Oct. 27,2011
Nintendo today reported financial results for the first six months of its current fiscal year (through Sept. 30, 2011), and revised downward full-year financial and unit sales forecasts.
In total, the company shipped 9 million hardware units and more than 73 million software units during the half year. In addition, Nintendo revised its full-year unit global shipment forecasts as follows, compared with projections at the end of the previous fiscal quarter:
GLOBAL SHIPMENT FORECAST (millions of units) | |||
Previous forecast |
Revised forecast | ||
Nintendo DS | Hardware |
9 |
6 |
Software |
65* |
62** | |
Wii | Hardware |
12 |
12 |
Software |
110* |
100** | |
Nintendo 3DS | Hardware |
16 |
16 |
Software |
70* |
50** |
During Q3 and through the rest of the fiscal year, Nintendo and third-party publishers will release several highly anticipated software titles that play exclusively on Nintendo platforms. First-party titles include The Legend of Zelda™: Skyward Sword for the Wii™ console, and Super Mario 3D Land™ and Mario Kart™ 7 for the Nintendo 3DS™ system.
*Forecast announced on July 28 includes units bundled in hardware sets during the June quarter. Forecast units during remainder of the fiscal year are standalone software only.
**Forecast announced on Oct. 27 includes units bundled in hardware sets during the half year. Forecast units during remainder of the fiscal year are standalone software only.