So you don’t hear as much about Nintendo these days…well…compared to Xbox and Playstation. To some people, if you mention Nintendo, they’ll think a gaming system they used to have back in their childhood or adolescence. But maybe we’re giving them too little credit.
According to their most recent financial statements, Nintendo Wii U sales have almost doubled in the last quarter, from 160,000 sales to 300,000 sales. Their hand held gaming devices are doing well too (how many are old enough to remember Game Boy?). Nintendo 3DS and 3DSXL sold 2 million consoles. And they have their big game launches to come: Pokemon and Monster Hunter. They also have high expectations of Nintendo 2DS. Not all the news was good. Overall Wii U sales are still way below expectations. This leads to a loss of $88 million dollars of expected profits.
This being Nintendo, this is a good start. I know I’ve done blogs where Nintendo looked like it was lagging way behind the gaming race. Maybe it is. Nintendo Wii seems to be more family friendly then their competitors. I have cousins who have a Wii and their kids love it. They won’t even bring other consoles. Nintendo does a good job in the held held device market. Keep in mind you can get all kinds of games on any hand held devices. So they should get props. Is Nintendo making a come up?