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Nintendo slashes sales forecasts

article published on 30 January, 2013

Nintendo has slashed its sales forecasts for most of its devices, including the new Wii U system. The gaming company says it expects to sell just 4 million Wii Us in the current fiscal year, down from their original estimate of 5.5 million. The fiscal year ends at the end of March, and the company stated it sold 3 million Wii Us as of January 1st. On the software side, Nintendo downgraded ... [ read the full article ]

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KSib
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_ 		30. January 2013 @ 23:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I'm waiting for games before I even consider buying it.
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Notcow
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_ 		31. January 2013 @ 10:46 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Gods...is Nintendo on a road to Bankruptcy? That would be a historically sad day.
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Menion
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_ 		1. February 2013 @ 04:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
No Nintendo is nowhere near bankruptcy! They are just giving more conservative forecasts of software sales relative to the economy and video game market in the economic downfall it has seen over the last few years. It is wise of a company to do so being when the annual reports come out the shareholders wont be shocked to see them miss their estimates by a mile; rather it looks better on paper when you hit your projected numbers.

Every time M$ or Sony are on the verge of a new console everybody is always pointing at Nintendo stating they wont be around for much longer as if it were just a cool trend, when in reality Nintendo is still a very successful company in both the US And Japan and you can easily confirm that with their latest Annual reports and Sales growth
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/index.html
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