 8 has sold 2.89 million to the end of September.

Overseas sales accounted for 78 per cent of the total sales figure, and although the company had higher revenues in the US than in Europe, the operating income was detailed as JPY 167 billion (USD 1.46 billion) for Japan, JPY 24 billion (USD 210 million) for Europe and JPY 15 billion (USD 131 million) for the US.

The company reiterated its strong position in the games market, which has seen its strategy not to take on Sony and Microsoft in the processing power stakes completely vindicated.

"Nintendo DS has gained widespread popularity with its software line-up…Wii has been attracting all the members of the family and has impacted how families view entertainment in the household."

The company now forecasts net sales for the full year to hit over JPY 1.5 trillion (USD 13.1 billion), yielding a profit of JPY 275 billion (2.41 billion).

Nintendo's share price was up 1.3 per cent at the close of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, at JPY 69,800 (USD 611).

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    Dai | October 26, 2007
    Wow. Not a big surprise, but nice to see Nintendo's success in digits, you know? Hopefully they'll put more of the money they've been making toward bringing out some must-have games for the Wii. Heh...

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