Your quarterly doom has returned:
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2014/141029e.pdf"Consolidated Results for the Six Months Ended September 2013 and 2014"
NET SALES: 171.3 billion yen (1.584 billion USD)
OPERATING INCOME: -215.0 million yen (1.98 million USD)
ORDINARY INCOME: 22.1 billion yen (205.2 million USD)
NET INCOME: 14.3 billion yen (132.2 million USD)
OPERATING INCOME FORECAST: 40.0 billion yen (370.2 million USD)
NET INCOME FORECAST: 20.0 billion yen (185.1 million USD)
Nintendo has operated at a loss of 215 million yen, but due to the depreciating yen it has posted a net income of 14.3 billion yen.
Nintendo 3DS:
HARDWARE
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Japan - 720,000
Americas - 690,000
Other - 680,000
World total - 2,090,000
Fiscal year ending on Mar '15 forecast - 12,000,000
LTD - 45,420,000
SOFTWARE
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Japan - 9,790,000
Americas - 7,070,000
Other - 6,440,000
World total - 23,300,000
Forecast - 67,000,000
LTD - 186,220,000
Wii U:
HARDWARE
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Japan - 170,000
Americas - 630,000
Other - 320,000
World total - 1,120,000
Forecast - 3,600,000
LTD - 7,290,000
SOFTWARE
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Japan - 1,340,000
Americas - 5,600,000
Other - 2,460,000
World total - 9,400,000
Forecast - 20,000,000
LTD - 41,670,000
Nintendo has a history of selling substantially more products during the year-end holidays which explains the aggressive hardware and software forecasts.